Racing to English

`Did you?' Question Track

TEACHERS NOTES

Language learning objectives:
Language functions	Reporting and narrating
Sentence structures	Did you XXX? Yes I did/No I didn't - I XXXed.
Vocabulary	cook/ed see/saw etc.

MATERIALS REQUIRED

• The `Did you?' Question Track - preferably enlarged to A3 - or an A4-sized track for each player or each pair of players

• a dice

• some counters

PLAYING THE GAME

• This is an activity for two to four players.

• Players take it in turn to throw a dice and move their counters round the track.

• After each move the players ask the next player the question in the square they have landed on.

• The next person must answer the question before they can throw the dice.

ANSWERS

• At first expect the learners to answer Yes I did/No I didn't.

• When they are proficient at this expect longer answers, for example:
  
  Did you watch television yesterday?

• Yes I did, I watched the news.

• No I didn't, I played football.

Start	Did you cook some food yesterday?	Did you sweep the floor yesterday?
`Did you?' Question Track		Did you buy some food yesterday?
				Did you watch television yesterday?
Did you eat some chocolate yesterday?	Did you sit down yesterday?	Did you wash your clothes yesterday?
Did you run home yesterday?	Throw a dice and move your counter. Ask the next player the question in the square you land on. If they can answer it they can throw the dice and move their counter. Answers, for example: No I didn't, I watched television. Yes I did, I played football.
Did you cry yesterday?
Did you take some money yesterday?	Did you play football yesterday?	Did you see your sister yesterday?
		Did you go to a shop yesterday?
		Did you drink a cup of tea yesterday?
Finish	Did you write a letter yesterday?	Did you drive home yesterday?

Racing to English

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 9: `Did you?' Question Track