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    This document provides teaching notes and instructions for an activity called "Sentence Race" to practice forming questions in the present simple tense. The activity involves cutting out cards with words on them and using the words to form six grammatically correct sentences. Students work in pairs or groups to race to build the sentences first. The teacher monitors and checks the sentences for correct grammar and logical sense. The goal is for students to practice using present simple questions and to see how much they can communicate in English using the structures they know.

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    This document provides teaching notes and instructions for an activity called "Sentence Race" to practice forming questions in the present simple tense. The activity involves cutting out cards with words on them and using the words to form six grammatically correct sentences. Students work in pairs or groups to race to build the sentences first. The teacher monitors and checks the sentences for correct grammar and logical sense. The goal is for students to practice using present simple questions and to see how much they can communicate in English using the structures they know.

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    This document provides teaching notes and instructions for an activity called "Sentence Race" to practice forming questions in the present simple tense. The activity involves cutting out cards with words on them and using the words to form six grammatically correct sentences. Students work in pairs or groups to race to build the sentences first. The teacher monitors and checks the sentences for correct grammar and logical sense. The goal is for students to practice using present simple questions and to see how much they can communicate in English using the structures they know.

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    Sentence Race
    WHERE WHEN WHO

    WHY WHAT HOW

    START GET UP BUY

    EAT LIVE WATCH

    USE LIKE GO

    HATE STUDY PLAY

    TV SUSHI MOVIES

    DO DO DO

    DO DO DOES

    DOES DOES DOES

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    I YOU SHE

    HE IT WE

    THEY JULIA TOM

    WITH TO IN

    YOUR PARENTS BARACK OBAMA

    MY BOSS MY ENGLISH TEACHER

    HOW OFTEN WHAT TIME

    WHAT KIND OF ABROAD

    CHOCOLATE SHOPPING

    ENGLISH THE GUITAR

    THE MOVIE THE USA


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    Sentence Race: Teaching Notes

    Target Structure: Present Simple Questions


    Vocabulary: General (US English)
    Level: Elementary
    Time: 10 mins +
    Preparation: Cut up Cards

    Suggested Teaching Method

    This game is designed to demonstrate to students how they can make many different questions using the
    Present Simple. It's a great motivating exercise, with students understanding how much they can already say in
    English.

    Note: The cards are in an order that facilitates easy cutting up.

    Cut up one set of cards for each pair or group.

    The cards are best arranged shuffled. Each student can spread them out on the desk.

    Explain that this is a race. Each team needs to choose cards to make six separate sentences.

    The winner is the first team with six sentences that are grammatically correct and make sense.

    Give an example good sentence and bad sentence, and elicit feedback. The bad sentence could be either grammatically
    incorrect or nonsensical. (e.g. Why does sushi study Barack Obama?)

    Monitor students, but don't interrupt. When a team has finished, they need to indicate to you.

    If you would like to make the exercise more challenging, don't tell students where the mistakes are in their sentences. You
    could just say 'Sorry: two mistakes!' and have the students try to find the errors.

    When all the teams have finished, elicit some example sentences.

    Updated 12/5/2009

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