Wednesday, 11 March 2015

ASKING QUESTIONS

Today I'd like to share a short exercise that could help the students master the art of question asking in English which usually is much harder than question answering. It involves a bit of writing and employs students creativity even on the lower levels. 
SPEAKING
Prepare a handout for each student with the entries of the questions. Students are to choose one groupmate they would like to ask the questions to, finish the questions to their liking (and write few themselves) and then give it with the student they chose. He/she answers them aloud. You may also ask the students to give the questions to their partner on the right or to draw lots with the names to prevent leaving any students without questions.

QUESTIONS FOR __________________________________
                       (Name)


Are you _________________________________________________________?
Do you __________________________________________________________?
Do you think ______ _______________________________________________?
What’s your favourite ______________________________________________?
Where do you usually ______________________________________________?
How ____________________________________________________________?
What are you going to ______________________________________________?
When did you last _________________________________________________?
Have you ever ____________________________________________________?
Would you like to __________________________________________________?
_________________________________________________________________?
_________________________________________________________________?


It's a good idea to encourage the students to ask follow up questions to the answers their groupmates are giving.

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