On the Phone

Objective & content

By the end, A2 students can make a simple phone call to arrange to meet a friend. This resource is a pair speaking activity: two self-contained cut-out role cards — a caller (Card A) and a friend (Card B) — each carrying only the phrases that role needs, plus [S]/[A] variants. Prints 5 sets per A4 page.

Pedagogical guide

Roleplay cards work because each student only sees their own role, so the exchange stays a real information gap. This card set targets phone and arranging-to-meet functional language (suggestions, agreeing a day/time) and pairs naturally with a free-time or days-of-the-week lesson. Use it once students can form simple suggestions and state availability.

Suggested procedure

1. (1 min) Seat pairs back to back so it feels like a real phone call.
2. (1 min) Distribute one Card A and one Card B per pair; model one round with a confident student.
3. (8–10 min) Pairs call, agree a day and time, then swap roles and repeat.
4. (2 min) Quick whole-class check: did students invite, decide, and agree a time?

Adaptations

• [S] Give the caller the invitation and the time on the card.
• [A] Cover the "You can say" lines and improvise; use the complication (the friend is busy on Saturday — choose another day); bonus: swap roles and change the plan (park, football match).

Materials & prerequisites

Print the cards sheet (A4, 5 sets per sheet) and cut into cards; one set per pair. Assumes basic free-time vocabulary and days of the week.

Curriculum alignment

Maps to Cycle 3 "child and close environment" (FR 6e) — everyday social arrangements.