That's the end of this academic year!!!
Though some of you need to go on working if you really want to pass
English. Because of that, I've just prepared for you a great variety of
exercises, links and worksheets which you can download. I hope you'll
find these useful!
Once again, you can find many useful links and worksheets ready to be downloaded. You can also check your answers. At last, but not least, I call on you to work hard and get a very good final mark! ;) Good Luck and keep on working!!!!
When I was correcting your paper exams, I realised you are still confused with WHOSE at questions. Let's see that again ...
WHOSE indicates POSSESSION, and like WHICH or WHAT can be used with or without a Noun as a question word. Now, let's focus on the following questions and answers, all of them are correct, possible in English, though they are slightly different.
1. Whose are these pencils?(correct) -
These pencils are mine; They are mine; These are my pencils, These are Helen's.(possible answers)
Today, I'd like to share with all of you this easy fun game "Pick It Up", I hope your students will improve their speaking. All you need ...
1. Cut off some pieces of cardboard.
2. Then deliver these to your pupils and ask them to make up questions such as: What's the best movie you saw this last year? Why?, Do you like watching horror films?, What's the scariest movie you've ever seen?, How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?,If you could a character of a book, who would you be? Why?, etc. (They may need 10 minutes to think off their questions and write them down).
3. Encourage them to use all the vocabulary and grammar learned.
4.Collect all the pieces of cardboard.
5. Now one of the students have to pick up one piece of cardboard and answer this question. The other students can help and correct this pupil.
I'd like to share with all of you the following game, it's easy to prepare and really functional when you need to practise Question-Intonation, to review the question structure, and above all, to learn English while you are having fun.
You only need to cut some colourful cardboards into small pieces. You'll write every word of the question in every piece. (It's better if you see the picture). After that, you'll give your students one question, and they have to gess the message, they have to order the pieces of cardboard. It's very simple. As soon as some children make a meaningful question, you'll write it on the board. Then, you can practise intonation with your students. They will feel involved and motivated.
Once again, you can find more exercises related to Questions and Answers in English.
Ready, steady, go!!!!!
Write questions for the following answers. Pay attention to the words in bold and italics. Then, you can check your answers looking at the key answers in blue colour.
1. Mike gets up early because he goes to school by bus.
Why does Mike get up early?
2. Mary drinks a cup of coffee everyday.
What does Mary drink everyday?
3. We have breakfast at 7.30.
What time do you have for breakfast?
4. The children broke the window glass yesterday.
Who broke the window glass?
5. There were more than 500 people in the concert.
How many people were there in the concert?
6. Last year, I went to Paris with my friends.
Who did you go to Paris with?
7. We are doing our homework now.
What are you doing now?
8. Yes, we've been to London.
Have you ever been to London?
9. Henry and Tom are going to travel to New York next month.
Where are henry and Tom going to travel next month?
When I was a child, I loved the books called "Where is Waldo?". It was so entertaining! While I was looking for Wally, I was having a great time looking at the people around this character, they were playing football in Rome!, a child was chasing a cat; suddenly you could see a dwarf in the middle of a Roman stadium, etc. These books are so funny that I like using them at the end of some lessons, especially if I'm teaching the 1st year of Secondary.
Therefore, if you're an English teacher, I encourage you to pick up one of this book and use this in one lesson. You can ask your pupils to use and review all the verbal forms, in that way: 1. Ask children to work in pairs. 2. The students can spend 5 min. making up questions related to the pages of the book using different tenses. 3. They can ask their classmates, such as: Where is the man falling down the ladder?, How many children are jumping from a roof?, What is Waldo doing? 4. They are going to learn as well as have fun! 5. You, as a teacher, can correct their pronunciation and intonation. 6. You can also use this book to describe the charaters using different adjectives. 7. This book can be helpful to review Relative Clauses or other grammar points.
I'm certain your pupils and you are going to enjoy these lessons too much! Come on! ;)
Here you have the official link: Where is WALDO? http://www.findwaldo.com/
Here you can practise "Questions and Answers" made up by me, I hope they'll be useful for you. You can also correct your own questions, ok? Cheerio!
Write questions to the following answers. Pay attention to the words in bold. The key answers are in blue,ok? 1. They are playing basketball at school. - What are they playing? 2. We saw Jane last week. - Who did you see last week? 3. Peterfell down. - Who fell down? 4. We get up at 7.30 a.m. everyday. - What time do you get up everyday? 5. My grandfather had two old cars. - How many cars did your grandfather have? 6. I met Henry at the language school last summer. - Where did you meet Henry? 7. Peter and Chris have been studying for 3 hours. - How long have they been studying?
8. We used to go to the park when we were younger. - Where did you use to go when you were younger?
9. The plane takes off at 6.30 - When does the plane take off? 10. I meet my friends at the library three days a week. - How often do you meet your friends?
These days, we are learning how to make questions when we are given the answers. Firstly, we have to pay attention to the verbal form / tense of the answer, and then, we must think off the WH- question. Let me explain, if the answer is: He loves chocolate, the missing word in the question has to be "chocolate", because of that, we use: WHAT to start the English question.
Therefore, we have to bear in mind the WH-Questions in English:
WHAT: What are you doing? I'm studying English.
WHICH: Which is your favourite car? Which one do you prefer?
WHERE: Where does your father work? My father works in a big department store.
WHEN: When did you arrive? Well, we arrived at five.
WHO:
a) Subject Question: Who broke the ancient vase?
John broke the ancient vase.
It is very easy to make a Sbj.Q., just copy everything from the answer except the Subj., ok?
b) Object Question: Who were you playing tennis with? I was playing tennis with Susan.
WHY: Why do you get up early on Sundays? I get up early on Sundays because I train football.
HOW: How are you? Fine, thank you! / How do you come to school? I come to school by bus.
How old: How old are you? I'm 18 (years old).
How long: How long have you been learning English?
I've been learning English since I was 6.
How long ago:How long ago did you arrive? We arrived three hours ago.
How far: How far is Seville from Madrid? It's 500km far.
How often: How often does Karen tidy her bedroom?
She tidies her bedroom twice a week.
How much: How much does this dress cost? It costs 50$.
How many: How many students are there? There are 150 students in the gym now.
Now let's practise Questions and Answers watching and listening to Real English conversations. Thanks a lot to "Real English". Please, pay attention to the verbal tenses, pronunciation, and so on. ( THERE ARE MORE BLOG ENTRIES OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, EXERCISES AND KEY ANSWERS, TAKE A LOOK!)
