This is the getting to know each other section of the site where you can discover new ways to encourage your students to share more information about themselves with one another or the class as a whole. With 207 worksheets to choose from, you should find something your students will like. Teachers have suggested that many of these worksheets be used in your first class with students but this getting-to-know-you activity is a little different. This worksheet helps students compose and deliver a report about themselves so wait until students feel more comfortable with one another before introducing this activity. Even after a year of class together, students will still be able to think of some new information to share. You might also consider using this as a review after you have covered all the individual questions in other class periods. There are many worksheets in this section that are appropriate for learners of different levels and ages if this one does not fit into your course. .
Being able to introduce yourself is important when meeting new people and since this is a common occurrence it is good to have student practice asking and answering some basic questions such as the ones on the worksheets in this section. Students will have to have a good grasp of the required vocabulary before starting to learn these sentence structures. Once students have mastered the answers, introduce the question forms and allow students to practice using interview activities and model dialogues.
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This worksheet is for students who are fairly new to the language, but have some knowledge of the alphabet. Students trace the words "My name is" at the top and then try to write the sentence the ...
Simple word search for beginners. It has words related to greetings, introduction and farewells. It can be used at the practice stage, after presenting this vocabulary. But, maybe depending on the ...
Simple board game to practice elementary wh-questions such as "What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from" and yes/no questions with 'be'. The students are supposed to put the sentence ...
These are some questions that I have used as conversation starters, or jumping off points. Mainly used with higher level students, however there are some that can be used at most levels. Most are ...
Dialogue with two people introducing themselves, saying their names, asking how they are and saying goodbye. There are gaps to complete with the words in the box. This activity can be used in the ...
Students love Angry Birds but they do not like returning to school. This worksheet is intended to fullfil learners' expectations when they come back to school by revising structures, personal ques ...
This is a simple worksheet that will help students to practice the greetings by repeating each one of them. It is also a great tool for those students who are learning to differentiate the letters ...
This is a nice activity for students of 4th year primary school to colour and complete about themselves on the first day of school. Teachers may change questions according to students' knowle ...
This worksheet contains: Fill in the blanks activity with vocabulary about greetings. Pictures to recognize different times of the day. Activity to order sentences (personal questio ...
You can use this questionnaire for collecting some basic information about your students and while learning the corresponding topic. The questionnaire can be extended if necessary. You can create ...
The activity is called "Let's get to know each other better" and focuses on making questions in different tenses up to present perfect and writing down one's partner's answer in the correct tense ...
Another version of the Guess Who game, made to practice the following structures: What (sports/food) do you like?, How old are you?, When is your birthday?, Are you (Max)? To the left of the pictu ...
Here is a two page activity which you can use for beginners or low elementary students, especially in business situations. It contains a short description of what you need to know when introducing ...
Students love chants and rhymes. Here is a simple worksheet with basic vocabulary. It shows and proves that English as a language is not that difficult. Students look at pictures, change them into ...
You can use this worksheet to practise everyday English. The topis is giving an opinion. It's a good way to make your students feel confident while using English in classes. The worksheet can be u ...
This is a fun activity for describing people, the teacher or the students select a person beforehand and without revealing her name, hand in the paper with the description to other student whose j ...
A simple getting-to-know-each-other game ideal for the beginning of the school year. It works like a regular bingo except we use our favourites instead of numbers. It could be considered a version ...
The worksheet provides a list of commonly used slang terms in English (as taken from a native speaker). How many ways of saying “Hello” or “Good” do you know? You can make ...
This is a worksheet I usually use at the beginning of the school year. The aim is for the students to be able to fill in the information about themselves so later they can write about it. It will ...
You can use this game either to get to know the students in your first lesson, or to revise present tenses. How to play: you choose one volunteer to come to the black-board, he/she brings one slip ...
Every year I start teaching English in a different school where I have no information about what my students know. ESL books come with a very boring diagnostic test and this gives the students the ...
This worksheet is quite useful for all age groups to practice introducing one self and other people . It's also a good way to start the first day of the school year in terms of having students get ...
This worksheet is a kind of activity card that will help students to speak about themselves, it contains some basic expressions. They are extremely helpful for people who are going to introduce th ...
There can never be enough Back to School activities, warmers, and first lesson ice-breakers. Check out our latest poster below: "The Ultimate Collection of Back to School Activities". These are th ...
A fun icebreaker activity I did to introduce myself to my university students. I suggest that you pair them up, so that they can discuss each question with a partner. They absolutely loved trying ...
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