Subject Questions- Guess The Person Game

Subject questions guess the person game

Choose one person who you know or spoke to, such as someone in the list below, but don’t say who you selected. Make a “Who…?” or “Whose…?” question to which that person is the (only) answer and ask it to your partner(s). If your partner can’t guess who you are talking about, give them other hints such as other “Who(se)…?” questions about the same person.

Suggested people to ask about

aunt/ uncle                                                                              boyfriend/ girlfriend

(oldest/ older/ middle/ younger/ youngest) brother/ sister

bus driver                                                                                 cabin crew

classmate/ school mate/ school friend                 client/ customer – supplier

coach/ sports teacher/ English teacher/ music teacher/… teacher

colleague/ co-worker/ workmate                                          cousin

customs officer                                                         dad/ father – mum/ mother

daughter(-in-law)                                                                    direct boss/ line manager

doctor                                                                                       ex(boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband/ wife)

ex-classmate                                                                           father-in-law

fellow alumni                                                                           fellow volunteer

fiancé(e)                                                                                   (best/ old/ close) friend

grandmother/ grandfather                                                     great-aunt/ great-uncle

great-grandfather/ great-grandmother                  husband/ wife

mother-in-law                                                            pet

police officer                                                                            receptionist

relative/ relation/ distant relation                                          salesman/ sales rep

security guard                                                           shop assistant

son(-in-law)                                                                             station staff

stepmother/ stepfather                                            stranger/ passer-by

tourist/ foreign visitor                                               waiter/ waitress/ server

Discuss which was the easiest to guess, and try the same one on the other groups. 

Ask about vocabulary above you don’t understand, can’t imagine questions for, etc, working together to make suitable who or whose questions each time.

 

Subject questions grammar presentation

What’s the difference between the questions “Who did I recommend Hawaii to?” and “Who recommended Hawaii to me?”?

What would the long answers to those questions be?

What words could you leave out in the short answers?

Is the short answer the subject or object of the longer question?

Which kind of question is called a “subject question”?

Suggested questions Who did I…? Who do I…? Who am I…ing? Who is…ing me? Who… me? Whose…?   Other useful language at… (o’clock) this morning yesterday just before the class just after I woke up (today)

Suggested verbs accompany/ go with admit/ confess agree – refuse/ disagree annoy/ irritate – calm down answer/ reply apologise ask borrow – lend bring – take buy – sell complain compliment – insult/ criticise contact/ get in touch with disturb email/ send/ write force/ make give (back) help/ support impress inspire/ motivate introduce invite learn – teach let/ allow – ban/ forbid listen to – ignore look after/ care for make (for) meet offer pay play with promise punch recommend/ suggest say/ tell shout – whisper show sign sing sit speak/ talk wake up warn