People Who ...
Level: Any Level
An activity whose aim is to complete sentences and also take advantage of the contributions in order to generate debate and interaction.
How: Just hand out the following sheet with the heading
PEOPLE WHO ...
and tell the students they have to complete the sentences with realism-not just adding on a grammatically correct ending.
PARK THEIR CARS ON THE FOOTPATH ...
WHO DON`T PAY TAX ...
WHO THROW LITTER ON THE GROUND ...
WHO GIVE MONEY TO CHARITIES ...
EAT CRISPS AT THE CINEMA ARE ...
WHO DRINK AND DRIVE ...
WHO TRAVEL A LOT ...
WHO SAVE LOTS OF MONEY ...
WATCH TV ALL DAY ...
GO TO THE OPERA ...
EAT FROG`S LEGS ...
CLIMB EVEREST ...
HUNT WHALES ...
EAT TOO MUCH ...
DRIVE TOO FAST ...
JUMP QUEUES ...
WHISTLE AT GIRLS ...
SMOKE IN PUBLIC SPACES ...
EARN A LOT OF MONEY ...
THROW THEIR OLD COOKER INTO A FIELD ...
SNORE ...
Etc .......... (Add more!)
NB: The idea is to get personal, individual endings. For example, for
"People who eat crisps in the cinema ...",
I got: annoy me should eat them before the show make a lot of noise have a right to do so (!)
As you can see, everybody has a different answer-and opinion. The latter is what generates talk.
So you kill two birds with one stone: You practise grammar and you get students talking.