Quick and easy board game ("Get-to-Know-You" activity) for the first week of class. Students roll a die twice to find their question to talk about for one or two minutes. (Questions such as: "Talk about your family," etc.) For groups of two or three.
Quick and easy board game ("Get-to-Know-You" activity) for the first week of class. Students roll a die twice to find their question to talk about for one or two minutes. (Questions such as: "Talk about your family," etc.) For groups of two or three.
This worksheet could be handed out at the beginning of a new class. It will help them get to know each other in an instructive way. Students start off individually answering the questions on the worksheet. The teacher can go round the room helping o ...
This worksheet provides an activity where the student can practice the use and difference between I am and I have. Describing himself or herself. It is common for complete beginners to confuse when to use have or I am. At the same time they practice de ...
I designed this worksheet to practice indirect questions. A student will play one of the roles in it as a celebrity, while the others may ask questions based on the gists given. Of course, you can adapt it to your own needs. I hope you find it useful. ...
This an exercise I use on the first day of class with new groups that I haven't met before. It's a nice alternative to having all your students coming up with robotic responses like my name is Piotr and I like playing volleyball and eating pizza. In ...
This is not meant for your students, but yourself! I have made this one to get to know my new students a little better. Knowing what like to learn and what they're not very good at learning, I've been able to develop better worksheets for them. Also, i ...
this is a powerpoint greeting activity for very very young learners. For your first course it might be very helpful. It teaches greeting someone in some different ways. First it teaches saying hi and asking names, and then teaches greeting s.o. in diff ...
I use 'Find Someone Who' as a warm up or as an activity following a lesson on verb 'to be' with adult learners. The reason I specify 'adult learners' is that the questions relate to adult situations. The activity consists of finding people in the class ...
I use this activity with young children to practice introducing themselves (name, age, nationality). There are 8 cards with pictures of different fairy tale characters that children know and love. Role play small dialogues. The game also helps them rem ...
This worksheet is to differentiate between the different uses of 'like'.Ask the Ss to think of a person they know well.1. Ask them to write a list of what hobbies they have2. Ask them to write a list of characteristics to describe their personality3. A ...
Ideal for a pre-intermediate class. Worksheet gets students to discuss situations, events and experiences using superlatives, then gets them to compare with partner using comparisons. A good way to transform a potentially dry grammar point into a fun ...
This simple powerpoint presentation aims to introduce the idea of breaking the ice in social situations. Students will practice how to start conversations in different situations. Then they will be asked to follow a speed dating format to practice thei ...
This worksheet requires the students to provide personal information. This is useful for lessons on getting to know each other, completing forms or job application. This will test students' ability in providing basic yet very important information abou ...
This worksheet is useful to get acquainted for students. They will learn what is necessary to tell people about themselves and what questions are necessary to ask. Ss are to pretend themselves one of the given famous people. The rest will guess what pe ...
Make questions using the verb TO BE. The students ask about name, age, country, jobs. Revision of nationalities, countries, jobs and numbers. The students will be given the charts and they have to ask their partner questions such as What´s your n ...
Students should fill out this sheet with information about him/herself. Then they can crumple up the paper into a ball. Students toss the ball around the room until the teacher says stop. Each student uncrumples the snowball and describes the person ...
Some basic phrases to help students interact in English.It contains sentences such as:*Greetings**Being Polite**Asking for help**Asking about words**Asking for permission*It is very helpful to give to our students on their first day of class.If they're ...
This is a set of cards for a mingling activity for a new group of students who don't know each other very well. It is supposed to be used at the first or one of the first lessons. The students go around the class (or you can organise them into lines)an ...
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This ppt has a number of art pieces that can be printed out and posted around the classroom. On the last page is a survey that the students can fill out as they browse. The vocabulary may need to be adapted for younger age-groups. This lesson was pr ...
Ice-breaker. With the use of superlatives and antonyms, students can work in small group to get to know more about their classmates. This activity works best with small groups of about three to four students. Instructions: Place students in small gr ...