Third Person Present Tense Questions- Alphabet Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Initial phonics and third person of Present Simple practice through the fun challenge of trying to answer questions with words starting with each letter of the alphabet.
Lesson Plan Content:
Third person S questions alphabet game
Work in groups of two or three. Draw a stick man. Decide if it is a boy or a girl. Take turns asking each other questions about that person. Each answer must start with one of the letters below, e.g. “Y” for “(It is) yellow” as an answer to “What colour is his hat?” Cross off each letter when it is used. If your partner can’t think of an answer to your question using one of the letters that is left but you can answer your own question with one of those letters, you get one point. However, if you can’t think of a good answer either, you lose one point. Stop the game when no one could think of answers to the last two questions which were asked. The winner is the person with most points at the end of the game. If your teacher tells you to, draw and/ or write the answers on or around the stick man figure after answering each question. Crazy answers are also okay if someone can draw them.
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If you run out of questions or your teacher tells you to, look at the next page for possible questions.
Play the same game with the other gender, e.g. a boy if you did a girl before.
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Do the same with “It” questions, with a drawing of an animal, robot, monster etc.
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Suggested questions
- How does he/ she go to…?
- How far is his/ her…?
- How is he/ she (feeling)?
- How many… does he/ she have?
- How old is he/ she?
- How old is his/ her father/ mother/ grandmother/ grandfather?
- How tall is he/ she?
- What colour is his/ her…?
- What does he/ she do on… day (morning/ afternoon/ evening)?
- What does he/ she do at…?
- What does he/ she like for breakfast/ lunch/ dinner?
- What is he/ she wearing (on his/ her…)?
- What kind of… does he/ she dislike?
- What kind of… does he/ she like?
- What time does he/ she…?
- What’s his/ her favourite…?
- What’s his/ her mother’s/ father’s/ brother’s/ sister’s/ pet’s/ …’s name?
- What’s his/ her mother’s/ father’s/ grandmother’s/ …’s job?
- When is his/ her birthday?
- Where does he/ she live?
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