Practices To Make Questions

Children and teenagers of EFL students love games or fun activities in learning English. Through games, they consider that English is easy and fun. Sometimes, students think that English is frightening and very hard to learn. That is why, to introduce English at early age or for teenagers, who live in a village, through fun activities and friendly atmosphere is very important. Here, I have some experiences of fun activities in practicing making a question that have been practiced by my students at my English course. They felt happy and wanted to learn English more and more (being addicted).

1. Practicing Wh- Question

Here, teacher prepares a set of card in medium size. On the card, there are some words that would be the answer of question words likes what, when, where, who, how many, and how. The words can be some vocabularies that are familiar to the students, for example; in the morning, at school, my mother, cooking, at 5 o'clock, and so forth. Then, students work in pair, they sit face to face and take a card in turn. Each player should make a question referring to the word of answer, if the opponent can answer the question corresponding to the word will get the card. Player with the most card will be the winner. 

This is for example you can give to the students:

The word card: In the morning 

The question: When do you usually have breakfast?

Here is the example of cards that you can copy and cut.

IN THE MORNING	CAT	LIBRARY
INDEPENDENCE DAY	ON SUNDAY	FIVE PENCILS
FOOT BALL	IN THE CLASSROOM	YESTERDAY
A CAR	AT THE ZOO	A CHICKEN

2. Practicing Yes/No Question

Students stand in a circle and there is a student who is in the middle of the circle as the one to be. Give each student, except the one in the middle, a picture card about a topic you choose, for example fruit. Students on a circle must not show their card to the one in the middle or you can close the eyes of student in the middle of the circle using a scarf. After that, you tell to the student in the middle that she/he must ask and point to a student a question starting with the phrase "Do you like...?" If the pointed student gives 'yes' answer, she/he will be the one in the middle of the circle, and so it goes on until time set up finishes. Student, who never stands in the middle of the circle, will be the winner.