How it works
This find someone who worksheet maker fills a grid with prompts such as "has a pet" or "can whistle". Pupils walk the room and collect a signature in each square. It holds 120 prompts in four sets, prints 3 × 3, 4 × 4 or 5 × 5 grids on Letter or A4, and makes up to 60 sheets with no two alike. No prompt asks about family, money, health or religion.
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Pick the prompts for your class
The sheets open on the Back to school set, 30 prompts. Under Ready-made list, pick Any time of year, End of year, Older students and adults, or All 120 prompts. Every sheet draws from the whole set. The full list is printed below the tool, set by set, with a follow-up question beside each prompt. To change a prompt, tap its square and type. To add one, open More options and type it on a new line of the word list. A pasted list takes the set's place, and Undo brings the set back.
Choose the grid and the number of sheets
A 4 × 4 grid holds 16 prompts, plenty for a short mixer. A 5 × 5 grid holds 24 around a center square, and a 3 × 3 grid holds 8, enough for kindergarten and first grade. On those two grids the center square reads Your own name, so every pupil starts with one square signed. Set How many sheets to your class size, from 1 to 60. No two sheets in a set are alike, so pupils cannot simply follow a neighbor around the room.
Print, play and talk it over
Press Print 30 sheets. The number follows How many sheets. Each sheet fills one Letter or A4 page, with a Name line on top and a line to sign under every prompt. For smaller sheets, open More options and set Sheets per printed page to 2 or 4. After the mixer, press Call the game, then Call the next one. It draws one prompt at a time, never the same one twice, so you can ask who signed that square and what the class found out.
- Set one rule before pupils stand up: each classmate may sign a sheet only once. It sends everyone to more people.
- For the same prompts on every sheet in a different order, trim the word list in More options to exactly 16 lines for a 4 × 4 grid. The line under the list confirms it.
- Every prompt below the tool comes with a follow-up question. Ask pupils to bring back the answer as well as the signature, so "has a pet" turns into a name and a story.
- Stop at the first full row for a quick game, or play for a full sheet when you have longer. Early finishers can help a classmate find the last few names.
- When everyone is back in their seats, the random group generator can split the class into teams for the next activity.
Questions and answers
How do you play find someone who?
Every pupil gets a sheet and a pencil. They walk around the room looking for a classmate who fits a prompt, such as "can whistle" or "likes math", and that classmate signs the square. Stop after a set time, at the first full row, or when someone fills a sheet. Then talk through a few squares together.
Can I write my own prompts?
Yes. Tap a square and paste your prompts, one per line, and they take the place of the set. To add to a set, type on a new line. The list holds up to 300 lines of up to 60 characters each. Pick a set under Ready-made list to bring its prompts back.
Can I save the sheets as a PDF?
Yes. For a find someone who worksheet pdf free of charge, press the print button and choose Save as PDF as the printer in your browser's print window. The file holds the whole set, 1, 2 or 4 sheets to a page, sized to fit both Letter and A4. There is no account to make.
Is it suitable for older students and adults?
Yes. Pick Older students and adults under Ready-made list. Its 30 prompts are written for middle school, high school, college classes and staff meetings: "has a study trick that works", "can read music", "is early to almost everything". Like the rest of the list, they stay away from family, money, health and religion.
Can pupils fill in a sheet on a tablet?
They can open a sheet, but they cannot sign it. Every device opens on the same set, and the arrows move to the sheet number you give each pupil. A tap on a square, then Mark, marks it as done. Prompts you type stay on your own device.