Did the ALT

GRAMMAR: Verb - Past Tense     EXAMPLE: Did you watch TV yesterday?     DATE ADDED: 02-11-10 

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Detailed Explanation:

1. After breaking the class into groups, students are given about 5-10 minutes to come up with questions for the ALT using the word 'did'.
2. If the ALT answers "yes", the group receives one point and the group has the chance to ask another question. If the ALT says "no", the group's turn is over and it's the next group's turn.
3. The group with the most points accumulated in 10-15 minutes wins.

Variations:

• Instead of allowing a group to keep asking questions if they receive a 'yes' answer, only allow one question from a group before it's the next group's turn.

Teaching Suggestions:

• This game is great. Kids are super innovative in using English to produce a 'yes' response: Did you go to toilet yesterday? It's a definite example of real and natural usage of English.  It doesn't feel contrived at all.

 Comments:

• (Feb 28, 2011) Amy said: This worked well with my tiny class (5 students) and they were quite imaginative. They also spontaneously started making "where did..." "what did..." type questions, which my teacher was unhappy about as they don't lead to a yes/no answer, but I decided it was fine as they were thinking outside the box.
• (May 7, 2010) Anonymous said: I felt it worked better if you gave 2 points for a yes, and 1 point for a no. It meant that if they asked questions, regardless of the response, they at least get SOME credit.

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