Making Arrangements ESL Activities, Role-Plays, Games and Worksheets
In this communicative making arrangements activity, students arrange days and times to do various activities with a partner. First, students put a making arrangements dialogue in the correct order and practice it with a partner. Students then use the language from the dialogue to practice making arrangements. Students look at a schedule for next week to see the times they are available and make arrangements with their partner to do the activities shown, arranging a day and time when they are both free for each one. Finally, students give feedback to the class on the days and times of their arrangements.
In this useful making arrangements speaking activity, students practice making arrangements and rescheduling. First, students go around the class making arrangements to do different activities with eight classmates using an example dialogue as a guide. When two students have agreed on a time slot for the arrangement, they write the activity and their partner's name in the schedule and then move on to speak to someone else. Each student must choose a different activity to do with each person and can only schedule one appointment in each time slot. Afterwards, students review a second example dialogue about rescheduling arrangements. Students then reschedule all their arrangements by going back to each classmate and changing the day and time of the meeting. Finally, students give feedback to the class on the arrangements they made with each person.
In these productive changing reservations role-plays, students practice changing hotel, restaurant and transportation reservations over the phone. First, in pairs, students practice an example changing reservations dialogue between a staff member and a customer from the board. Students then turn over a situation card and use the example dialogue and information on the card to role-play a similar conversation where a customer wants to change a hotel, restaurant or transportation reservation. When the role-play is complete, the students swap roles and continue with the next card, and so on. When pairs finish each role-play, erase a part of the dialogue from the board until there is nothing left and students are completing their role-plays unaided.
Here is a comprehensive making arrangements worksheet to help students practice language for making different types of arrangements. First, in pairs, students put sentence strips in the correct order to create two conversations about making arrangements. Students then complete sentences with the names of the people from the conversations. Next, students unscramble words to form sentences about making arrangements for a concert and then insert them into a dialogue. After that, students decide if statements about the dialogue are true or false. Lastly, in pairs, students create a making arrangements dialogue using the language from the worksheet and then present it to the class.
In this free making and rescheduling appointments activity, students order, complete and role-play dialogues for arranging and rescheduling arrangements. First, in pairs, students put a making arrangements conversation in the correct order by reading a suitable sentence to their partner and numbering the sentences in order. Next, students use language from a box to complete a second conversation about rescheduling the appointment. After that, pairs write and present a two-part dialogue, where they make and then reschedule an arrangement for the weekend.
In this engaging making arrangements activity, students practice phrasal verbs related to making and discussing arrangements. First, in pairs, students take part in a running dictation where they dictate a making arrangements dialogue. Pairs then read the dialogue and underline eight phrasal verbs used in the text. Students then categorize the phrasal verbs as either separable or inseparable. After that, students use the phrasal verbs to complete a making arrangements conversation. Finally, pairs read a situation and write their own making arrangements conversation using the phrasal verbs.
In this enjoyable making arrangements game, students practice language related to making, changing, and cancelling plans. First, in pairs, students race to line up the sentence beginning cards and match each one with a suitable ending card. When pairs have lined up all their sentences, they complete the sentences by joining the sentence halves together with arrangement vocabulary cards. The first pair to correctly complete all their sentences wins the game.
