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    This document provides instructions and prompts for several classroom speaking activities: 1. "Find Somebody Who..." has students ask each other questions to find partners who meet certain criteria like owning a pet or liking a certain food. 2. "Four Corners" poses topics in each corner of the room for students to stand in based on their preference. 3. "Speed Dating" has students answer questions in pairs and then rotate to new partners between questions. 4. "Pictures and Me" has students show photos from their phones and talk about them to classmates. 5. "Silent Bio" involves students interviewing partners without speaking to learn biographical details through gestures.

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    This document provides instructions and prompts for several classroom speaking activities: 1. "Find Somebody Who..." has students ask each other questions to find partners who meet certain criteria like owning a pet or liking a certain food. 2. "Four Corners" poses topics in each corner of the room for students to stand in based on their preference. 3. "Speed Dating" has students answer questions in pairs and then rotate to new partners between questions. 4. "Pictures and Me" has students show photos from their phones and talk about them to classmates. 5. "Silent Bio" involves students interviewing partners without speaking to learn biographical details through gestures.

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    5 Back To School Exercises - Icebreakers

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    Monika aqwer
    This document provides instructions and prompts for several classroom speaking activities: 1. "Find Somebody Who..." has students ask each other questions to find partners who meet certain criteria like owning a pet or liking a certain food. 2. "Four Corners" poses topics in each corner of the room for students to stand in based on their preference. 3. "Speed Dating" has students answer questions in pairs and then rotate to new partners between questions. 4. "Pictures and Me" has students show photos from their phones and talk about them to classmates. 5. "Silent Bio" involves students interviewing partners without speaking to learn biographical details through gestures.

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    FIND SOMEBODY WHO …

    You will have about five minutes to talk with other people in the group. In each of the spaces
    provided you have to write a different person. Ask the person about one additional detail, e.g. What
    kind of animal do you have? What’s your favourite romantic comedy? How long have you been a
    vegetarian?

    has got an animal


    doesn’t have a TV at home
    drinks coffee every day
    has never been abroad
    likes watching romantic comedies
    is a vegetarian
    prefers KFC to MacDonald’s
    can bake cakes
    has the same eye colour as you
    does some sport in their free time

    FOUR CORNERS
    Teacher reads out four words, each corner of the room represents one word. Students stand in the
    corner which represents the word they would choose. They discuss their choice with the people
    form their corner for 30-60 seconds.

    yellow red blue green


    pop rock heavy metal classical music
    football basketball volleyball running
    city mountains seaside lake
    kitchen bathroom bedroom living room
    parrot turtle fish rabbit
    England Italy Japan Argentina
    pillow chocolate wine smile
    run jump dance sit
    Link to Four corners powerpoint presentation
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19RUubvniyHH1dBEqaVQpO3Ww-
    QQcUFdD66KNFV4Ie64/edit#slide=id.p3

    SPEED DATING
    Student sits in two rows opposite each other. Teachers asks one question, students in pairs answer
    the question and justify their answer. After 1-2 minutes students change, students from one row
    move right and change their seats.
    Students may stand in a circle, every second students takes a step forward and turns so that they
    stand opposite another person. In this way two circles are formed, procedure is the same as in the
    version with rows.

    My favourite colour is ...... I really like ......


    My favourite dish is .... I hate eating …
    My favourite season of the year is .... If I had a lot of money .....
    I really don’t like ... In my free time ....
    My favourite film star is ... My hobby is ...
    Two words that describe me .... A birthday present I remember is ...
    My favourite dessert is ... My best holiday ....
    In the future I would like ... My favourite film is ...
    If I could go whenever I want, I would choose ....
    My favourite writer (book, composer, singer) ...

    Today I feel ..... I hate when people ......


    I would never like to .... I have always wanted ....
    I most appreciate people who .... The thing that gives me the biggest pleasure
    I am happy when ... I don’t want to .....
    I am sad when ... I am angry when ....
    Two things that I like in myself … One of my best qualities is ....
    One of the happiest moments of my life ....
    The achievement I am most proud of ....
    The most important feature of character of a friend ...
    PICTURES AND ME

    Ask your students to choose one or two photos which they have on their phones. They have to
    walk around the classroom, show their photos and talk about them with other students in the
    class.

    SILENT BIO

    Work in pairs. One student interviews the other one to find the following things. The interviewee
    can’t talk, he or she can only show the answers. Find out about:
    - name
    - age
    - hobby
    - favourite food
    - things they don’t like
    - things they like
    - sport they like or do
    - ask about one other detail
    When you have found out everything present your partner. Check if you have understood
    everything correctly.

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