Countries: Explanation

Countries: Information Gap

• Details

Name of Item	Countries / nationalities / languages / capital cities
Activity Type	presenation / vocabulary / grammar
Student Level	Elementary / Low Intermediate
Time Allowance	20 - 25 minutes
Preparation Required	Dividing students into A-B pairs and giving relevant handouts to each pair member
Other Items Needed	(magazine pictures of people from different countries and "different professions")
Vocabulary	items all included on sheet
Grammar	Wh-Question sentence patterns

• Instructions

It is probably best to divide students into pairs for both parts of this worksheet so that you know who to give sheet A to, and who to give sheet B to.

In the first half, students can work together or individually to unscramble the questions in the left-hand box, and write the correct questions immediately below (also on the left-hand side). After this they should also try to produce and write "3rd person singualar" questions in the he / she box on the right. These will be needed later.

In a mixed nationality class they could then practice by indicating other class members around the room and asking their partners the questions in the right-hand box. In a single nationality class they could do the same thing either with magazine pictures or by blatantly lying about their class-mates.

In the second part, they use these questions to ask about "person number one", "person number two", etc. Despite the time spent on this already, you may want to model these questions and practice them together before proceeding. (e.g. Where is person number one from? She's from Japan. What's her nationality? She's Japanese.)

In this way, each pair member should eventually have a grid complete with sixteen countries, nationalities, capital cities and languages - all correctly spelt.