This is something I remember from my TEFL days: getting students to form correct questions based on specific bits of information from a sentence (or even a whole text).
The examples below are based on 8 simple daily routine statements in Spanish in the present tense. (Each statement is used twice.) :
The idea is that students must try to formulate a correct question using the initial statement as a starting point, where the information being solicited by the question is the information highlighted in the statement -- in the examples above, the highlighted information is in {curly brackets}.
This means that it is possible for 1 statement to generate several questions.
e.g. the simple statement...
The 1 pdf below contains 11 pages, with a variety of worksheets, all based on the statements 1 to 16 above.
The pdfs were combined using a really useful online tool -- http://foxyutils.com/mergepdf -- having been printed from TaskMagic using dopdf: http://www.dopdf.com/
The pdfs were printed from a TaskMagic3 TextMatch file, which I've also included ( see .mdl3 link below). This file requires you to have TaskMagic3 installed. The image shows the thumbnails of the exercises available in this file if you have TaskMagic3. See http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/textmatch.htm for more info about the TextMatch component of TaskMagic3.
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The examples below are based on 8 simple daily routine statements in Spanish in the present tense. (Each statement is used twice.) :
1. Me levanto {a las seis}........................................ ¿A qué hora te levantas?
2. {Me levanto} a las seis........................................ ¿Qué haces a las seis?
3. Me ducho {en el cuarto de baño}.........................¿Dónde te duchas?
4. {Me ducho} en el cuarto de baño.........................¿Qué haces en el cuarto de baño?
5. Después de ducharme, {me visto}...................... ¿Qué haces después de ducharte?
6. {Después de ducharme}, me visto...................... ¿Cuándo te vistes?
7. Me visto {en mi dormitorio}..................................¿Dónde te vistes?
8. {Me visto} en mi dormitorio..................................¿Qué haces en tu dormitorio?
9. {Mi madre} prepara el desayuno......................... ¿Quién prepara el desayuno?
10. Mi madre {prepara el desayuno}......................... ¿Qué hace tu madre?
11. Desayuno {con mi madre} en la cocina...............¿Con quién desayunas?
12. Desayuno con mi madre {en la cocina}...............¿Dónde desayunas?
13. Voy al colegio {en bicicleta}................................ ¿Cómo vas al colegio?
14. Voy {al colegio} en bicicleta................................ ¿Adónde vas en bicicleta?
15. {Vuelvo a casa} a las tres....................................¿Qué haces a las tres?
16. Vuelvo a casa {a las tres}....................................¿A qué hora vuelves a casa?
The idea is that students must try to formulate a correct question using the initial statement as a starting point, where the information being solicited by the question is the information highlighted in the statement -- in the examples above, the highlighted information is in {curly brackets}.
This means that it is possible for 1 statement to generate several questions.
e.g. the simple statement...
"Desayuno con mi madre en la cocina."...can lead to 3 questions:
1. Desayuno con mi madre en la cocina. >> ¿Qué haces con tu madre en la cocina?
2. Desayuno con mi madre en la cocina. >> ¿Con quién desayunas (en la cocina)?
3. Desayuno con mi madre en la cocina. >> ¿Dónde desayunas (con tu madre)?
The 1 pdf below contains 11 pages, with a variety of worksheets, all based on the statements 1 to 16 above.
The pdfs were combined using a really useful online tool -- http://foxyutils.com/mergepdf -- having been printed from TaskMagic using dopdf: http://www.dopdf.com/
The pdfs were printed from a TaskMagic3 TextMatch file, which I've also included ( see .mdl3 link below). This file requires you to have TaskMagic3 installed. The image shows the thumbnails of the exercises available in this file if you have TaskMagic3. See http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/textmatch.htm for more info about the TextMatch component of TaskMagic3.
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