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Question
Put students in pairs and tell them to interview their partner. To do this they must make questions, e.g. What’s the worst storm you’ve ever seen? They can also ask follow-up questions to find out more information. Do feedback on this as a whole class. Other thematic questionnaires of this kind could be:
Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Solution
Emotional experiences
→ The most frightened I’ve ever been...
Which is the most frightening experience you’ve ever been?
→ The happiest moment I’ve ever had...
Which is the happiest moment you’ve ever had?
→ The most nervous I’ve ever been...
Which is the most nervous moment you’ve ever been to?
Musical experiences
→ The best song I’ve ever heard...
Which is the best song you’ve ever heard
→ The worst song I’ve ever heard...
Which is the worst song you’ve ever heard?
→ The longest time I’ve ever danced...
Which is the longest time you’ve ever danced?
Places in your life
→ The most dangerous place I’ve been in ...
Which one is the most dangerous place you’ve been in?
→ The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in...
Which is the cheapest restaurant you’ve eaten in?
→ The most boring town I’ve ever visited ...
Which is the boring town you’ve ever visited?
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