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Information Gap Worksheet Maker

Level: Any.

Skills: Speaking, Listening.

Target Language: Question and answer forms, vocabulary based around a topic, general review of conversational structures and phrases.

Activity Goal: For students to formulate questions and answers, and to communicate through speaking and listening to close the information gap.

Summary: This communicative activity generator creates a pair of “A and B” worksheets with alternate information missing from each. Students must communicate using target language in order to discover the missing information.

Example Usage:

1. Distribute an equal number of A and B worksheets.
2. Check understanding of the target language and question and answer formation. Drill pronunciation and construction if necessary.
3. Instruct students to mingle amongst the group, or work in pairs, to ask each other questions in order to complete the missing information on their worksheet.

Notes and Ideas:

• Teach students how to say “I don’t know” where they do not have the information that is requested.
• Use to repetitively practice question forms when they are first introduced. For example, you could have 10 names and 10 pieces of associated data to practice forms such as “Where does _____ live?”, “What did _______ do yesterday?”, “What is the _____-est ____ in the world?”.
• You do not need to use all 10 data sets. The generator will produce worksheets with the appropriate number of answer boxes in this case.
• The brilliant thing about Information Gap activities is that it allows students to practice speaking and listening while genuinely exchanging information, thus simulating real-life language usage. It is therefore a more engaging way to practice speaking than listen-and-repeat drills.

Member Comments and Shared Worksheets

Below are some recent comments and shared worksheets from our members to help you get the most out of this worksheet generator.

12 Dec 2011

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Australia

Information Gap: Where does Masako live?

Information Gap with the names of 10 people and their cities of residence. 5 are known and 5 are unknown to each student. Students must practice with the target language: "Where does ...... live?" "He/She lives in .......".

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12 Dec 2011

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Australia

Information Gap: Tokyo Train Times

Information Gap Exercise where students find out the departure times and platforms for 10 different trains leaving Tokyo Station. Target language is: "What time is the ...... train to .....?" "It departs at x:xx from platform x."

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07 Nov 2010

Quickworksheets

Australia

Information Gap: Superlatives

Interview exercise for speaking and listening practice. Students mingle with classmates, and ask questions such as "What is the largest ocean in the world?" Target language is superlatives: largest, biggest, longest, highest.

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19 Sep 2010

Quickworksheets

Australia

We've added some extra examples for this generator to help you get a feel for how it can be used. Look under the "Related Info" box on the right-hand side.

19 Sep 2010

Quickworksheets

Australia

The Japan Foundation (Sydney) have posted a good article with explanations and examples of Information Gap activities. Although examples are written in Japanese, there are clear English explanations with each.