Asking and answering questions (Present and Past Simple)

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LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

  • learn how to form questions in Present Simple and Past Simple,
  • play a guessing game,
  • watch a celebrity interview,
  • do role play and interview each other.

Doing both lessons allows you to teach students to form questions, see them being used in real life and practise them in fun ways.

This is a lesson set. Use the lessons in the set in the suggested order. Learn more about sets here.

Each lesson in the set is also a standalone lesson.

Lesson 1

Start by teaching students how to form basic questions
Standard Lesson 45 min Premium Plan

Who am I? – guessing game

Grammar

Students talk about a famous game Who am I’ and learn how to form different questions in Present Simple and Past Simple. After students practise creating questions and watch a video with the rules, they try playing the game themselves.

Lesson 2

Have more practice asking and answering questions
basic English questions
Standard Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

That’s a good question!

Grammar

Students talk about celebrities, watch and discuss an interview, and practise creating questions in Present Simple and Past Simple. They also learn useful phrases to answer questions (e.g. Let me think and That’s a good question!). Students consolidate their knowledge when they do role play and interview each other in ex. 12 (slide 32).

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  1. alejandramarin

    Hello, but how can I display the lesson, I already did the 2 recommended lessons and I try to open this one and it says the same, this is a set lesson, I am not sure I understand how this works! thanks

    1. Ewa

      Hi! This particular set consists of two lessons. If you’ve already used them both with your students, you can go ahead and choose another set. If something is still unclear, please email us at [email protected].

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