Ice Breakers These are to be used has a teaching aid at the moment of a class.

Basic level to be used with World link, beginners, o F2F PREINTERMEDIATE. And well if they apply they can also be used for more advances students. I will soon have ones for all the levels. Thanks. 1. Write six words in English. Work in pairs. Spell the words to your partner. He/she writes them down. Are they correct? 2. Work in pairs. Take turns to ask your partner the names of the other students in the class: Whats his name? Its Mathew, I think. I cant remember! 3. Work in pairs. Write all the jobs you know. Which pair has the most words? 4. Work in pairs. Count from 0 to 51 in threes. (0,3,6,9,etc. take turns to say the number. Now count from 0 to 98 in sevens (0,7,14,21,etc.) 5. Whats in the lost and found, think of different items people leave behind. 6. Work in pairs. Ask questions with have got. Find things youve got but your partner hasnt got. 7. Work in pairs, write all the family words you now. Which words are for men/boys, women/girls, or both. Examples: Husband, daughter son father mother brother children wife parents sister grandson granddaughter grandchildren 8. Write four times or four prices. Work in pairs. Say them to your partner. He-she writes them down. Are they correct? 9. Work in pairs. Say where something is in the class room: Its on the floor behind the desk. Your partner guesses what it is. Is it a bag? And you answer: Yes, it is / No, its not. 10. Write your daily routine and the times you do these things: get up -7:30, have breakfast8:00, etc. work together, Compare your daily routines. Are the times the same or different? 11. Write four ways to end the sentence. On a perfect Day I . (get up in the afternoon/dont go to work) work together and compare. 12. Your class wants to go out tonight. Work in groups of four. Ask for and make suggestions. Then decide what to do and where to go. Tell the class your groups plan. Which plan is the best? 13. Write sentences about things you never, sometimes, always, often do on Sundays. Compare to see if any of the answers are the same. 14. Write 5 free time activities. Work together; tell your partner when you do the things on your list. Exp: I play tennis on Fridays. I watch football on TV on the weekend. 15. Write the names of 3 people in your family, Ask questions about the people on your partners list. What does Anne do in her free time? 16. Work in pairs, write all of the word for food and drink that you know. Which pair has the most? Which words are countable and non count. 17. Work in pairs, make three true statements and 3 false ones, about places near your school or office. Use there is /there are and there isnt / there arent.

18. Whats your favorite room in your home? Work in pairs. Tell your partner five things about your favorite room using There is /There are. 19. Work in pairs. Write three things you can buy in: a newsstand, grocery store, a department store, a supermarket. Which of these things do you buy every week? 20. Write all the clothes you know work in pairs and compare lists. Tell your partner about your favorite clothes. I have a beautiful shirt. 21. Write 10 verbs you know. What is the past simple of these verbs? Which are regular/ irregular? Work in pairs. Say the past simple to your partner. He /she says the infinitive. 22. Work in groups; take turns to tell your partner 5 things you did last week. I went to the cinema. Then ask questions to get more info, follow up questions, What did you see? 23. Think of three places you went to last year. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the places. Use very/really/quite/too + adjective. I went to Venice last year. It was really beautiful. 24. Write five questions with Did you.? about yesterday. Choose a partner and guess his or her answers. Then work in pairs and ask the questions. How many guesses were correct? 25. Work in pairs, how many different things do you both do in your free time? Make a list how many of these things did you do last week? 26. Imagine a friend is on vacation in your town/city/ region. Think of five things he or she can do there. Works in pairs tell your partners your ideas. 27. Think of two holiday places in your country, write five sentences. Which place do you think is nicer to visit? Why? 28. Write the alphabet from A to Z, work in pairs, try to think of one verb for each letter. A= ask, B= buy etc. then compare. 29. Work in pairs. Write all the jobs you know. Do you know any people with these jobs? Tell your partner about them. 30. Write 6 actions (get up, watch TV) take turns to mime the actions to your partner. He/she guesses what you are doing? 31. Write 4 phone numbers you know. Work in pairs. Take turns to say them to your partner once only. Write your partners numbers. Check the numbers. 32. Work in pairs, tell other students one thing you; always, usually, often, sometimes, dont often, hardly ever, never do at home. 33. Work in pairs. Write all the words for the clothes you know. What clothes are you wearing today? 34. Think of three famous people. Work in pairs. Take turns to describe the people but dont say their names. You can talk about their appearance, character, job, age, nationality, etc. Guess your partners people. 35. Work in pairs; take turns to mime illness to your partners. Dont speak! He or she guesses whats wrong and gives advice. 36. Work in groups Talk about a country you know (not your own) whats the weather like in January /April/July/October. When is the best time to visit? Why? 37. Work in pairs, Take turns to say three things youre going to do tomorrow evening, and three things you arent going to do. Are you going to do the same thing?

38. Write a list of places you can find in a town or city (museum, station, etc) Work in pairs and compare lists. How many of these places are near where you are now? 39. Write five places that are near to where you are now. Take turns to give directions to two of the places. Your partner has to guess the place, start with Go out of the building and 40. Write something you: love doing, want to do tomorrow, and need to do when you get home, enjoy doing, hate doing, and are going to do tonight. Work in pairs and compare answers, how many are the same. 41. Write ten adjectives, Work in pairs. Say the adjectives to your partner. He /She says the comparative and superlative form. 42. Ask your partner questions and find three things you have both done in your life. Have you ever been to.. / met /worked./studied/had? Yes, I have/ No, I havent 43.