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Each student will need a card (it doesn’t matter if cards are duplicated). The class stand and circulate, finding partners and proceeding as directed. Continue until everybody has spoken to at least four or five others.

 

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his last holiday

   About her/his occupation

   Her/his plans for the future

   Her/his musical interests

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his journey here today

   What she/he is doing tomorrow

   Her/his favourite kind of film

   Her/his attitude to pets

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his experience of school

   What she/he is doing next weekend

   Her/his hobbies

   Her/his favourite kind of food

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his city, town or village

   What she/he did yesterday

   Her/his attitude to children

   Her/his ambitions

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Where she/he would like to go on holiday

   What she/he did before the lesson

   Her/his academic plans

   Her/his family

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his last long journey

   What she/he did last weekend

   Her/his hopes for the future

   Her/his attitude to taking exercise

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his eating habits

   What she/he is doing after the lesson

   Her/his occupation

   Her/his plans for the future

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

Greet another student. Ask her/him to tell you about one of the following subjects:

 

   Her/his telephoning habits

   What she/he was doing this time last year

   Her/his hobbies

   Her/his ambitions

Don’t accept a short answer! Ask more questions about the subject.

© ELTgames.com / Jon Marks. This activity first appeared in English Teaching Professional Magazine