Predicting Challenge | Narrative Tenses

Predicting Challenge is a creative speaking activity designed for B1–B2 learners to practise narrative tenses in an engaging and meaningful way. Students read unusual and slightly mysterious story beginnings and use their imagination to continue the story. The activity encourages the use of past simple, past continuous, and past perfect while developing fluency, storytelling skills, and confidence in speaking.

How to use 🎯

1. Display one slide at a time to the class.
2. Each slide presents the beginning of a mysterious story.
3. Students read the text and use the visual clues to help them.
4. Their task is to predict the ending and finish the story using narrative tenses.
5. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in groups and then share their versions with the class.
6. Optional: compare different endings and discuss which story is the most interesting or logical.