A day in the Life of a Football Player

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TEACHER’S NOTES
A Day in the Life of a Football Player 
Introduction
In this present simple information gap activity, students complete 
a text about a football player's routine on matchday by asking 
and answering Wh questions. 
Procedure
Divide the class into two groups (A and B). 
Give each student a corresponding worksheet.
Working with the people in their group, students complete the 
present simple Wh questions they need to find out the missing 
information in the text on their worksheet. 
When the students have finished, check the questions with each 
group.
Answer key
Student A
1. What is his name?
2. What is his job?
3. What time does he get up?
4. What does he usually have for breakfast?
5. What does he do in the morning?
6. What time does he have lunch?
7. What time does the match start?
8. What does he do after the match?
9. What does he do when he gets home?
Student B
a. Where is he from?
b. Who does he play for?
c. What time does he have breakfast?
d. What does he do in the morning?
e. What time does he go to the stadium?
f. What do they usually have for lunch?
g. What time does the match finish?
h. What does he usually do in the evening?
i. What time does he go to bed?
Next, students pair up with somone from the other group. 
Students then ask their partner the present simple Wh questions 
they have prepared and complete the gaps in the text with their 
partner's answers. 
When the students have finished, they check their texts and 
spelling by comparing worksheets.
Activity Type
Grammar and Speaking 
Activity: information 
gap, writing, asking and 
answering questions from 
prompts, freer practice 
(group and pair work)