|  | | Personal Possessions
Purpose:
To describe items using a variety of verb tenses, adjectives, and other language; to practice asking and answering Wh- questions
Preparation time:
5 minutes
Materials:
Random personal possessions
Preparation:
Get a personal possession to bring to class. You may ask a few students to bring an item in as well. Here are some suggestions for items.
A driver’s license
A watch
A bottle of aspirin
A tube of lip balm
A calculator
A trophy or certificate
Any kind of good luck charm
A business card
A knick-knack
A photograph
Procedure:
- Review different types of questions words before doing the activity. You may even want to write them on a list or write each one on separate cards.
What Where When Why
Which How What kind
How many How much How long
- Take out a personal possession from your purse or wallet, or bring something from home. Ask your students if they know what it is, if not, give them the name. Then encourage them to ask as many questions as they can about it.
Example: a bottle of saline solution
What is it?
It’s saline solution.
What do you use it for?
I use it to clean my contact lenses.
How do you use it?
I take out my contacts and pour the saline solution on them. Then I rub both sides of the contact lens and use the saline solution to rinse them.
When did you get it?
One month ago.
How often do you use it?
Twice a day.
Where did you buy it?
At Walgreen’s.
How much did it cost?
$1.99.
- The next time you do the exercise, ask a student to show an item, and either you or the other students can ask the questions.
Follow-up:
Have your students write down each of their questions and the answers on a separate strip of paper. Mix the papers up and see if they can match the question with the correct answer. Once they have done that, ask them to read each question and answer aloud to get additional speaking practice.
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