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16 Question Strips

FAMILY

 How many people are there in your family?

 Tell me about the oldest person in your family.

 Tell me about the youngest person in your family.

 Having many children or only one child: which is better? Why?

 What is the best age to get married? Why?

 How many aunts and uncles do you have? Where do they live?

 How many cousins do you have? Where do they live?

 Describe a fun family activity.

 How were families different 100 years ago?

 How will families be different 100 years in the future?

 Will you always live with your parents? Why? / Why not?

 Who do you look like most in your family? How?

 Who is the funniest person in your family?

 Do you enjoy going to weddings?

 Why do people decide to have kids?

 What is the best way for families to be happy together?


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16 QUESTION STRIPS Family
Aim Speaking Practice
Level Intermediate to Advanced

 As a Seated Activity
Have your students seated in pairs or in groups of three.

Lay the sixteen cut-up questions – face-down – between the students.

Students take turns randomly selecting questions to ask their partner(s).


Encourage follow-up questions.

Be sure to set a time frame for your students (try starting with 10 – 15
minutes for 16 questions; you may want to adjust this in later classes).
Monitor and assist.

 As a Standing Activity 1
Have all your students stand up.

Give one question strip to each student.

Students find a partner and ask their question. Encourage follow-up


questions.

After the students have asked each other their questions, have them
exchange question strips and find new partners and continue.

Set a time frame as above. Monitor and assist.

 As a Standing Activity 2
This activity runs exactly the same as in ‘Standing Activity 1’ except that
students first have about a minute to memorize their question (before
placing it in their pocket – it can be used as a prompt if needed).

After each short conversation, students ‘mentally exchange’ their


questions – they must help each other memorize their new questions
before setting of to find a new partner.

This activity version is a little challenging, but also lots of fun – and it’s
great to see all the learning that takes place!

Set a time frame as above. Monitor and assist.

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