Getting to Know You
Ten personal questions with sentence starters and an open-answer version. Help A1 adults introduce themselves and ask a partner about everyday life.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 10 personal questions
- Supported and open-answer versions on separate pages
- Speaking practice with optional written notes
Build confidence asking and answering ten everyday personal questions about names, homes, work, interests and languages. Page 1 provides sentence starters; page 2 repeats the questions with space for notes.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Choose the supported first page, the note-taking second page, or both. Model the difference between Where are you from? and Where do you live? Let learners skip personal questions or use an invented identity if they prefer.
- Model two questions and answers with a learner. Practise the question forms aloud before pairs begin.
- Partners take turns asking and answering. On page 1, use the starters to build spoken answers; on page 2, write brief notes rather than a full script.
- Change partners and repeat selected questions. As an optional follow-up, invite each learner to introduce their partner using one or two details they are happy to share.
Support and extension
For support, choose five questions and supply job or interest vocabulary. For an extension, hide the starters on the second round and add one follow-up question. Answers are personal, so there is no fixed answer key; check that the response fits the question.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
