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Lesson code: 1ZV2-J39S-9SM ELEMENTARY

1 Complete the dialogues

Complete the dialogues below using the words below.

How What When Where Which Who Whose Why

Dialogue 1
1
A: do you like pizza?
B: Because it's delicious.

Dialogue 2
2
A: pen is this?
B: I think it's John's pen.

Dialogue 3
3
A: did you get here?
B: I took a taxi.

Dialogue 4
4
A: of these apples do you prefer?
B: I prefer the apple on the left.

Dialogue 5
5
A: are you eating?
B: I'm eating sushi.

Dialogue 6
6
A: did you get here?
B: I arrived 20 minutes ago.

Dialogue 7
7
A: are you talking to?
B: I'm talking to my friend.

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Dialogue 8
8
A: are you going?
B: I'm going home.

2 Question words
Match the questions words on the left to what they show on the right.

Question word Asks about ...

1. why a. a choice
2. when b. a method or manner
3. where c. a person
4. how d. a place
5. which e. a reason
6. who f. a thing or activity
7. whose g. a time, day or year
8. what h. the owner

3 Quiz
In pairs, do the quiz below:

1. Who eats pasta and pizza as a national dish?

2. Where does sushi come from?
3. What is the highest mountain in the world?
4. How do people make bread?
5. What do journalists do?
6. Why do most people send emails not letters?
7. Whose home is called `the White House'?

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4 Ask about the pictures

Match the questions to the most suitable pictures below.

How does he go to work? When did he leave school? Where does he come from?
Which answer did he choose? Who is riding the bike? Whose dog is it?

2.
1. 3.

4. 5. 6.

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

5 Role play
Make questions to ask your partner:

1. Where do you live ? (where/you/live)

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (how / you / go to work/school every day)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (who / you / live with)
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (what / you / do / last weekend)
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (which day of the week / you /prefer)
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (why/ you prefer / this day of the week)
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (when / tourists / visit your country)

Now ask and answer the questions.

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1- Complete the dialogues

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Point out the position of the preposition
`to' in Dialogue 7.

1. Why 2. Whose 3. How 4. Which

5. What 6. When 7. Who 8. Where

2- Question words

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers.

1. e 2. g 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. c 7. h 8. f

3- Quiz

Put students into pairs. Encourage them to look up any words they need to use, e.g. `flour'. Compare answers/
write answers on the board.

1. Italians/Italian people
2. Japan
3. Mount Everest
4. with flour and water
5. They write articles for newspapers.
6. because it's faster
7. the US president's

4- Ask about the pictures

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Then have students take turns to ask and
answer the questions in pairs. Model with a strong student.

1. Which answer did he choose? 2. Who is riding the bike?

3. Whose dog is it? 4. Where does he come from?
5. When did he leave school? 6. How does he go to work?

Possible answers: 1. He chose B; 2. A boy is riding the bike; 3. It's the woman's dog; 4. He comes from Australia;
5. He left school at 5 o'clock; 6. He goes to work by train.

5- Role play

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Then have students take turns to ask and
answer the questions in pairs. Model with a strong student.

2. How do you go to work/school every day?

3. Who do you live with?
4. What did you do last weekend?
5. Which day of the week do you prefer?
6. Why do you prefer this day of the week?
7. When do tourists visit your country?

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