What? When? Where? Asking Questions ESL Activity

ESL speaking activity to practice asking questions.

1. Explain the activity.
2. Emphasis that they can only ask questions, they can’t explain the words or give synonyms.
3. Explain that students will get a point for every word that they guess. At the end, the pair with the highest number of points wins .
4. Divide the students into pairs.
5. Individually consult any unknown vocabulary and encourage students to use dictionaries and look up the words.
6.  Give students a ten-minute time limit and have them start. After 10 minutes the students swap roles.
7. If you want them to work a bit faster, allow only a five-minute time limit.

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