The students then give their partner the questions that they wrote and then assume the role of the person they wanted to interview, while their partner asks them the questions they just made. This is a great activity if you are practicing question formation as a grammar topic with your students. While the students are making their questions, go through the class and help students fix the grammatical mistakes. While I usually just come up with the verbs myself, you can also find some verb lists online, along with a list of people for your students to choose from. What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment as president?.What did you love about being the president?.Did you want to continue being president after your term finished?.How did you decide you want to become president?.They have to make five interview questions for Barack Obama, each question using a different verb from their list. They make a different question using one of their five verbs in each question these questions are made for the person they want to interview.Įach question will have a different verb.įor example, let’s say a student chooses Barack Obama. (Can be the same list or different) See the example:Įach student has to choose five verbs from their list. Give each student a list of ten to fifteen verbs. I tell students to choose someone they know a lot about or who they admire because then they’ll have more material to talk about when the speaking part of the activity comes around. It can be anybody of their choice, and the person doesn’t necessarily have to be alive still. Students choose one person they want to interview. Put students in pairs, or you could also carry this one out in a one-one lesson. This is a great one for students to have fun and be creative. Student level: Pre-Intermediate to Advanced