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Press conference – GROUP A

Class activity You are reporters at a Hollywood press conference
for a new James Bond movie. Interview the actors and actresses and
complete the information below. Ask questions like these.

Is your first name . . . ? (or)

What is your name?
What is your nationality? ( or )
Are you American (British, French, etc.)
What is your role in the movie? ( or )
Are you ….. in the movie?

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PARTNER A

 Interview your partner. Find out if your partner’s got a job.

If the answer is yes, find out
a) what his/her job is
b) if there is anything about the job
he/she doesn’t enjoy
c) what hours he/she works
d) some details about his/her place
of work (factory/office etc.)
e) about the people he/she works
with
If the answer is no, find out
a) why he/she hasn’t got a job
b) what job he/she would like to
have
c) if there is a job he/she wouldn’t
like to do
d) if he/she would like to work full
time or part time
e) what his/her parents’ jobs
are/were

 Think of a job (not your real job, something very different), but don’t tell
your partner what that job is. Your partner is going to ask you a maximum of
fifteen questions to try and find out what job you’re thinking about. You can
only answer yes or no.
Example: If your partner asks Do you work outdoors? You can only answer
Yes, I do or No, I don’t.

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Press conference – GROUP B

Class activity You are actors and actresses in a new James Bond movie. You
are at Hollywood press conference. Choose one of the roles below and
answer the reporters’ questions.

Name: Clint Eastwood Name: Eddie Murphy Name: Grace Jones

Nationality: American Nationality: American Nationality: British
Movie Role: James Bond Movie Role: American Spy Movie Role: Girlfriend #3

Name: Peter O’Toole Name: Venessa Redgrave Name: Chevy Chase

Nationality: British Nationality: British Nationality: American
Movie Role: James Bond’s Boss Movie Role: British Secret Movie Role: Head of the
Agent KGB

Name: David Bowie Name: Brigitte Nielsen Name: Arnold

Nationality: British Nationality: Swedish Schwarzenegger
Movie Role: James Bond’s Movie Role: Girlfriend #1 Nationality: Austrian
Secretary Movie Role: Soviet Spy

Name: Bette Midler Name: Elizabeth Taylor

Nationality: American Nationality: American
Movie Role: Head of the CIA Movie Role: Girlfriend #2

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PARTNER B

 Your partner has got some questions to ask you. Give plenty of information
in your answers.

 Interview your partner. Your partner is thinking of a job (not his/her real
job). You can ask a maximum of fifteen questions, and try to find out what the
job is. Your partner can only answer yes or no. Start with these questions.
Find out:

1 if he/she works inside or outdoors

Example: You can ask Do you work outdoors? And your partner will
answer
Yes, I do or no, I don’t
2 if he/she works alone or with others (You can ask Do you work alone?)
3 if he/she handles money as part of the job
4 if he/she uses the phone a lot
5 if he/she stands or sits most of the time

Now go on – you’ve got ten more questions, and then you can ask:
Are you a . . . ?

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Swap meet

 You want to sell three things at the class swap meet. Make a card
for each thing like this.

VCR for Sale

Bicycle for Sale Kind: Toshiba Hair Dryer for Sale
Age: 6 months old
Kind: Schwinn Price: $150 Kind: Phillips
Age: 2 years old Age: 5 years old
Price: $65 Price: $5

 Class activity Now form two groups – the Sellers and

the Buyers – and have a swap meet. The Sellers use their cards first.

Sellers: Use your cards to answer the Buyers’ questions.

Try to sell all your things.

Buyers: You have $300 to spend.

Go around the swap meet and talk to the Sellers.
Ask questions like these and write down the things you want to
buy.

What do you have for sale?

What kind is it?
How old is it?
How much is it?

 Stop after 10 minutes. Tell the class what you want to buy like this.
I’d like to buy John’s stereo. It’s $125.
And I’d like to get Rosa’s typewriter. It’s only $40.

 Change roles and have another swap meet.

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Who’s who?

 Write two or three interesting facts about people in your family.

Do not write your name on the paper. The teacher will collect your
information and put it on a class chart like this.

My brother is
a disk jockey. My father is a
My younger jazz pianist.
sister speaks My aunt lives
Russian. in Singapore.
Her husband is
an ambassador

 Class activity Try to find the student who wrote the

information in each box. Walk around the class and ask questions like
these.

Is your brother a disk jockey?

Does your younger sister speak Russian?

Then write the correct person’s name in each box on the chart.
Stop after 10 minutes. How many names do you have?

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Leisure survey

 Interview five people in your class and complete the survey

below.

 Class activity What are the three most popular leisure

activities, sport, and exercises in the class?

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