Introduction: 

This is a Find Someone Who activity to practise using common adjectives with prepositions which my Spanish students seem to struggle with quite a lot. It allows students to interact with different classmates and discuss a variety of topics.

Level: A2+

Objectives:

1. To complete sentences with missing prepositions.
2. To decide if the statements are true for the students themselves.
3. To get other classmates’ opinions on all the statements on the worksheet.
4. To give students additional speaking practice using common adjectives with prepositions.

Materials:

1. Prepositions. Oh, dear humanity …not again! worksheet, one per student.

Procedure:

1. Hand out one Find Someone Who worksheet to each student.
2. Individually students complete 15 sentences in the table with the missing prepositions.
3. When the students have finished, they check the answers with a partner.
4. Check together as a class.
5. Individually, ask students to decide if the sentences are true for them and ask them to write their answers down just below the sentences e.g. I am afraid of the dark. You: No, I am not afraid of the dark.  
6. Next students mingle with other students, asking about the sentences on their worksheet, e.g.  Are you afraid of the dark?
7. They must then complete the box with the classmate’s answer e.g.: Student A: Are you tired of getting up early? Student B: Well, not really. I start work at 5 in the afternoon so I never wake up before 10. Student A: Lucky you. Classmate: Stuart is not tired of getting up early.
8. Encourage students to ask for an additional piece of information from each classmate.
9. When the students have had a chance to ask everyone’s opinion, ask them to share the most interesting views with the rest of the class.

Fast finishers:

1. Students write down 6 sentences to summarise who agreed or disagreed with the statements, e.g. Alex and I are very excited about our holiday in Cuenca. Stuart and I aren’t fond of waking up early.

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