National Qualifications Online - Core skills

Ice breaker - interview your partner

This is a group activity

It's nice to get to know the people you're going to be working with. Even if you know them quite well, it's nice to find out a bit more about them.

This is an exercise for the whole class to do. You'll need to split into pairs. If there is an odd number, have a 'three'.

Ask your partner(s) the following questions and write down the answers.

  1. Their name - if you don't already know it.
  2. Their favourite holiday (or where they would really like to go).
  3. Their favourite film (movie).
  4. Something that really frightens them.

Then, everyone in the class should present their partner to the group - reading out the information they have written down.

By the time this exercise is finished, everyone should know a bit more about the other members of the group. You may find you have something in common that you didn't know about.