Asking Questions in English Lesson

Asking Questions in English Lesson

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Asking Questions in English Lesson

In this set of tutorial for beginners, learners will be knowledgeable about “Asking Questions”. What are the uses of “Asking Questions”. What are the guidelines  to create different “Asking Questions”.

This lesson focuses specifically on the question form to help students gain skill while changing tenses in the question form.

Subject Matter: Asking Questions

Materials: Asking question worksheets

Activities/ Procedure

A. Review

1. Review auxiliary verb usage by making a number of tenses the students are familiar with.

2. Ask the students to identify the auxiliary verb in each case.

B. Discussion

1. Discuss the underlying scheme of the object question form.

Example:

I am talking.  Interrogative = Am I talking?  Negative = I am not talking.

1. John doesn’t like cats.  Yes, he does like cats. 

John doesn’t like cats, does he?  Yes, he does like cats. 

2. You don’t like cats.  Yes, I do like cats.  

 You don’t like cats, do you?  Yes, I do like cats.  

3. She didn’t like cats.  Yes, she did   like cats. 

Give more examples in different tenses.

C. Pair Work

1. Split students up in pairs. Distribute worksheet and let the students ask appropriate questions for the given answer taking turns

D. Follow –up check of questions through pairs or as a group.

1V. Assessment

Give the “Exercises” (one for student A the other for student B and let them complete the gaps by asking their partner for the missing information.

M.L. ____                              I.D. ____

V. Assignment/Homework: Ask an appropriate question for the response.

            1. A large soda, please.                       3. We are going to church.

            2. Yes, he is married.                          4. I was cooking when he arrived.

Enrichment/ Remediation:

Solidify question form by playing a verb inversion game using the various tenses.

Example: Teacher: I live in the city.

Student: Where do you live?  Etc.

Note: Students who didn’t master the skill are given remediation on the same topic but different activity.

Exercise 1: Change these statement in the question form.

1. A hamburger, please.

2. Oh, I stayed at home and watched soccer.

3. She is washing clothes at the moment.

4. We are going to visit Spain.

5. I usually get up at 6 o’clock.

6. No, he is married.

7. For about 2 years.

8. I was cooking up when he arrived.

Exercise 2: Ask questions to fill the gaps with the missing information

Student A

Henry was born in ______ (where?) in 1968. He went to school in Buenos Aires for ______ (how long?) before moving to Denver. He misses _______ (what?), but he enjoys studying and living in Denver. In fact, he ______(what?) in Denver for over 4 years. Currently, he _________(what?) at the University of Colorado where he is going to receive his Bachelor of Science next ______ (when?). After he receives his degree, he is going to return to Buenos Aires to marry _____ (who?) and begin a career in research. Alice ______ (what?) at the University in Buenos Aires and is also going to receive ______ (what?) next May. They met in _____ (where?) in 1995 while they were hiking together in the ______ (where?). They have been engaged for ________ (how long?).

Student B

Frank was born in Buenos Aires in ______ (when?). He went to school in _______ (where?) for 12 years before moving to ______ (where?). He misses living in Buenos Aires, but he enjoys ________ (what?) in Denver. In fact, he has lived in Denver for ______ (how long?). Currently, he is studying at the ______ (where?) where he is going to receive his _______ (what?) next June. After he receives his degree, he is going to return to _____ (where?) to marry his fiancée Alice and begin a career in ______ (what?). Alice studies Art History at the ________ (where?) and is also going to receive a degree in Art History next _____ (when?). They met in Peru in _____ (when?) while they _______ (what?) together in the Andes. They have been engaged for three years.

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