Lesson Plan

Title: Question Words Level: High beginner/intermediate Skill areas: Practicing asking/understanding questions Materials Needed: Worksheets (attached)

Method (How will I teach it?): Targeted learners Directions Review question words with students. Explain when to use each word and what the answer of that question will look like. Use your own examples of questions for each specific word. Write them on the board. Have students answer the questions asked if applicable. Either assign part B as homework, or assign class time for part B to be completed. After the question words are understood, have students complete part A of the worksheet. The answers can be any question word that was reviewed. Not every word will be an answer to the questions in part A. Once students are finished, review the answers with them. Have the students work on part B. Once it is completed by each student, have them work in small groups or pairs to review the answers. Tell the students to ask the questions they have written to their partner or group. Then have the group answer the question if applicable. When all the students are finished, have each student read one question they wrote to the entire class. Time

Beginner/ Intermediate

5-10 minutes

Beginner/ Intermediate

10 minutes

Beginner/ Intermediate

15 minutes

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Question Words
When to use Who? What? What kind? What type? What like? What time? Where? When? Why? Which? How? How much? How many?
asking about people asking about things or activities specific things or characteristics

Answer
names of people or groups an explanation (thing) a specific thing or characteristic characteristics time a place or location a general or specific time

asking about characteristics asking about time asking about places asking about times

asking for reasons and explanations a reason or explanation usually includes because to specify things or people from a general group varies

asking about specific characteristics varies (manner) such as feelings, qualities, ways, etc asking for specific quantities or numbers numbers, prices

Question Words Worksheet

A. Provide the missing question word. _________ is the weather like in July? _________ much is the chocolate? _________ did you get up this morning? _________ team won the World Cup in 2002? _________ does Janet live? _________ food do you like? _________ does it take to get to New York from Albany? _________ does the movie begin this evening? _________ is your favorite actor? _________ house does he live in? _________ is Jack like? _________ does she study English with? _________ do the people in your country go for vacation? _________ do you play tennis? _________ sports do you play? B. Think and write your own questions. Who: __________________________________________________________________ What: __________________________________________________________________ What king/type: __________________________________________________________ What like: _______________________________________________________________ What time: ______________________________________________________________ Where: _________________________________________________________________ When: __________________________________________________________________ Why: ___________________________________________________________________ Which: _________________________________________________________________ How: ___________________________________________________________________ How much/many: _____________________________________________________