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THEME 4 TRADITIONS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing habits and routines in the past
10 GRADE F2 Making oral presentations on a specific topic
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3 Out of Curiosity

The aim of this activity is to have students ask and answer questions about past habits and routines. The
activity also makes it possible for students to get specific and detailed information about their friends’
past habits and routines through wh- questions (what/when/where/who/whom/which/whose/why/how).

Materials and Preparation
The worksheet on page 89
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the worksheet for all students in the class and then hands it
out. Alternatively, the teacher could display it on the interactive board. The teacher also cuts the speech
bubble out along the dotted lines on page 90.

Procedure
1 Have students read the phrases on the worksheet and then answer them using only words or phrases,
without making full sentences. Remind them to write in a random order in the speech bubbles.
2 Then, put students into pairs and ask them to swap their speech bubbles.
3 Have students choose one of the answers in the speech bubbles and ask their partners whichever
question it refers to and come up with a wh- question to learn further details about it.
E.g.
If a student wrote the word hide-and-seek in one of the speech bubbles, his/her partner could ask,
“Did you use to play hide-and-seek when you were younger?”, etc. The partner replies, “Yes.” or
“No.” accordingly. When the response is “Yes.”, his/her partner asks wh- questions to get detailed
information, such as “Who did you use to play with?”, “Where did you use to play?”, etc. If the answer
is “No.”, then the partner could either keep asking till finding the exact reference or skip to another
answer in the speech bubbles.
4 After each correct guess, the partner puts a tick beside the bubble, and then students swap roles.
5 At the end of the activity, ask students to report back to the class on the most interesting things they
have found out about their partner.

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