This is a great activity which is supposed to help us make students talk. It can be used for private students (who usually answer our questions and do not ask us any) and groups(large ones should be separated in 3 or 4 students in order to have them talk as much as possible). First, present the word BUSYBODY, which means somebody who is very curious and ask people lots of questions. Then, ask students if they can be considered one. If they can not, tell them it´s time to make an effort and be one. Also, it´s their opportunity to find out whatever they want about their classmates! Play this role with one of them and model the activity. Tell students they can talk about whatever they want and the WH-questions presented on the slides are there to give them ideas and they´d better use those question words instead of YES-NO questions. I usually ask them for a volunteer from each group to start being the "victim" who is going to answer all the busybody people around. After about 2 or 3 minutes I ring a bell and tell them to change the "victim" of the group. And so it goes up to the last person of the group responds their busybody classmates. Finally, for accountability, I ask students who they consider the most busybody person from their groups and tell them to tell the class interesting things they´d found out about their classmates. Students usually have lots of fun and it´s a very effective way of practicing asking/answering questions using question words, different topics and auxiliary verbs. ENJOY!

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