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Grammar: Question - 'Is this ~ ?'

Example: Is this a school?

Parts of Learning: S L R W

Time: 15 ~ 30 min. (half-class)

Is This Gap

Submitted by: Raegina Taylor    Borrowed or inspired from: another blue folder     Date added: 08-22-07     Edited by: Fiona Steele    

Brief Outline:  An information gap activity where students ask their partner to work out the pictures on the worksheet.

 

Materials Needed:

  • One IsThisGap worksheet per student. Half of the class gets an ‘A’ worksheet and half get a ‘B’ worksheet.

 

Detailed Explanation:

  1. Write up the dialogue on the board
    • (Points to picture one). Is this a tree?
    • Yes, it is! OR No, it’s not. It’s a banana.
    • Thanks! Please sign here.
  2. Hand out the worksheets. Give students five minutes to draw what they think each picture is.
  3. Students make pairs and janken for order.
  4. Students check their guesses by asking their partner questions, using the dialogue. Points are rewarded for correct guesses and tallied on to their worksheet.
  5. For numbers 7, 8 and 9 on the worksheet, students may draw their own pictures and provide two options for their partner. Students fold their paper along the dotted line before allowing their partner to guess.

 

Variations and Options:

  • Students can instead aim to get a different signature for each picture. They pair up, ask their partner ‘Is this a banana or a camera?’. The other student answers and signs the paper.

 

Attachments: 

 IsThisGap