My University

Theme: “My University”

Grammar: “Question forms”

Aims. Didactic aims:

to form the students’ following components of competence:

• Educational (cognitive)  component:

1. to form the knowledge on mastering terms from the text “My university”.
2. to form the knowledge of using question forms

• Practical (operational) component:

1. to form students’ grammar habits on the theme “Question forms”
2. to form students’ skills on listening, reading the text with or without dictionary.

• Communicative component:

1. to develop listening, reading, writing and speaking skills.

• Self-studying  component:

1. to form the skills and habits using the professional supplementary literature in  informative  means of communication.
2. to develop students’ vocabulary habits.

Tasks of study: to teach the students the grammar question forms and the theme “My University”, to develop their grammar and vocabulary habits by doing lexico-grammatical exercises, reading and translating the text.

Basic thematic issues:

1. Lexis describing the university

Formation of grammar “Question forms”and its usage.

1. The text “My University”.

Methods of teaching: presentation of new theme using verbal-graphic methods, work in pairs.

Literature:

Basic:

1.  “Essential English for medical students”, A.M.Maslova, Z.I.Winestein, L.S. Plebeyskaya, p.26-27
2. “Grammar in Use” for elementary  and intermediate students, R.Murphy,  p. 84-87; p142-145.

Additional:

1.  “Headway”, Elementary, Oxford University Press, 1995.

2. “Vocabulary in use”, Intermediate, Stuart Redman with Ellen Shaw, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Presentation of grammar

Question forms

We usually make questions by changing the word order: we put the first auxiliary verb before the subject.

Sentence: You are from Germany.

Question form: Are you from Germany? 

In present simple questions, we use do/ does: 

• Do you live near here?
• What time does the film begin? ( not “What time begins…?”)

In past simple questions, we use did:

• Did you sell your car?
• How did the accident happen?

But do not use do / does/ did in questions if who / what/ which is the subject of the sentence.

Compare:

In these examples, who / what/ which is the subject:

• Who wants something to eat?
• What happened to you last night?
• Which bus goes to the city centre?

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There are 4 types of questions

Grammar exercises

1. Put the words in the right order to make questions.

f.ex: you live where do? Where do you live?

a) you a do you have car?

b) older is brother your you than?

c) often he how to write does you?

d) this time start does what class?

e) last go where you summer did?

f) languages how you many do speak?

g) see you are going to evening her this?

h) for waiting who you are?

2. Ask Liz questions. (Look at her answers before you write the questions.)

a) (Where/ from?)  Where are you from?                              From London originally.

b) (Where / live / now?) _____________________              In Manchester.

c) (married?) _____________________________               Yes

d) (How long / married/) ____________________               12 years

e) (children?) _____________________________              Yes, three boys

f) (How old / they?) ________________________              4, 7 and 9

g) (What / husband / do?) ____________________             He’s  a policeman

h) (he / enjoy his job?) _______________________           Yes, very much

i) (arrest anyone yesterday?) __________________            I don’t know

j) (How often / go / on holiday?)  ________________        Usually once a year