MODULE 1: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

Section 1: Making Questions

GRAMMAR STOP
En los siguientes cuadros encontrará un breve repaso de las
estructuras necesarias para formular preguntas con distintos
tiempos verbales y con verbos modales.

INTERROGATIVE AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE REST?

WORD MAIN VERB
PAST SIMPLE
(DID)

Wh- What did teachers use to deliver their

questions lessons in the
past?

Yes/No --- Did chalk boards facilitate ‘active learning’

questions in the past?

INTERROGATIVE AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE REST?

WORD MAIN VERB
PAST SIMPLE
(DID)

Wh- What did teachers use to deliver their

questions lessons in the
past?

Yes/No --- Did chalk boards facilitate ‘active learning’

questions in the past?

INTERROGATIVE AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE REST?

PRESENT WORD (DO) (I/WE/YOU/THEY) MAIN VERB
SIMPLE

(DOES) (SHE/HE/IT)

Wh- What does Simon Nutt say about

questions technology in
education?

Yes/No --- Do specialists believe that

questions holographic
telepresence is
the future?

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 INTERROGATIVE AUXILIARY SUBJECT -ING REST?
PRESENT WORD (AM) (I) MAIN VERB
CONTINUOUS (IS) (SHE/HE/IT)
(ARE) (WE/YOU/THEY)

Wh- Why is technology evolving rapidly?

questions

Yes/No --- Are students using a lot of

questions technology at
present?

INTERROGATIVE AUXILIARY SUBJECT GOING REST?

FUTURE WORD (AM) (I) +
“GOING TO”
(IS) (SHE/HE/IT) TO INFINITIVE
(ARE) (WE/YOU/THEY)

Wh- What is the next going to do thanks to Virtual

questions generation of Reality?
students

Yes/No --- Are 3D printers going to allow our future

questions professionals to
create
prototypes of
their work?

INTERROGATIVE MODAL SUBJECT INFINITIVE REST?

WORD AUXILIARY MAIN VERB
MODAL VERBS
VERB

Wh- Why can Virtual Reality be a great tool?

questions

Yes/No --- Will an interactive deliver a variety of

questions LCD wall learning points?

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 PREGUNTAS DE SUJETO

Uso:
Se utilizan para identificar el sujeto de una acción.

Estructura:
En las preguntas de sujeto, no se utiliza un verbo auxiliar. El orden de las palabras
sigue el orden afirmativo (es decir, palabra interrogativa + verbo conjugado +
objeto).

Ejemplo:
Who used chalk boards in the past? Teachers.
OR
Teachers did.

En general, las preguntas de sujeto se construyen con las siguientes palabras

interrogativas: who, which, what

Let’s practise making questions!

A continuación se presentan dos ejercicios para practicar formulación de

preguntas. Tiene dos opciones para realizarlos. Elija la que más le agrade.

 Opción 1: Siga el link para hacerlos online y obtener una

corrección automática.

- Practice A:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7Gvatd_I2_KGdASx
vmKqpLtvj3bAN7_kB67C4BYafGTSJlw/viewform?usp=sf_link

- Practice B:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHxwlwIq7XKGD8M
fqmLbR2eKN2Xu7imLSpShSWI64qcv_GyA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 Opción 2: Resuelva los ejercicios manualmente y realice una

autoevaluación con la clave de corrección que se presenta a
continuación de ambos ejercicios.

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- Practice A: Unjumble the following questions.

1. be/what/the main changes/will/?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. substitute/why/teachers/machines/will/?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Australian universities/do/modify/that/think/you/their policies/need
to/?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. believe/be/do/you/that/better/will/Australian universities/ in the
future/?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. don’t/will/if/universities/technologies/what/adopt /happen/the latest/?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

- Practice B: Complete the interview between a journalist and a

professor from a prestigious Australian university with the
questions in the previous exercise.

Journalist: 1
………………………………………………………………………………………….……….?

Professor: Mmm… I don’t think universities will be better, just different!

Journalist: 2
……………………………………………………………………………………………….….?

Professor: Well… To be honest, I believe university campuses will become

obsolete and most teachers will be replaced by computers.

Journalist: Really? 3……………………………………………………………………………………….?

Professor: In simple words... If teachers don’t adapt to the latest

technologies, they will lose their jobs.

Journalist: 4
……………………………………………………………………………………………….….?

Professor: Absolutely, Australian universities will need to modify their

policies.

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Journalist: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
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Professor: Well... If we don’t adopt the new technologies, we will probably

disappear.

Journalist: Thank you very much for sharing your opinion with us.

ANSWER KEY

- Practice A
1. What will the main changes be?
2. Why will machines substitute teachers?
3. Do you think that Australian universities need to modify their policies?
4. Do you believe that Australian universities will be better in the future?
5. What will happen if universities don’t adopt the latest technologies?

- Practice B
1. 4
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 5

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