Freer Practice Activities

Task description: Each student writes a description of someone in the class. The descriptions are read out, or Ss read each description in a gallery read. Then everyone guesses who the person is

What language is it practicing? Why is it ‘freer’?

1.Describing a person.

S/he is…..S/he has….

Comparatives: She is taller than……

Adjectives (tall, fair, etc)

Body vocabulary

Language

-Students choose who and what to describe.

-Students produce and respond to the language. Teacher monitors and listens.

-Not ‘Free’ because teacher provides the structures and vocabulary ‘bank’.

Why is it freer?

2.What are you doing? Each pair of students sits back to back and

takes it in turns to ask questions about what the other person is miming. The person miming the actions can only answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

3.What’s my line? Each pair of students thinks of a job and mimes

an action that is typical to that job. The other student asks Yes/No questions until they guess the job.

4.Coffee PotOne student thinks of something s/he often does, e.g. have a

shower. Other students ask questions until they find out what the person is thinking of. Because they don’t know the verb, they use the words ‘Coffee Pot’ for the verb in their questions.

For example, ‘Did you ‘coffee pot’ this morning?’

5.The adverb gameOne student thinks of an adverb. Other students then ask

him/her to do things to find out what the adverb is. For example, if the student is thinking of the adverb ‘slowly’ and

someone says ‘open the door’, s/he must mime opening the door slowly.

In groups students prepare a survey on the topic:‘Are you a good language learner?’

For example: Do you do the homework the teacher gives us?

a. always b. sometimes c. never

Students ask and answer. Then they return to their groups to share the results and prepare a presentation of what they found.

6.Survey

Write 6 sentences about your typical daily routine. Some sentences should be true and some should be false.

Work in groups of 3. Take it in turns to read out one sentence each. Guess which are true and which are false. If you are not sure, ask them some questions.

7.Guessing Game

In pairs, ss try to find 3 things they have in common, i.e. dislikes, likes, experiences, habits.

Then they report back to the class/another pair or to a small group.

8.Three things in common

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10.

Morning Afternoon

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

This is your diary for next week. Fill in 5 of the spaces with arrangements you have made, e.g. dental appointment,

English lesson, etc.

You need to arrange to meet 2 friends. Work in groups of 3. Use your diaries to find a time when you can meet.

10.Information gap

11.Sharing information