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The Story
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As the evening progresses you will get more information about the people and more details will be revealed. You will have to find the murderers n

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DINNER
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 You stayed at the party the whole night. You stayed at the party the whole night.

You stayed at the party the whole night. You stayed at the party the whole night.

You will need 1 card You left the party for 5 minutes. and 8 cards You stayed at the
party the whole night.
 Character
Find the Murderer - Info
Motive/Relati Room Weapon Left Party

Sheet
Name on Y/N

Who is the Why did he/she do Where did he/she Which weapon was Did he/she
murderer? it? do it? used? leave the
party?

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Character
Find the Murderer - Info
Motive/Relati Room Weapon Left Party

Sheet
Name on Y/N

Who is the Why did he/she do Where did he/she Which weapon was Did he/she
murderer? it? do it? used? leave the
party?
 TEACHER'S
**NOTE: I used CALIBRI font in this worksheet. If you have problems with the font,
NOTES
please contact me and I will send you the font file. I realized this only after I had
finished, sorry**

You will need: 9 character cards, 9 places cards, 9 dinner cards, 9 Find the
Murderer Info Sheets

This is a fun speaking activity for nine (or one or two less) students. It is a
detective story that engages students in conversation and will practice mainly
questions and answers in simple present and simple past. You find the setting and
story on page 1, read about Mr. Erringworth to the class. Then tell them that they
will be investigating each other and find out who killed Mr. Erringworth (The Story).
There are 9 characters, 9 relations/motives, 9 weapons and 9 rooms in the house:

Character namesRelationMotivesWeapons
Ms. Bella Florettilove interest, super modelFell in love with Mr. E, but he didnt sash
Prof. Dr. Henry Scintillateclose friend, retired scientistwife has affair with Mr. Etelescope
Mrs. Fiona ErringworthMr. Es wifefound out about affairminiature gun
Mr. Garcon BoucheybutlerMr. E is going to fire himknife
Mrs. Claudia ScintillateMr. E has an affair with heralthough promised, Mr. E pearl necklace
doesnt go on cruise with her
Mrs. Gwendolyn Millerwidow neighbor, play cardsMr. E stole money and jewelryrat poison
Mr. Ricardo Fettuccinebusiness partner from Mr. E stole his pasta ideaspocket knife
Mr. William Patroneerkindergarten teacher, friendMr. E is going to close kindergarten skipping rope
Mrs. Jane Rutherfordex assistant, knows Mr. E wellMr. E is blackmailing hersleeping pills

How to play:
Rooms of the house

bathroom 1) Introduce the story

kitchen 2) Give each student a character card, let them read
bedroom through and make sure they understand their
parlor
hallway character
basement 3) Hand out the Find the Murderer Info Sheet to
attic every student and explain that they are going to ask
office about NAMES and RELATIONS with Mr. E first. Let
garage
them walk through the class and ask/answer
questions (Whats your name? How do you know Mr.
E? Who are you?) Let them take notes!
4) After the first interview round let students sit down
and guess who could have used which weapon (they shouldnt have talked
about their weapons until now) wild guesses are welcome here!
5) Hand out one PLACES card to every student and let
them go on the second interview round (Your are Mrs, arent you? Could you
tell me where you were at 12:00 pm?)
6) Now hand out one DINNER card for every student.
You should have 1 card You left the party for 5 minutes. and 8 cards You
stayed at the party the whole night. and let students go on last interview
round (only one character will answer YES I LEFT THE PARTY FOR 5
MINUTES!)
7) Now they can complete their info sheet. The
murderer must be the person who left the party. Even the teacher may not
know, who the murderer is, until the end.
8) Let one student give the complete answer and
compare. Have fun!
by littlesunshine11 at ESLprintables