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Purpose: communicative and student-centered activity that involves a lot of talking

and moving around. It helps students get to know each other a little better, and it

gives them valuable practice forming questions.

Level: multilevel

Time: 20 min. approx.

Instructions:

1. Explain to students this is an activity to get to know a little bit about each

other.

2. The teacher may want to model forming some questions first and havestudents practice before asking them to start the activity.

3. Give an activity handout to each student depending on the class language

level. Have students mingle around the room and ask yes/no questions from

the worksheet to different classmates.

4. If a student answers yes to the question, the other student writes the

classmates name on the worksheet.

5. Explain students cannot use the same person for more than one question!

6. First student who writes a name for all questions wins! (it is ok if students do

not have names for all questions)

7. Finally, students return to their seats. Teacher asks students some questions:

Example: T: Who likes cats? S: CarlosT: Who speaks 3 languages ? S: Sam

8. Ideally, everyone in the class will hear a characteristic attributed to him/her

and hear his/her name at least once.

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Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with you teacher first.

Ask your classmates: Can you ? Name of Classmate

1. . speak Chinese? ________________

2. . ride a motorcycle? _______________

3. .spell your name? _________________

4. .use a computer? ________________

5. . cut hair? ________________

6. .whistle? (Prove it!) _________________

7. . play the guitar? ________________

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Now tell the class:

Who can speak Chinese?

Who can ride a motorcycle?

Who can spell his/her name?

Who can use a computer?

Who can cut hair?

Who can whistle?

Who can play the guitar?

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Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with you teacher first.

Ask your classmates: Can you ? Name of Classmate

1. ....do push-ups? (Prove it!) __ _______________

2. . cook American food? _____ _______________

3. . ski? ________________

4. . swim? _______________

5. . wink your right eye? _______________

6. .eat with chopsticks? _______________

7. .catch a fish? _______________

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Now tell the class:

Who can do push-ups?

Who can cook American food?

Who can ski?

Who can swim?

Who can wink his/her right eye?

Who can eat with chopsticks?

Who can catch a fish?

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Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with your teacher first.

Ask your classmates: Can you ? Name of Classmate

1. .eat spicy food? ____________________

2. fix a flat tire? ___________________

3. .do landscaping work? __________________

4. .say hello in 3 languages? ___________________

5. .send a text message? ___________________

6. spell your name backwards? (prove it!) _________________

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Now tell the class:

Who can eat spicy food?

Who can fix a tire?

Who can do landscaping work?

Who can say hello in 3 languages

Who can send a text message?

Who can spell his/her name backwards?

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High Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with your teacher first.

Name of Classmate

1....... has cats ___________________

2. ..is an early bird ___________________

3. .was born in January ___________________

4. ..is from Asia ___________________

5. .. can roller skate ___________________

6. .. is a night owl ____________________

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Name of Classmate

7. .. likes to take baths __________________

8. . is a carpenter __________________

Now tell the class (use complete sentences):

Who has cats?

Who is an early bird?

Who was born in January?

Who is from Asia?

Who can roller skate?

Who is an night owl?

Who likes to take bath?

Who is an carpenter?

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Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with your teacher first.

Ask your classmates: Can you ? Name of Classmate

1. .play tennis? ___________________

2. mow the lawn? ___________________

3. drive a bus? ___________________

4. .shovel snow? ___________________

5. .lift weights? ___________________

6. ..knit? ___________________

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Now tell the class:

Who can play tennis?

Who can mow the lawn?

Who can drive a bus?

Who can shovel snow?

Who can lift weights?

Who can knit?

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High Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you! Practice

asking the questions with your teacher first.

Name of Classmate

1. ......speaks French _________________

2. ..has a library card __________________

3. .. reads the horoscope __________________

4. ..is from Thailand __________________

5. .. is engaged _________________

6. .. grows a vegetable garden _________________

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Name of Classmate

7. .. likes the fall season __________________

8. . was born in September __________________

Now tell the class (use complete sentences): Who speaks French?

Who has a library card?

Who reads the horoscope?

Who is from Thailand?

Who is engaged?

Who grows a vegetable garden?

Who likes the fall season?

Who was born in September?

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Beginner ESL Level

Walk around the room and ask a yes/no question to different classmates. If the

answer is yes, write the persons name. Look at the pictures to help you!

Name of Classmate

1. Do you eat cheese for breakfast? __________________

2. Can you swim? __________________

3. Do you work on weekends? _________________

4. Do you drink tea in the morning? _________________

5. Are you a cook? _________________

6. Are you from Japan? _________________

7. Do you like cats? _________________