DIGITAL WORKSHEET UNIT 3

Online polls

Part 1: Let’s discuss

1 Read the text and answer the questions.

A poll is a survey that gives a public opinion about a specific topic or question.

Nowadays, many polls are online. With an online poll you can receive instant

information or feedback from other students in your class. You can create polls

to use on your computer or on a smartphone, tablet computer or other handheld

device.

1 What was the last poll you did?

2 Was the poll online, on a digital device or on paper? What was it about?

Part 2: Let’s analyse

2 Look at the poll to ask students what their favourite sport is. Answer the questions in groups.

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1 Look at the results on the pie chart. Which sport is the most popular in this

poll? Which is the least popular?

2 Can you see your favourite sport in this poll?

3 Can you think of some other sports that are not in this poll?

4 Which sport do you think is the most popular in your class?

GLOSSARY

Poll: A questionnaire to find people’s opinion.

Pie chart: A circular chart with differently sized sectors.

Bar chart: A chart with bars of different heights.

Multiple choice: Listing different possible answers.

Part 3: Let’s do it!

Step 1 Go online and search for a free poll-creating tool.

Step 2 Decide if you are going to make a poll which gives a yes/no answer or a

multiple choice poll.

Step 3 Choose a topic. Here are a few ideas:

• Do you play a sport? – Yes / No

• Which sport do you prefer? – Multiple choice list of sports.

• How often do you play ...? – Multiple choice list of adverbs of frequency:

always / often / usually / sometimes / rarely / never.

Step 4 Think of a title for your project. Organize your topic on the Task Sheet.

Step 5 Create your poll and share it with your teacher and friends. Give them a

time limit to answer your poll.

Step 6 Share the link to your results with your teacher and classmates.

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