Garbage Man

(TESOL Worksheets--Any Grammar Point, Present Continuous)
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[I'm in the process of updating my workshop for Activities that Can Be Used for Any Grammar Point.  So I thought I'd include "Garbage Man" despite the fact that I personally have never used it.  But it's a very popular activity at my school, so in the interest of being thorough, I wanted to include it in the workshop.  I asked a colleague to share an example with me, and he did.  The example being shown here is not my work, but comes from my colleague.  I think it is meant to practice the present continuous, although it could easily be adapted to several other verb tenses.]

Garbage Man (Materials: A different worksheet for each team which is cut up into strips ) (Preparation:  Prepare a worksheet, and then cut it up and scramble it)
Design a worksheet with several different strips of paper.  Each strip contains a controlled practice exercise (e.g. fill in the gap, complete the sentence, correct the sentence, unscramble the sentence, etc)  Photocopy the sheet onto different colored paper.  (If possible, a different color for each team.)  Cut up and shuffle.  Put all the different colors together.  Throw all the sentences into the air.  The strips fall onto the ground.  Each team picks their sentences up off the ground, and corrects the sentence.  The teacher checks to make sure it is right.  Then the team runs and gets another strip off the floor.  The first team to collect all their sentences up off the floor is the winner.
Variation:
Some students have been known to play this game in reverse.  Each group starts off with all the strips on their desk, and then crumple them up and throw them on the ground as they complete them.  The last team to finish all their strips is then designated the “garbage man” and must go around and clean up all the strips off the floor.

Photocopy this sheet onto different colored paper.  (If possible, a different color for each team.)  Cut up and shuffle.  Put all the different colors together.  Throw all the sentences into the air.  The strips fall onto the ground.  Each team picks their sentences up off the ground, and corrects the sentence.  The teacher checks to make sure it is right.  Then the team runs and gets another strip off the floor.  The first team to collect all their sentences up off the floor is the winner.

He / paint / picture

She / wash / car

They / brush / hair

The girl / help / Grandma

The man / clean / bike

The children / pick / oranges

I / wash / feet