English Chit Chat. Murder Mystery. Past Continuous

This is a class activity to practice past tense be verb and past continuous. At least eight students are needed. Seven students are suspects, the rest of the class are detectives. The suspects can also act as detectives.

The detectives need to ask questions to each of the suspects to discover who is lying. By comparing the suspects' answers, the detectives can see that Mrs White is lying and is the murderer.

Each suspect is given a card with information on how to answers the detectives' questions. The class should be taught how to ask and answer the questions. For example:
Detective: What's your name?
Miss Scarlett: My name is Miss Scarlett.
Detective: Where were you at 4 o'clock this afternoon?
Miss Scarlett: I was in the living room.
Detective: What were you doing?
Miss Scarlett: I was watching tv.
Detective: Who were you with?
Miss Scarlett: I was with Mr. Mustard.