What Is The Question Elementary (A1-A2)
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ESL / EFL RESOURCES What's the question?
Activity Type Introduction
Reading, writing, In this two-part past simple 'Wh' questions activity, students
listening and speaking complete a worksheet to practice regular and irregular verb forms,
activity question words and past simple 'Wh' questions. The students then
play a relay race game where they make past simple questions
that would elicit specific answers.
Language Focus
Past simple 'Wh' Procedure
questions
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Aim Working alone, students complete a present simple and past
simple verb chart with missing verbs.
To practice regular and
irregular verb forms, Exercise A - Answer key
question words and past
simple 'Wh' questions 1. watched 6. made 11. cook
and then to play a 2. drink 7. spoke 12. did
relay race game where 3. go 8. fall 13. felt
you make past simple 4. paid 9. ate 14. see
questions that would 5. play 10. visited
elicit specific answers.
Students then write past simple 'Wh' questions that would elicit a
set of answers.
Preparation
Exercise B - Possible answers
Make a copy of the
worksheet for each 1. Who did you speak to on the phone?
student. 2. What did she do last night?
3. Why did he feel sick?
4. Who did Emma visit?
Level 5. Why did they play football?
Pre-intermediate 6. What did you see yesterday afternoon?
7. How did the girl watch the film?
8. Where did you eat pizza?
Time 9. How did he pay for his new phone?
10. When did you fall asleep?
40 minutes 11. Why did Mike drink water?
12. Where did you go last weekend?
13. What did the man cook?
14. Who did you make the cake with?
Next, students complete gaps with question words to explain what
each question word is used for.
Exercise C - Answer Key
1. Who, 2. Where, 3. Why, 4. When, 5. What, 6. How.
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TEACHER’S NOTES
ESL / EFL RESOURCES What's the question?
Activity Type Procedure continued
Reading, writing, Afterwards, students play a relay race game to reinforce what
listening and speaking they learnt in the worksheet. Divide the students into equal teams
activity of four or five. Have each team stand in a line, facing the board.
Read the first answer below to the class. The student at the back
Language Focus
of each line thinks of a past simple 'Wh' question that will elicit the
Past simple 'Wh' answer and whispers the question to the student in front of them.
questions That student whispers the question to the student in front of them
and so on, down the line until it reaches the student at the front.
Aim The first student at the front to receive the question and put up
To practice regular and their hand is first to answer. Teams score one point for using an
irregular verb forms, appropriate question word and another point for making a suitable
question words and past question.
simple 'Wh' questions
and then to play a If a question is inappropriate or grammatically incorrect, another
relay race game where team has the opportunity to make a question and score the points.
you make past simple
questions that would The students at the front of the lines then move to the back,
elicit specific answers. everyone moves up one space and the process is repeated. The
team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Preparation Answers Possible questions
Make one copy of the 1. Yesterday, I played tennis. What did you play yesterday?
worksheet for each 2. H e did his homework at 7 When did he do his homework?
student. o'clock.
3. S he felt happy after finishing How did she feel after finishing
the race. the race?
Level
4. I visited the National History Where did you visit in London?
Pre-intermediate Museum in London.
5. I saw my friend at the bus Who did you see at the bus
stop. stop?
Time 6. W e watched the football Where did you watch the
40 minutes match at home. football match?
7. Matt ate toast for breakfast. What did Matt eat for breakfast?
8. The man paid for the meal. Who paid for the meal?
9. I fell over in the street. Where did you fall over?
10. K ate drank coffee because Why did Kate drink coffee?
she was sleepy.
11. I spoke to the teacher after Who did you speak to after
class. class?
12. They went to work by car. How did they go to work?
13. I made the phone call in When did you make the phone
the morning. call?
14. S he cooked a chicken for What did she cook for you?
me.
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PAST SIMPLE 'WH' QUESTIONS
ESL / EFL RESOURCES What's the question?
A. Complete the present simple and past simple verb chart with the missing verbs.
Present Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past Simple
1. watch 8. fell
2. drank 9. eat
3. went 10. visit
4. pay 11. cooked
5. played 12. do
6. make 13. feel
7. speak 14. saw
B. Write a past simple 'Wh' question that would elicit each answer.
1. Q: ..................................................... A: I spoke to my friend on the phone.
2. Q: ..................................................... A: She didn't do anything last night.
3. Q: ..................................................... A: He felt sick because he didn't eat breakfast.
4. Q: ..................................................... A: Emma visited her grandmother.
5. Q: ..................................................... A: They played football because they were bored.
6. Q: ..................................................... A: I saw a rainbow yesterday afternoon.
7. Q: ..................................................... A: The girl watched the film on her laptop.
8. Q: ..................................................... A: I ate pizza in an Italian restaurant.
9. Q: ..................................................... A: He paid for his new phone by credit card.
10. Q: .................................................... A: I fell asleep at 10:00 p.m.
11. Q: .................................................... A: Mike drank water because he was thirsty.
12. Q: .................................................... A: I went to the park last weekend.
13. Q: .................................................... A: The man cooked a steak.
14. Q: .................................................... A: I made the cake with my mother.
C. Fill in each gap with the correct question word: How, Where, When, Who, Why, What
