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Teacher notes

Find someone who

Language point

What do I do?

Was / were

Aim

Hand out questionnaires.

Students read through the questionnaire

and think about the questions they
need to ask.

Students mingle, and complete the

questionnaire by writing students'
names in the box if they answer yes.

The objective is to find at least one

yes for each question.

To practise past simple tense (was / were).

Activity
Students ask and answer questions to
complete a find someone who
questionnaire.

Organization

To develop fluency, encourage students

to expand on their answers, rather than
just answering yes or no.

Whole class.

Preparation
Make enough copies of the questionnaire
for the number of students in your class.

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Find someone who

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Names

was at the beach yesterday.

was at home all day yesterday.

was at the cinema yesterday.

was at school / work at 8am yesterday.

was in a car at 7am yesterday.

was happy yesterday.

was in a cafe at 9am yesterday.

was stressed yesterday.

was asleep at 10pm yesterday.

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