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visit teacherloop.co.uk.uk.uk.uk.uk. UK. Okay. the lying game number nine with Amber and Paul and to help you understand enjoy

and learn more from this episode I'm just going to explain a couple of things here

right at the start now some of you might not need this

introduction it depends on your level of English but you know you can just skip

forwards if you really want to it's only a few minutes but my comments here are designed to be helpful.

So this is another conversation with Amber and Paul, my friends,

and we're going to play a speaking activity called The Lying Game. Now I know that some of you are already

familiar with this game but for the uninitiated this game is something of a

tradition on this podcast.

It's based on a speaking activity which I've been using

in my English classes for about 15 years.

You'll hear us recap the rules of the game in a moment, but it's very simple.

Basically, just listen carefully and try to decide if our stories are true or lies.

As you listen, I expect you might have some questions which you would like answered.

Some of those will be language questions about certain words, phrases, bits of pronunciation or grammar, for example, Luke, what does it mean to

fall off the wagon? That's something you're going to hear at a few moments. What does it mean to,

what does that mean fall off the wagon? And what's the difference

between fat, fatty and fattening and is the funnest thing? Is that word funest? is that correct English

all right now other questions will be about the specific details

that you might not catch

while listening to our stories

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