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Mike’s Life
Student A

Mike was born in (1) _____________ in 1981. He went to school in Chiang Mai for (2)

_____________ before moving to Singapore. He misses (3) ______________ in Chiang

Mai, but he enjoys his new life in Singapore. In fact, he has (4) _____________ in Singapore

for 10 years. Currently, he (5) _____________ at a language school. He works as an (6)

_____________ there. He is going to get a pay rise next (7) _____________. After he

receives his pay rise, he is going to get married and start a family. His fiancée’s name is (8)

_____________. They met in (9) _____________ in 2010 while they were both (10)

_____________. They have been engaged for three years. In the future, he wants to buy a

house.

Questions

1. _______________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________________

7. _______________________________________________________________________

8. _______________________________________________________________________

9. _______________________________________________________________________

10._______________________________________________________________________

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Student B

Mike was born in Bangkok in (1) _____________. He went to school in (2) _____________

for 8 years before moving to (3) _____________. He misses his friends in Chiang Mai, but

he enjoys (4) _____________ in Singapore. In fact, he has lived in Singapore for (5)

_____________. Currently, he is working at a language school. He works as an English

teacher there. He is going to get a pay rise next month. After he receives his pay rise, he is

going to get (6) _____________ and start (7) _____________. His fiancée’s name is Anna.

They met in Malaysia in (8) _____________ while they were both travelling. They have been

(9) _____________ for three years. In the future, he wants to buy a (10) _____________.

Questions

1. _______________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________________

7. _______________________________________________________________________

8. _______________________________________________________________________

9. _______________________________________________________________________

10._______________________________________________________________________

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This intriguing teaching activity helps students practice forming questions to find out missing
information.

Before class, make one copy of the worksheets for each pair of students.

Procedure

Divide the class into two groups (A and B).

Give each student in group A and B their corresponding worksheet.

Have the students work together to come up with the questions they need to ask to complete
the text.

When they have finished, check the questions with each group.

Possible Answers

Student A

1. Where was Mike born?

2. How long did he go to school in Chiang Mai?
3. What does he miss about Chiang Mai?
4. What has he done in Singapore for 10 years?
5. What is he doing at a language school?
6. What is his job?
7. When is he going to get a pay rise?
8. What is his fiancée’s name?
9. Where did he meet his fiancée?
10. What were they both doing when they met?

Student B

1. When was Mike born?

2. Where did he go to school?
3. Where did he move to?
4. What does he enjoy in Singapore?
5. How long has he lived in Singapore?
6. What is he going to get after his pay rise?
7. What is he going to start?
8. When did he meet his fiancée?
9. What have they been for 3 years?
10. What does he want to buy in the future?

Now ask each student to pair up with someone from the other group.

Have the students sit back to back so they can’t see each other’s worksheet.

Students then take it in turns to ask and answer the questions and complete the text.

When everyone has finished, go through the complete text with the class.

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