Examples of communicative activities
Information gap.
This involves two (or more) learners. Each testee has part of the information. They have to negotiate in order to get the missing information. A clear context must be specified for the test.
Letter writing.
learners may be asked to write, for example, a business letter to ask for information or to respond to a complaint by a customer
Note taking.
Testees are involved in a listening activity in which they have to take notes and, for example, write a report.