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Jon Hird

A few quick questions

Notes & comments
It may be useful to give the students time to prepare the questions they need to ask before they do stage 4. For example: How do you feel today?, Who are you named after?, Who / Which famous person do you look like?, Who do you have the most rows with?, What is your dream holiday?, How do you keep fit? An alternative procedure is for the students to try to guess the responses before they ask the questions. The person who guessed the most correctly is the winner.

Type of activity
Class mingle and sentence completion.

Aims
To consolidate asking questions and the topics and language from units 1 to 4 of Inside Out Pre-intermediate Students Book.

Task
To complete statements about classmates by mingling and asking questions.

Preparation
Make one copy of the worksheet per student.

Timing
30 minutes.

Procedure
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Fold the worksheet so only the left column is visible. Give one worksheet to each student. Ask the students to write a different classmates name on each line in the left column. Alternatively, the worksheet is passed around the class and the students write their own names on the lines. (The latter ensures all students names appear equally as often) The worksheet is unfolded to reveal incomplete statements about the students classmates. For example, Thierry feels ______________ today. Emily is named after ______________ The students mingle around the classroom, asking and answering questions and completing the statements. For example, Thierry feels worried about his exam today. Emily is named after her grandmother. Encourage the students to ask further questions to find out more information. When all the sentences have been completed, the students, in pairs or small groups, tell each other what they have learned. Ask the students to report to the class anything interesting they have learned.

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