Talk for a minute about …

Work in small groups and take turns to choose a topic below and talk for 2 minutes about it.

festivals and
what is 3 things your
your special days your
important you did favourite
family in your friends
in your life last week book or film
country

how to cook the most

the best 3 things
your town your your beautiful
experience you will do
or city favourite country place you
of your life this week dish have visited.

your your most a famous something

your last love &
hobbies and embarrassing person you you are
interests
holiday moment marriage like bad at

your something
where you the travel &
pets future you are
want to live weather transport
plans good at

one of your If I won the nicest

new your music in
siblings or the lotto, person you
cousins
technology I would… personality know your life

your your
the best young
favourite clothes & what you
food /
experience perfect people
are afraid of
fashion of your life today
restaurant day

your your
what you learning your job or your favourite
favourite subjects in
look like English studies smartphone
teacher school

your how to your

how to be your house your last
favourite tv improve your favourite
healthy or apartment birthday
series English animals

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 Talk for a minute about …
Work in small groups and take turns to choose a topic below and talk for a minute about it.

festivals and what is 3 things the best

your your your favourite your town
special days in important in you did experience of
family friends book or film or city
your country your life last week your life

the most
3 things you how to cook your most your
your beautiful place your hobbies your last
will do this your favourite embarrassing favourite tv
country you have and interests holiday
week dish moment series
visited.

a famous something something one of your

your future where you the
person you you are pets plans
you are
want to live weather
siblings or
like bad at good at cousins

If I won the nicest your favourite

travel & new your music in clothes &
the lotto, person you food /
transport technology I would…
personality know your life restaurant fashion

the best your

your young people what you are what you learning your job or
experience of
afraid of
favourite
your life perfect day today look like English studies
teacher

how to your favourite

love & how to be your house or your last your favourite your
improve your subjects in
marriage healthy apartment birthday animals smartphone
English school

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 Teacher’s Notes
Lesson: Talk for a minute about … Level: A2 - B1 Time: 30 mins

Preparation:
- Print a handout for every student/pair or display page 2 on your device for online lessons.

Option 1:

Teaching Method:
Step 1:

- Put students into pairs/small groups of 3-4 students.

- Students should take turns choosing a topic card and talking for a minute about the topic.
- While one student is speaking, the other students should interrupt with questions asking for more
information to develop the discussion into a natural conversation.
- Students cross off topics after they have discussed them so that they don’t repeat topics.
- Take note of any errors students make during the activity to be used for error correction after.
Step 2:

- Display the students’ errors on the board and have students identify and correct them as a class.

Option 2:

Teaching Method:
Step 1:

- Put students into pairs/small groups of 3-4 students.

- Students should take turns choosing a topic and talking for a minute about the topic without stopping.
- Take note of any errors students make during the activity to be used for error correction after.

Step 2:

- Display the students’ errors on the board and have students identify and correct them as a class.

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