from Linda Li:
With beginning students, I limited to three verbs “was at”, “saw”, “ate” as they learned those three words already.
I used my 3 details as an example:
1. I was in India.
2. I saw the Dalai Lama.
3. I ate a lot of pizza.
The students have to ask me questions to figure out which of the them was a lie. I have all question words posted in my room, including specific ones. Here are some questions they asked:
Where were you in India?
Where did you see the Dalai Lama?
What color clothes did he have on?
Did you talk to the Dalai Lama?
What day of the week did you see the Dalai Lama? (It turned out that that was the one that got me into trouble – the students figured out it was a lie – because I answered Monday but one student had actually seen him on the weekend and knew that he left Delhi on Sunday.)
Where did you eat pizza?
Who did you eat pizza with?
How many pizzas did you eat?
What kind of pizza did you eat?
Why did you eat pizza?
When did you eat pizza?
How much was pizza?
How many is “a lot” in your opinion? (I told them 1 piece, just for fun!)
Hope this helps!!