TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Talk for a Minute

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking activity Here is a fun card game to get your students talking about their
likes and dislikes.

Language Focus Procedure

Phrases for expressing Divide the students into teams of two.
likes and dislikes
Have each team play against another team.

Aim Give each pair of teams a set of cards.

To talk about likes and
dislikes for one minute Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face down in
without stopping. a pile on the desk.

Teams take it in turns to play with one student keeping the time.
Preparation
One student picks up a card and talks for one minute about the
Make one copy of the like or dislike topic on the card.
cards for every four
students and cut as If the student manages to do this without stopping, they score a
indicated. point for their team.

If the student stops talking before their time is up, a student from
Level the other team can challenge and continue for the rest of the
Intermediate minute.

If the student from the challenging team keeps talking for the
Time remainder of the minute, they get the point for their team.
35 minutes The game continues until all the cards have been used.

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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 LIKES AND DISLIKES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Talk for a Minute

Someone you'd like Music you like Your favourite time A place you really
to meet listening to of the year enjoy going to

Something you
Something you are
A place you'd love were crazy about
A food you detest keen to do in the
to visit when you were
future
younger

Something you are

A film you think is Housework you
keen to learn how A sport you dislike
awesome don't mind doing
to do

A TV program
A topic you love A person who you A job you'd like to
you can't stand
talking about adore have
watching

Something you
A hobby you are What you like about The day of the week
enjoy doing at
really into learning English you like the most
home

Something you Something you like

A foreign food you A car you'd like to
love doing at the to do when you go
like to eat buy
weekend to the beach

Something you'd
Something you'd Your favourite Somewhere you'd
like to do more
like to do this week website like to live
often

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