How Questions- Dice Games

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Three fun small talk questions with how dice games, including the most typical question starters, question endings, and answers, including ranking strong and weak positive and negative adjectives in answers.

By: Alex Case

Level: All Levels

Theme: General

Study Area: Questions

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Lesson Plan Content:

How questions dice games

Brainstorming how questions dice games

Roll a dice and ask a question starting with the words next to that number below. Your teacher will tell you if/ how to use the mixed endings on the following page to help.

How question starters

How are…?

How’s…?/ How is…?

How was…?

How has…?

How have…?

How did…?

When you finish the dice game, write at least two suitable endings for each starter below.

Check the list of endings for more and/ or write a suitable starter before each ending.

Mixed how question endings

business?

it going?

life?

the traffic (this morning/ coming from…)?

the weather now in…?

the weather outside now?

things?

work?

you been since we last met?

you been?

you coping with…?

you doing?

you get on with…?

you getting on with…?

you?

your cold?

your day been (so far)?

your evening?

your flight?

your hangover?

your holiday?

your hotel?

your journey (here)?

your leg (recovering)?

your long weekend?

your lunch?

your presentation go?

…go?

your project going?

your stay been (so far)?

your summer vacation?

your trip (to America)?

your trip been?

your visit been?

your week been?

your weekend?

your winter break?

Brainstorm basic answers to those kinds of how questions.

Put those basic endings in order from the most positive top to the most negative bottom, putting any which you can’t rank to the side.

Compare your ranking with the one on the next page. Other words and other rankings are possible, so please check if you put something different.

Answers to how questions answer me dice game

Roll the dice secretly, making sure that no one else can see the number. Ask “How…?” questions until you get an answer on that line above, e.g. continue asking different questions until someone says “Awful” or “Terrible” if you rolled a 1. Your partners should always give true answers (not try to give the answer that you want).

Useful phrases for doing the activity

“Thanks, but that wasn’t the answer I wanted. I’ll try again with another question.”

Answers to how questions bluffing dice game

Listen to a “How…?” question from your partner, roll a dice, and answer with a word from that line above, including a reason/ some further explanation, e.g. “Same ole same ole. Spent most of the day in the gym” if you rolled a 4. If that isn’t true for you, just use your imagination. Perhaps after asking more questions about your answer, your partner will guess if your answer is true or not.