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Read theEFL Materials below. Practise with your partner.
conversation
A) How many people are there in your family?
B) Erm - four: my parents, my sister and me.
A) Really? What does your sister do?
B) Shes a housewife and part-time teacher.
A) Oh yeah? Where does she live?
B) She lives in Paris. How about you? How
many people
Now have similar conversations with everyone in the classroom. Make notes in the
table below.
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Target Structure: Present Simple
Vocabulary: Family, jobs, locations
Level: Elementary
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: None
Suggested Teaching Method
This worksheet can be used as a good mixer activity. It offers extensive practice of the Present Simple with lots
of personalisation.
Students should practise the conversation in pairs, reversing roles.
Explain that students must ask similar questions to all the group members and make notes in the
table.
Choose a confident student to ask you some questions. Encourage a mix of questions for the
extra information box.
Write questions words on the board that students can use. (Where / live, What / do) etc.
Monitor the conversations, avoiding correction at this stage unless absolutely necessary. Make
notes on any heinous errors and put the up on the board after the activity is over.
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