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Getting to Know You: Questions
Students practise basic question forms to get to know a new classmate, then write six questions with their own answers.
Questions · Question forms · Personal information · Communication
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use question forms accurately
- Learn and use 16 words and phrases in 2 sets: Questions to meet people, Question words and useful words
- Read for detail: A new student
- Writing task: Questions for a new friend
Stages · 40 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about personal information and share ideas with the class.
- 10 minVocabulary: Ex. 1–3
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 5 minControlled practice: Ex. 4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Questions with be
- Put am / is / are before the subject: Where are you from? Is she a teacher?
Questions with do / does
- Question word + do / does + subject + verb: What do you do? What time does the film start?
- he / she / it → does, and the verb has no -s: How much does it cost? (not 'How much costs it?')
- Yes/no questions: Do you like jazz? → Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
Question words
- What · Where · When · Who · How · How often · How much (+ uncountable) · How many (+ plural) · What kind of
Study tips
- Check the word order: question word + do/does + subject + verb.
- Ask a partner five questions from this sheet and write their answers.
Glossary
- Questions to meet people6 items
- Question words and useful words10 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Question words
Choose the correct word or words.
- a
"___ are you from?" "From Brazil."
- b
"___ do you go to the gym?" "Three times a week."
- c
"___ water do you drink every day?" "Two litres."
- d
"___ people are in your class?" "Twelve."
- e
"___ music do you like?" "Jazz and pop."
- f
"What do you ___?" "I'm a nurse."
2
Words about words and prices
Choose the correct word.
- a
What does this word ___?
- b
Can you ___ that word again, please? I didn't hear it.
- c
How much does this jacket ___?
- d
The ___ of this jacket is forty euros.
- e
"My name is Kate." "How do you ___ it?" "K-A-T-E."
- f
"There's a good film tonight." "What time does it ___?" "At eight."
3
do, does, is or are?
Choose the correct word.
- a
Where ___ your brother live?
- b
What ___ your parents do?
- c
___ you from Spain?
- d
How old ___ your sister?
- e
___ you like coffee?
- f
When ___ the shop close?
- g
"Do you work here?" "Yes, I ___."
- h
"Is she your teacher?" "No, she ___."
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
- j
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: A new student
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
Maria is a new student in the English class. The teacher, Mr Jones, asks her some questions. "Where are you from, Maria?" "I'm from Portugal." "What do you do?" "I'm a doctor. I work in a hospital." "How often do you speak English?" "Every day at work. There are a lot of nurses and doctors from other countries." "What kind of music do you like?" "Pop music. And I love dancing!" "How do you spell your surname?" "S-I-L-V-A."
- a
Where is Maria from?
- b
What does Maria do?
- c
How often does Maria speak English?
- d
What kind of music does Maria like?
- e
Maria's surname:
6
Write: Questions for a new friend
Write questions and answers.
You meet a new student. Write six questions for them, then write your own answers. Use: Where…? · What do you do? · How often…? · What kind of…? · How much / How many…? · How do you spell…? Example: Where are you from? — I'm from Italy.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
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Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 16 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 2 sets.
Questions to meet people
- What do you do?
- a question about someone's job
- Where are you from?
- a question about someone's country or town
- How old
- a question about someone's age: How old are you?
- How do you spell it?
- a question about the letters of a word
- surname
- your family name
- spell
- to say the letters of a word
Question words and useful words
- How often
- a question about how many times: How often do you swim?
- What kind of
- a question about the type of something
- What time does it start?
- a question about when something begins
- Who
- a question about a person
- How much
- a question about a price or an amount
- How many
- a question about a number
- mean
- to have a meaning: What does this word mean?
- cost
- to have a price: It costs five pounds.
- much
- a lot of something you can't count
- many
- a lot of things you can count
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