Situations

I teach english to 19-20 year old Chinese students. Sometimes I give them situations and have them try to work out a solution to them with their partner.

A: You see a cute little puppy and buy it and take it home to your roommate
B: You hate animals, and your roommate comes home with a dirty little dog

A: You are a kid and you love to play all day on the weekends
B: Your want your child to take all day piano lessons on saturday and sunday

A: A bleeding man runs by, and then someone else chasing him yelling "I'll get you!". You grab the second man and are going to take him to the police
B: Someone stole your wallet and you are running after him when some other person grabs you and tries to take you to the police

A: Yesterday you met an old friend on the street and talked to him for a few hours.
B: A friend of yours saw your girlfriend talking very close to another man yesterday on the street.

My students do so well with these. They start yelling, punching each other, and arguing. They make up information to fill in the parts I don't explain. It's really fun.