Topic: Numbers
Mode: Interpretive; Interpersonal
Level: Novice
Students will listen to a recording and choose the phone number that they hear.
Components of this activity: Recording, multiple choice worksheet
Instructions to the teacher
In advance, make a recording of yourself reading out the following phone numbers. Also, print out a multiple choice worksheet for your students. Example below.
Version 1
Instructions to students
Listen carefully and choose the phone number that you hear.
- 517-355-1855 517-355-5811 517-335-1886 517-335-1585
- 1-800-548-2300 1-800-230-5480 1-800-748-7310 1-800-284-2038
- 1-800-649-2568 1-800-569-2579 1-800-429-2757 1-800-694-6829
- 517-432-6200 517-353-1700 517-353-6750 517-432-2600
- 517-355-5107 517-353-5717 517-355-5718 517-353-5127
- 734-879-2240 745-879-2240 734-889-2236 734-889-2237
- 616-785-9200 234-785-9200 616-758-9200 616-785-9700
- 810-898-2150 810-989-2160 810-898-2250 810-898-7250
- 0930-499-967845 0960-499-967875 0830-488-967845 0930-499-978845
- 708-957-7114 708-875-7114 780-206-0389 780-957-7114
Version 2
Students will ask each other for their phone numbers.
Components of the activity: Worksheets
Instructions to the teacher
This is an information gap activity. Put students into pairs. One student in the pair should have Worksheet A and the other should have Worksheet B. Students need to ask their partner for the missing phone numbers on their worksheets. Students should do this activity orally and without showing their partner the worksheet. Also make sure that students use full sentences.
Instructions to students
Your worksheet is missing some phone numbers. Using complete sentences, ask your partner to tell you the phone numbers you need. You must do this activity orally. Do not show your partner your worksheet.
Example:
“Do you know Cafe Rio’s phone number?”
“Yes, it’s….”
Worksheet A
| Buena Vista Restaurant _______________________ | Medical Center 734-879-2240 | Cafe Rio ______________________ | Emerald Salon 810-898-2150 |
| Johnson Dentistry 517-355-5107 | Roth Pharmacy ______________________ | Bella Vita Pizza 708-957-7114 | Public Library ______________________ |
| Bank _______________________ | Royal Cinema 780-206-0389 | Limbo Taxis ______________________ | Hotel Victoria 810-989-2160 |
Worksheet B
| Buena Vista Restaurant 517-355-1855 | Medical Center ______________________ | Cafe Rio 616-785-9200 | Emerald Salon ______________________ |
| Johnson Dentistry ______________________ | Roth Pharmacy 517-432-6200 | Bella Vita Pizza ______________________ | Public Library 517-353-1700 |
| Bank 810-898-7250 | Royal Cinema ______________________ | Limbo Taxis 734-889-2236 | Hotel Victoria ______________________ |