More Speaking Part 1 Fun and Games

I borrowed this idea from the Radio 4 panel show "Just a Minute". I then adapted it. It works really well in PowerPoint form or as flash cards covering questions.
There are a few ways you can do it depending on how much time you have and the level of your class.
I play it like Naughts and Crosses (Tic-tac-toe)

• Set up the board with dependent prepositions and put the questions underneath them. This works equally well with trending topics.

• Students make a sentence using a dependent preposition and let fate decide their (part one) question.

• Students must speak for as long as they can without:

•                               Repeating themselves.

•                               Pausing for more than three seconds.

•                               Using fillers. (umm, err,  etc)

• If a player fails to adhere to the above rules other students must make it known by using an animal sound. I find it makes it a lot more amusing. 

• Next, the student who interrupted can either be given the square or they can continue to speak for the rest of the minute to try and earn the square.

Here are a few sample part 1 questions: 

·         How much time do you spend at home? 

·         Tell us about a day you’ve really enjoyed recently? 

·         Do you like cooking?

·         What’s your favourite food?

·         Do you ever go to concerts? 

·         Where do you like listening to music?

·         Do you like going to the cinema? 

·         Do you enjoy playing computer games?

• Do you like to plan your holidays carefully or do you prefer to just go?

There is a printable worksheet and a powerpoint of this activity available from this link.
https://sites.google.com/a/thenglishouse.com/harry/

Give it a shot. It's a fantastic activity for improving fluency and great for a laugh.