Students learn about and practice asking and answering ‘how’ questions through a discussion based activity about the USA and a series of communicative exercises.
Asking How Questions
Overview
Daily lifePeople and places
Level
Elementary: A2Pre-Intermediate: A2+
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsDescribing people, places, or things
Language forms
AdjectivesModal and auxiliary verbsPresent tense
Activities
ConversationDiscussionGap fillQuestions and answersReading
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