Survey
When studying a vocabulary topic, for instance, Sports or Food, ask students to prepare a survey table (example below) of 4-5 questions for their peers.
The example below is related to the Topic of Food, and practises the question Do you like…? – Yes, I do / No, I don’t.
| Name / Food | tomatoes | chicken | eggs | lemons | cheese |
| Pedro | yes | no | … | … | … |
| Maria | no | yes | … | … | … |
| … | no | yes | … | … | … |
Each student interviews each of their peers in case the class is small (alternatively, you could do this activity in pairs / in small groups), noting down the answers. Afterwards, during the Feedback session, ask them to report their findings in the following way:
Maria likes chicken, but she doesn’t like tomatoes.
With older students, you may ask students to write open questions rather than yes/no ones. So, for instance, they could ask each other about what they ate yesterday:
What did you have for breakfast?
| Name / Meal | breakfast | lunch | dinner |
| Pedro | milk, bread | meat, rice | … |
| Maria | coffee, croissant | chicken, potatoes | … |
In that case, the students would be practising Past Simple. At the end, you may draw a graph on the board, marking the number of students who ate the same kind of food.
Here’s a nice chant about Food, which you can use before or after the activity.
Check out the other Vocabulary activities here.