What are interrogative pronouns? An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions. Wh-questions are used to ask for information about an event or a situation. A wh-question consists of an interrogative pronoun i.e. who, what, where, when, why followed by a verb and a noun complement. Word order is subject-verb-object. For example, "What's the date?�? "Where are you?�? "Who is he?�?, "When is it?�? "What's the time?�?
Here's a simple activity that I've used in class to teach the five w's to my students.
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Mickey Mouse is having a birthday party!
You're invited.
Date: Sunday, June 1st, 2006
Place: Mickey Mouse House, Tokyo Disneyland
Chiba Prefecture, Urayasu City
Time: at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
See you at my party!
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Question: What's this?
Answer: This is an invitation
Question: Who is Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Mickey Mouse is my friend./He's a cartoon./He's a mouse.
Question: Where is the party?
Answer: At Mickey Mouse House, Tokyo Disneyland, Chiba Prefecture, Urayasu City
Question: When is the party?
Answer: On Sunday, June 1st, 2006
Question: Why is Mickey Mouse having a party?
Answer: It's his birthday.
I review the grammar points in class and then distribute the invitation handout to the students. Write the questions on the board and/or prepare a handout with the questions to give out. Have the students work in pairs or in small groups to come up with the answers. Take up the questions in class. Students correct their answers. If time permits, have the students practice in pairs asking and answering the questions.
I hope this lesson plan sparks ideas for preparing your own lesson on teaching students interrogative pronouns.
Copyright (c) 2006 Stefan Chiarantano- all rights reserved
Thank you.
Hi
I donot think so it is easy way to teach ur students specially if its the second language,my sugestion is need to explain more.sorry for bothering u.
regards
A great idea with an invitation card, but may be a bit too complicated with this "is having" because there are two verbs here actually. May be something with Present Simple would be better or you should give more explanations about these link-verbs and -ing forms? But thanks a lot for the idea.
Thanks a lot for this lesson,but I m sorry that doesnt works in every class.Because it has a lot of info gabs such as"how will they know the real meaning and usage of WHY " and "what is the distinction between WHAT for VERB and WHAT for object"
This manner depends on you teaching grammer with students language or not.
my teacher was doing those suggestions you have shown. thnk you for the info.
i have a better way to make someone learn five W's :)
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
now answers....
Who Me and U
What Together
When Anytime
Where Anywhere
Why You know why!
:) hope u enjoyed it...........
take care
I need 20 book like this one you got.