Asking Questions Confidently

A2 · Elementary57 minBasic BasicsLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask polite questions with “Could you…?” — and ask people to repeat without panic.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Brave questions

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Power of Questions

    Read a 148-word text about The Power of Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Question Words and Phrases

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Asking Questions Politely

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Questions

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Asking for Help

    Role-play: You are in a new city and need information at a tourist office (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: three questions, one repeat

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

could youexcuse merepeatcatchwondermind

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