Getting To Know You Survey

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Getting to Know You Survey

Activity Type Introduction


Grammar and Speaking In this getting to know you activity, students conduct a survey
Activity: asking and in order to get to know their classmates and find out personal
answering questions, information about them.
controlled and freer
practice Procedure
Write the following incomplete statements on the board:
Focus
................ likes to play football.
Getting to know you

Present simple yes/no ................ is tired today.


questions with Do you...?
and Are you...? Ask the students to make a present simple yes/no question with
Do you...? or Are you...? for each incomplete sentence, e.g. 'Do
Asking for and giving you like to play football?'
personal information
Next, ask students the two questions. When a student replies
'yes' to a question, complete the sentence with their name. Then,
Aim elicit possible follow-up questions from the class and ask them to
the student.
To conduct a survey in
order to get to know After that, give each student a copy of the worksheet.
your classmates and find
out personal information Elicit the present simple yes/no questions the students need to
about them. ask to complete the sentences.

Students then go around the class and ask each other the
Preparation questions.
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each When a student finds a classmate who answers 'yes' to a question,
student. they complete the corresponding sentence with their name.

The student then asks a follow-up question to gain more


Level information and notes down their classmate's response on the
worksheet.
Elementary (A1-A2)
If a classmate replies 'no', the student asks a different question
or moves on to speak to another student.
Time
30 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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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Getting to Know You Survey

Ask your classmates questions with Do you...? or Are you...? in order to complete the
sentences below, e.g. 'Do you play a musical instrument?' Complete each sentence
with the name of a student who answers 'yes' to your question.

Also, ask follow-up questions to gain more information and note down the answers, e.g. 'What
musical instrument do you play?'

1. .......................... plays a musical instrument.

2. .......................... has an older brother.

3. .......................... likes to play sport.

4. .......................... is afraid of spiders.

5. .......................... likes to watch films.

6. .......................... is good at cooking.

7. .......................... lives in an apartment.

8. .......................... has a pet dog.

9. .......................... hates shopping.

10. .......................... thinks learning English is difficult.

11. .......................... wants to travel the world.

12. .......................... walks to school.

13. .......................... is left-handed.

14. .......................... speaks three languages.

15. .......................... sleeps eight hours a night.

16. .......................... does yoga.

17. .......................... is feeling happy today.

18. .......................... learns English at the weekend.

19. .......................... gets up early every day.

20. .......................... likes to eat fruit.

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