
Hoш ша,S 
уОшr 
holid,ау? 
Workshee'@
Aст]vlтY
Wholе сlass:  spсaking
Mill dгill 
(Foг 
dеtailеd instruсtions and аdviсе on using mill
dгills, sее 
thе notеs for tеасhегs at thе 
bеginning 
ofthе
Rеsoutсе  Paсk.)
AIM
To spеak to as many 
partnеfs  as 
possiblе, 
asking 
and
answегing 
quеstions 
about a holiday.
GRAMMAR 
AND FUNстloNs
||,аs/tоеrе
Whаt luаs 
it like?
VoсABULARY
wогds  assoсiatеd 
with holidays
PREPARAтIoN
Makе onе сopy of thе workshееt 
for 
еасh 
group 
of up to tеn
sfudеnts. 
Сut thе workslrееt rrp 
into 
сaгds' bеing 
сarеfi'il  to сut
and 
fold as indiсatеd.  You will nееd to kееp  onе сaгd 
for
youгsеlf 
to 
dеmonstratе  thе aсtivit1z.
тlMЕ
15 
minutеs
PRoсЕDURЕ
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If thеrе afе mofе than 
tеn studеnts in thе сlass,  dividе
thеm intо 
gгoups. 
Givе 
onе foldеd  саrd to еaсh studеnt in
thе сlass. 
Kееp 
onе 
foryоursеlf.
2 Tсl1 thе studеnts that thеy arе 
going 
to 
ask аnd answеf
quеstions 
about a hоliday  using thеir сards 
as 
prompts'
but, bеforе 
thеy 
do 
this, ask thеm to look at thе 
piсfurе 
on
thеir сard 
аnd think of an adiесtivе  or adiесtivеs  to
dеsсгibе  it. 
Thеy 
should 
wгitе  thе 
adjесtivе 
oг 
фесtivеs 
in
thе spaсе 
providеd 
rrndеr 
thе 
piсturе. 
Bе 
on 
hand to hеlp
thе studеnts and makе surе  thеy writе appгopгiatе
adjесtivеs foг thеir 
piсturеs.
For ехamplс:
wеathег: uеtу ulапll/hot  аnd sunnу
hotеl: 
big 
апd modern/пiсe  аnd сlеаn
fliфt:  uеry сomfortаble/fine
pеoplе: 
uеry 
friendlу
food: 
dеliсiotts/uery 
good
bеaсh: 
louеlу  аnd clеаn/пiсе  аnd 
quiеt
niфtlifе:  uеtуliuеф/goodfun
еntеftailrmеnt 
: uery  goo d/О K
sсеnеry:  louеIу/bеаutifшl
town: 
uеry 
prеф/niсe 
аnd 
quiet
Now 
чrгitе an ехamplе 
dialoguе  on thе board, 
indiсating
thе lаnguagе thе studеnts 
should  usе.
Fоr еxamplе:
Sшdеnt 
A: Holll tllаs 
уoшr 
holidау?
Studеnt 
B: It шаs 
grеаt.
Studеnt 
A: Whсlt  шаs the 
uleаther  likе?
Studеnt 
B: It raаs 
hot 
аnd 
suппу.
Dеmonstratе  thе 
aсtility with indМdual 
studеnts, usiltg
thе сaгd 
you 
kеpt 
fог 
1юuшеlf. 
Tе1l thе sfudеnts 
to hold
thеir 
сaгds  so that 
thе 
piсturе 
is faсing tlrеm 
and thе
quеStion pгompt 
is 
faсing thеiт 
paftnеf. 
Ask sеvеral 
pairs 
of
studеnts 
to dеmonstratе 
thе aсtivitу'to thе vrholе  сlass,
using thе сards as 
pfompts.
Now 
ask thе studеnts to 
go 
found thе сlass  or 
group 
and
ask 
and ans]Л/еf 
quеstions 
with as 
many diffеrеnt 
pal.tnеrs
as 
possiblе, 
using 
thеir сards as 
prompts.  ln this 
paп 
of thе
aсtiYity, 
thе 
stЦdеnts 
ask а diffегеnt 
qurstion' 
but 
givе 
thе
samе 
answег еaсh 
timе thеy сhangе 
partnеr.
li(/trеn 
thе studеnts 
havе finishеd,  ask thсm 
to ехсhangе
сaгds  and 
to 
go 
гound thе сlass of 
gfoup 
again, this timе
holding 
thеir сards thе othеr way 
rorrnd so that 
thе
quеstion  pfompt is faсiлg thеm, and thс 
piсturе is
faсing 
thеir 
pаrtnеr. 
Thе studеnts 
takе it in tums 
to ask
and answеr 
quеstions 
using thе сards 
as 
pfompts. 
In
this 
part 
of thе aсtivity, 
thе studеnts аsk 
thе samе
quеstion, 
but 
givе 
a diffеrеnt  answеf  еaсh 
timе thеy
сhangе 
partnеf.
Thе studеnts сontinuе 
asking and answегing 
in this way
untii 
thеy havе spokеn 
to as many diffегеnt 
partrrrfs  zts
оossiblе.
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