Present simple: Questions with do
Overview
This ESL lesson plan is designed for elementary-level students and focuses on teaching them how to form questions using do and construct appropriate responses. By the end of the lesson, students will have a clear understanding of using these common structures, which will help them improve their basic conversation skills.
To introduce the topic, we begin with a boardwork example that lays the foundation for understanding the target language. As the lesson progresses, students move on to low-resource activities, such as working through grammar exercises and participating in collaborative speaking tasks. To ensure retention and add a touch of fun, we end the lesson with a classroom game that revisits and reinforces the lesson's key objectives.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The students look at different question structures for simple present questions using do.
Start by stepping through the visual representation of the target grammar, eliciting as much as you can from your students(pronouns, verbs, etc.). After you have a few examples filled out, review the short responses and ask the students a few questions from the board. Finally, move on to the wh- question structure and work through a few examples with the class.
Activity 1
A writing activity where students have to make present simple questions from a list of prompts on the board.
Activity 2
A pair work activity where students interview each other using the target language for the lesson.
Activity 3
For this speaking activity, the students share what they learned about their partner during the previous task.
Classroom games
Game 1
Players use the target grammar of the lesson to nail down which famous person their classmate is thinking of.
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180+ ESL lesson plans
8 Distinct language levels
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