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THEME 6 FAVORS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making requests
12 GRADE F2 Accepting and declining requests
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F3 Asking for and responding to favors
3 Guess the Place

The activity aims to have students make requests in contexts specific to some places. It is expected to
help with listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Materials and Preparation
Places sheet on page 142
As a preparation, the teacher cuts out the places sheet and puts the strips into a box/bag placed on
the table.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of four or five.
2 Tell the group members to choose a representative to pick a strip on behalf of the group.
3 Then, have each group think about the place on the strip and related contexts and write as many
requests as possible specific to that place. Give them five minutes for this.
4 Next, ask the groups to share the requests they have created and have the other groups guess to
what place those requests may be related.
5 For each correct guess, award one point.
6 The group with the highest score at the end of the game is to be announced as the winner.

4 Request-storming

This game aims to have students practice making requests. It is expected to contribute to students in
terms of creativity and problem-solving skills.

Materials and Preparation
A piece of paper
Cards on page 143
As a preparation, the teacher cuts out the cards and hands them out to each group.

Procedure
1 Divide the class into five groups.
2 Explain the groups that they will be given a word that they should brainstorm for requests.

E.g. Requests containing the word “mobile phone” .
• Could you lend me your mobile phone?
• Is it OK if I use your mobile phone?
• Do you mind if I use your mobile phone?

3 Then, ask the groups to write as many requests as possible related to the words on the cards.
4 Give them 10 minutes for the task.
5 When they’re finished, have them share their requests.
6 The group with the most sentences as well as the highest accuracy will be announced as the winner.

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