TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find Someone Who…

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, In this insightful worksheet activity, students ask and answer
listening and speaking present simple yes/no questions that contain prepositions of time.
activity
Procedure
Language Focus Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Prepositions of time
Go through the items on the worksheet and elicit the present
Present simple yes/ simple yes/no questions the students need to ask in order to do
no questions and short the activity, e.g. 'Do you usually wake up early in the morning?'
answers
Demonstrate the activity by writing the first item on the board
and adding a 'Name' and 'More information' column beside it.
Aim Ask a student in the class 'Do you usually wake up early in the
To ask and answer morning?'
present simple yes/no
If the student answers 'No, I don't', repeat the question with other
questions that contain
students until one of them says yes.
prepositions of time.
Write this student's name in the 'Name' column on the board and
ask a follow-up question to gain more information, e.g. 'What
Preparation time do you wake up?'
Make one copy of the
Put the student's answer in the 'More information' column.
worksheet for each
student. Once the students understand the idea, let them begin the activity.

Students then go around the class, asking each other the questions.
Level
Elementary When a student finds someone who answers 'yes' to a question,
the student writes down their name and asks a follow-up question
to gain more information, noting down the answer in the last
Time 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. If there are any
interesting findings, encourage the students to discuss them in
more detail.

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 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find Someone Who…

Find someone who... Name More information

... usually wakes up early in the morning.

... has a birthday in July.

... often goes out on Sunday afternoon.

... goes on holiday in the summer.

... likes to go out at night.

... gets up at 7 o'clock in the morning.

... plays sport at the weekend.

... was born in the 1990s.

... usually gets home at 5 o'clock.

... drinks coffee in the afternoon.

... works or studies on Saturday.

... is normally asleep at midnight.

... usually eats lunch at noon.

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