topic: informal questions
warm-up
are, can, do
Read, learn and practice this lessons – Are, Can, Do
task: ask and answer questions using the same technique in the ‘Are, Can, Do’ lesson. Ask and answer questions about gender, nationality, occupation (job), abilities and haves. Ask and answer as many questions as you need to get the correct number of answers. Positive means ‘yes’ or ‘correct’. Negative means ‘no’ or ‘incorrect’.
– gender: a negative; an affirmative
example:
negative
A: are you male?
B: am I male?
B: Yes, are you male?
B: I am not male, no.
positive
A: are you female?
B: am I female?
A: Yes, are you female?
B: I am female, yes.
– nationality: two negatives; one positive
– occupation: three negatives; one positive
– ability: three negatives, three positives
– have: three negatives, three positives
lesson
informal / impolite requests
First, read, learn and practice the first part – polite questions + a noun (steps one & two) – of this lessons: polite questions.
informal form + [noun]
- I want …
- give me …
- tell me …
- show me …
role play activity
scolding & interrogating
task: act out the scenarios below. Use the informal forms above to start your questions.
example: [informal] tell me + [short/noun] your name
scenarios
Teacher & A Naughty Pupil
A teacher finds a school pupil doing something naughty outside the class room – instead of studying in class. The teacher does bot know the pupil and needs to find out more about the pupil.
prompts: what… doing, who allowed…, hands, name, age, class, teacher, classroom, parents think
useful phrases:
– what are you up to
– shouldn’t you be somewhere
– what would your teacher say
– what would your parents think
Wife & Husband
The husband comes home late and his wife is suspicious he has been with another woman, but is not sure. The wife asks her husband many questions.
prompts: what time, who, where, why, what do, how many / much, friends telephone number, who is [name]
useful phrases:
– what time do you call this
– what you have been up to
– where have you been gallivanting around
– where have you been hangout
– who have you been hanging out with/of
Police Officer & Criminal Suspect
A police officer has to question someone who is arrested as a suspect near the scene of a murder.
prompts: name, date of birth, birth place, address, identification number, finger-prints, why there
useful phrases:
– what were you doing near the scene of the crime