No prep time
Need some blank paper
Pre intermediate
5-10 mins

One of the most fun warm ups I do is making a group story – its best in smallish groups of 5-8 and is very simple.

Each student gets a paper and is allowed to write one word before passing it onto the next student. They then have to continue the story. Very simple but great for developing sentences under pressure as they have to absorb the sentence and generate more. This means quick thinking and trying to find a word which makes sense.

From the feedback you can work on grammar errors which crop up. Just take a sentence and write it on the board and ask for corrections.