This exercise is great to practise past tenses.

Cut the sentences and put them in two separated piles, (the ones in the left column are the "situations" and the ones in the right column are the "reasons" for not doing something). Example: "I didn't go to your wedding because my sister's dog got sick and I had to take it to the vet. 

The more advanced your students are, the more elaborate the excuses should be. 

making-up-excuses-i-didnt-because-conversation-topics-dialogs_143066.docx

Making up excuses. I didn't .... because...

making-up-excuses-i-didnt-because

This exercise is great to practise past tenses.

Cut the sentences and put them in two separated piles, (the ones in the left column are the "situations" and t…