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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find someone who…

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, In this insightful worksheet activity, students ask and answer
listening and speaking questions that contain phrasal verbs.
activity
Procedure
Language Focus Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Phrasal verbs
Go through the phrasal verbs on the worksheet and elicit the
Yes/No questions and questions the students need to ask in order to do the activity, e.g.
short answers 'Are you eating out tonight?'

Demonstrate the activity by writing the first item on the board

and adding a 'Name' and 'More information' column beside it.
Aim
To ask and answer Ask a student in the class 'Are you eating out tonight?'
questions that contain
If the student answers 'No, I'm not', repeat the question with
phrasal verbs.
other students until one of them says yes.

Write this student's name in the 'Name' column on the board and
Preparation ask a follow-up question to gain more information, e.g. 'Which
Make one copy of the restaurant are you going to?'
worksheet for each
Put the student's answer in the 'More information' column.
student.
Once the students understand the idea, let them begin the activity.
Level Students then go around the class, asking each other the questions.
Pre-intermediate
When a student finds someone who answers 'yes' to a question,
the student writes down their name and asks a follow-up question
Time to gain more information, noting down the answer in the last
column.
25 minutes
Tell the students that they can only have the same name once (or
twice). This is to encourage them to speak to as many different
partners as possible.

When everyone has finished, ask students to give feedback to the

rest of the class on what they found out and review the meaning
of each phrasal verb.

If there are any interesting findings, encourage the students to

discuss them in more detail.

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 PHRASAL VERBS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find someone who…

Find someone who... Name More information

...is eating out tonight.

...is cutting down on something.

...has blown something up.

...has looked up an English word recently.

...is planning to get away at the weekend.

...has filled in a form recently.

...is going to dress up this weekend.

...woke up early this morning.

...puts on make-up.

...is looking forward to something.

...has taken something back to a shop recently.

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