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THEME 4 WHAT A LIFE

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing places, people, and events in the past
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11 GRADE F2 Ordering events
F3 Talking about personal experiences in the past
9 Never Ending Questions

This activity enables students to talk about personal experiences in the past by asking and answering questions. It
develops their listening and speaking skills.

Materials and Preparation

Cut out the cards on page 84 and put them in a box.

Procedure

1 Write the question words When/How/What/Who/Why/Where on the board.
2 Nominate a student to come to the teacher’s desk and pick up a card.
3 Have the student read out the card.
4 Give the student one moment to think of a situation in which s/he can use the statement in the card.
5 Then have the rest of the classroom ask questions for more and more details to learn what happened.
6 Make sure they ask their questions in turns.
7 Students continue ask and answer questions until the situation gets clear. Then, a different student picks up a card
and the activity goes on.

E.g.

Tim: Then, I started to cry.
Sue: What happened?
Tim: I fell off my bike.
Jack: How did it happen?
Tim: A cat jumped into the road as I was passing by.
Andy: When did it happen?
Tim: Last Friday.
...

Laura: She just said no.
Joe: Who said no?
Laura: Mom.
Clare: Why did she say no?
Laura: Because she thought that ride was dangerous.
David: What did you do?
Laura: I asked her once more, but nothing changed.
...

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