1 Pairwork activity

Who is it?

Notes and answers

Aims
to practice countries and nationalities
to ask and answer personal information questions
to practice feelings

Instructions
• Copy and cut up the activity sheet.
• Divide the class into A / B pairs.
• Give out the activity sheet. Go through the example with the class.
• Make sure students understand that they must ask and answer personal
information questions without giving the name of the person on the profile.
• Students then ask and answer in pairs and guess who their partner is describing.

Answers
Students’ own answers.

Extra activity
• Students can write new profiles about different people in different parts of the
world and exchange information with a new partner.

Engage 2nd edition Starter Teacher’s Resource MultiROM Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2012
 Unit 1: Pairwork activity
Who is it?
Student A My Profile My Profile
Name: Sofia Name: Bruno
Work with Student B. Choose a profile.
Age: 14 Age: 13
Don’t say your name. Take turns to ask and
Location: Cadiz Location: Belo Horizonte
answer questions with Student B. Guess who
Country: Spain Country: Brazil
Student B is. Repeat with a different profile.
Time: 11:24 p.m. Time: 8:24 a.m.
Student B: How old are you?
Student A: I’m …
Student B: Where are you from? My Profile My Profile
Student A: I’m from … / I’m …
Name: Dina Name: Andres
Student B: What’s the time?
Age: 15 Age: 14
Student A: It’s …
Location: St. Petersburg Location: Cadiz
Student B: Are you … today?
Country: Russia Country: Spain
Student A: Yes, I … / No, I’m …
Time: 1:24 p.m. Time: 11:24 p.m.
Student B: You’re …

My Profile My Profile My Profile My Profile

Name: Vera Name: Kenji Name: Akiko Name: Alex
Age: 13 Age: 14 Age: 14 Age: 15
Location: Belo Horizonte Location: Osaka Location: Osaka Location: St. Petersburg
Country: Brazil Country: Japan Country: Japan Country: Russia
Time: 8:24 a.m. Time: 7:24 p.m. Time: 7:24 p.m. Time: 1:24 p.m.

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Unit 1: Pairwork activity

Who is it?
My Profile My Profile
Student B Name: Sofia Name: Bruno
Work with Student A. Choose a profile. Age: 14 Age: 13
Don’t say your name. Take turns to ask and Location: Cadiz Location: Belo Horizonte
answer questions with Student A. Guess who Country: Spain Country: Brazil
Student B is. Repeat with a different profile. Time: 11:24 p.m. Time: 8:24 a.m.
Student A: How old are you?
Student B: I’m …
Student A: Where are you from? My Profile My Profile
Student B: I’m from … / I’m … Name: Dina Name: Andres
Student A: What’s the time? Age: 15 Age: 14
Student B: It’s … Location: St. Petersburg Location: Cadiz
Student A: Are you … today? Country: Russia Country: Spain
Student B: Yes, I … / No, I’m … Time: 1:24 p.m. Time: 11:24 p.m.
Student A: You’re …

My Profile My Profile My Profile My Profile

Name: Vera Name: Kenji Name: Akiko Name: Alex
Age: 13 Age: 14 Age: 14 Age: 15
Location: Belo Horizonte Location: Osaka Location: Osaka Location: St. Petersburg
Country: Brazil Country: Japan Country: Japan Country: Russia
Time: 8:24 a.m. Time: 7:24 p.m. Time: 7:24 p.m. Time: 1:24 p.m.

Engage 2nd edition Starter Teacher’s Resource MultiROM Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2012