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ENGLISH LEVEL II

TOPIC : FREE TIME

OBJECTIVES:

 To ask and answer different questions in present tense.

 To write questions using present tense.
 To listen to people talk about what makes them happy.
 To understand articles about free time.
RESOURCES:

Speakout – Preintermediate. Unit 1 . Pearson Longman

Web pages

GRAMMAR TOPICS:

Yes/ No questions.

Wh- questions/ present simple

Retrieved from: Speakout – Preintermediate, 2nd edition . Pearson Longman

WH- questions (Question Words) in

present simple.
Taken and adapted from https://basicenglishspeaking.com/wh-questions/

There are two main types of questions: Yes/No questions and WH- question. WH-questions
are questions starting with WH-words including: what, when, where, who, whom, which,
whose, why and how.
Question words are used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people and so on. Below
is a list of question words and example sentences:

Question
Usages Examples
words
- What are you doing?
What Used to ask about things
- What do you think about the movie?
When Used to ask about time - When are you leaving?
- Where’s my bag?
Where Used to ask about places
- Where do you live?
- Who do you love the most in your family?
Who Used to ask about people
- Who told you that story?
- Which one do you choose? The left or right?
Which Used to ask about choices

- Whose pencil is this? Is it yours?

Whose Used to ask about possession
- Whose books are these?
- Why do you study?
Why Used to ask about reasons/ causes
- Why is he crying?
- How can you explain this problem? Please tell
Used to ask about manner/
How us.
process
- How can you get here?
I. How to form WH-questions?
1. with an auxiliary
Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
 Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs (not main verbs).
 Common auxiliary verbs include be ( is, am ,are) do / does

 What do you do for a living?

 Why does she cry?
 When is she coming?

Now Practice

Retrieved from: Speakout – Preintermediate. Pearson Longman

 Use the following links to practice, look for new words and check the answers.
https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1898

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/word_order4.htm

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-exercise-6.html
Listening Activity
Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc_NUzuze6M and answer the exercises.

Retrieved from: Speakout – Preintermediate. Pearson Longman

Reading comprehension
https://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_reading_free_time.htm