Category Archives: Information Gap

Jan 28 2013

Telling the time information gap

As well as practicing telling the time this information gap also practices the present simple tense for routine activities, as we follow the daily routine of a character known as Mike. Mike leads a rather mundane life which perhaps adds a little humor to the activity; it is a life to which many of us can easily relate.

This activity is bookended with a few opening lines for the students to ease themselves into the activity, and also an ending so they can have a comfortable closure.

For elementary – pre-intermediate students, taking about 20/30 minutes.

Telling the time information gap click here for free downloadable pdf sheets with answer key.

Please find a snapshot of this activity below.

Telling the time info gap snapshot

May 26 2012

Have you ever Present Perfect Simple information gap, duo

An information gap for a pair of students (duo), based on the Present Perfect Simple usage of an experience at some time in the past. The basis is “Have you ever + pp ?” Students are first asked to create their own ‘Have you ever …’ questions. They are assigned a partner, and try to predict their partner’s answers to the questions.  Then they ask their partners the questions and see if their predictions are correct. Some students will ask very mundane questions, and others ask totally crazy questions, but it’s all good language practice.

This information gap activity is for elementary to intermediate students and will take about 30/40 minutes.

Have you ever Present Perfect Simple information gap. Click here for free downloadable pdf sheets.

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Apr 23 2012

Family Tree information gap

This is an information gap activity for groups of three students, a trio. The biggest difference between this and the conventional paired information gap is that no-one is sure who has the required information. This leads to a new, mysterious  dynamic in the activity, which really spices things up.

This activity is for elementary to intermediate students, and will take about 20/30 minutes.

Family Tree information gap: click here for free downloadable pdf sheets including answer key.

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Feb 15 2012

Present Simple information gap

This is a straightforward information gap activity for a pair of students of elementary level. It takes about 20 minutes. The main focus is using the Present Simple tense in both questions and answers.

There are two steps:

Firstly the students prepare the required questions.

Secondly they ask their questions and record the answers.

Present Simple information gap: click here to find freely downloadable pdf sheets with an answer key.

Please find a snapshot of the activity below.

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Jan 22 2012

Good Friends information gap

This is a straightforward information gap activity for students in pairs. The topic of Good Friends enables the students to use questions and answers in the present simple tense, and is for pre-intermediate level.

Good Friends information gap: click here for freely downloadable pdf sheets, including an answer key.

Here is a snapshot below.