Getting to Know You Questions
& Activities for New ESL Students

Questions for kids (PDF)

Student Information and Interest Survey (PDF)

Getting to know you-introductions questions (PDF)

Personal, home, travel, sports etc questions

Getting to know you questions (PDF for adults)

Getting to know you questions for students
with jobs (PDF)

Getting to know you  questions

Getting to know you (PDF) advanced-for adults

Getting to Know You for students (PDF)

Getting to Know You Worksheet (PDF)

50 "getting to know you" interview questions (Word)

Present simple/Yes/No etc favorites questions

Conversation starters 1 At a Party | In a Sporting Group | General Conversation

Eternal Mingle
An ESL activity that can be   an icebreaker,drill or initiator of free conversation

Mind Tools Remembering names

Draw your name

Sign InView Entries
Elementary Games

Yes/No Questions Action Game for children

13 elementary  games OUP (PDF)


More Introductory Ideas for ESL
Students

Worksheets for starting new classes elementary to intermediate learners

Who shares a Birthday with you?
Classroom Language

Classroom language language(PDF file)
Teaching Elementary Greetings & Personal Information  in English

Great exercises for good manners and basic conversation vocabulary ( 12 page PDF)

Excellent elementary esl worksheets for personal identification

New Interchange teaching resources (Unit 1)

ESL Lesson Plans: Use appropriate greetings, introductions and farewells.  Identify self and personal information.

Lesson Plans: Demonstrate ability to report personal information including gender and marital status.
Demonstrate ability to make appropriate formal and informal introductions, greetings, and farewells.

ELT Lesson Plans:Identify self and personal information. Identify self, family members and others. Use and respond to polite expressions.

"Introducing Yourself"

Introduction exercises

Low Level Activities for Adult ESL (PDF)

Present simple teaching set

Present simple questions (no answers)

Present simple questions with answers

Lesson plan for  "Asking Questions"
in an oral interview (PDF)

Present simple exercises and speaking ideas
(see Unit 1 PDF worksheets)

Exercise for forming questions in present simple

Teaching idea: practice simple present tense
with pictures

Do/go/play  esl brainstorming exercise

Frequency adverb drill

Brainstorm/drill  teaching idea for determiners
and present simple tense