How questions (How long how far etc.) - Nature

How questions (How long, how far etc.) – Nature

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How questions (How long, how far etc.) – Nature

In this starter pack tutorial for beginners, learners will be able to learn how and when to use “How questions questions (How long, how far etc.) – Nature”. It also contains fill in the blank exercise with the correct question words.

1. Objective (s): At the end of this lesson students would be able to;

                   -learn how and when to use “How questions”

                   -talk about nature

11. Subject matter: How questions- Nature
Vocabulary Focus: Natural World

111. Learning experiences

A. Presentation:

1. Students listen to the text and choose a title for each paragraph below.

How old is Doc?  Where are they going?           How did they meet?

1.____________________________

Gina likes hiking and being outdoors. She always goes on long walks with her dog, Dr. Strangelove. Dr. Strangelove is a very long name for a dog, and that’s why everyone calls him Doc. Gina found him on the street one foggy night two years ago, and took him home.

2._____________________________

Well, nobody really knows. He wasn’t a puppy when Gina met him. The vet says he is about 4 years-old now.

3.____________________________________

Gina and Doc are going on a long hike next summer in the mountains. If they are lucky, it will be sunny.

2. Mark the statements T for True and F for False before each number.

  1. Doc doesn’t really go hiking with Gina.
  2. Gina found Doc in the woods.
  3. The vet doesn’t know how old Doc is.

B. Analysis and Discussion

Discuss when and how to use “How questions”

‘How + Adjective (big, tall, long, fast, deep…)

To ask about size, age, quality, etc…

For quantity we use: Much/Many

C. Practice:

 Make questions for the answers using How long / How high etc.

  1. The river Nile is 6 650 km long.

_____________________________________

2.  Mount Everest is 8 848 m high.

_____________________________________

3. There are about 160 trees in this garden.

_____________________________________

1V. Evaluation

Write words with the opposite meaning.

  • cool
  • deep
  • high
  • long

V. Homework:

1. Work in pairs. Student A describes to Student B. Then Student B draws a picture according to the description. (what needs to be described here is a place in nature : a beach, a mountain view etc.)

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