Why did I cross to the dark side and stopped buying paper books? I think this is easy to guess, dear readers, I am still an avid reader but I have more books than shelf space and that’s the sad truth.Īnd you, are you like me or do you still prefer paperbooks? If you prefer e-books, then I’m sure you’ll find this site very interestingĮnglish E-Books has been created to help people learn English by reading adapted books– one of the best and interesting ways to increase your vocabulary. And believe me, each of these unforgettable teachers had a long list in mind! As my school years faded in memory, so did my laziness -called it boredom-to start reading again and one day I found myself with a long list of books waiting in queue to be read, only this time I was willing. There used to be a time when I only had time, and this unwillingly, to read the compulsory books my Literature teachers thought were essential to my upbringing, if I may use this word. I love reading though it has not always been like that. (black and white version here)Įbook Readers or traditional books? What’s your choice? The teacher monitors, promts and corrects gently. Students carry out the speaking task in pairs. Allow 5 minutes for this step helping students with vocabulary and questions tags. ♥Freer Practice. Students, individually now, write five facts they think they know about their partner using question tags.
If you use No, contracted forms are possible. If you answer Yes, do not use contracted forms.
I’m a pescatarian.Īt this stage, it is important to teach students how you answer to a question Tag. Cristina, you don’t eat meat, do you? No, I don’t.Cristina, you worked in EOI La Felguera some years ago, didn’t you? Yes, I did.Stundents take it in turns to read their sentences aloud asking for confirmation (gently correct if necessary) and the teacher answers accordingly. Once they have written their sentences about you, point to the board where hopefully the rules will still be displayed and ask them to write the question tag. Students tend to write positive sentences, so encourage them to write negative ones, too. ♥Controlled Practice.Now ask students how much they know about you and ask them, in pairs, to write some facts they think they know about you. With the students‘ help, write some of the previous sentences on the board for students to infer the rules (form). Focus on intonation now, making sure all the students have had a chance to do enough practice before we move on to the next step (pronunciation). At this point, some students would have probably asked the question “ When do you use them? “Tell them you use question tags with a falling intonation when we are sure of the answer, so the question tag here is not a real question (meaning). While I would say the first sentences containing the tags in a normal way, for the last ones I would emphasize the question tag so that they realise something is going on. Carlos, you don’t work in a bank, do you?Īt this stage, students are on tenterhooks waiting for you to say something about each of them so you have all their undivided attention.Isabel, you spent your childhood in France, didn’t you?.Felix, you have been to France several times, haven’t you?.Make sure your intonation is falling as we are just checking something we already know.
Introducing. Surprise your students by producing some statements about their lives. At the same time, this number of students also gives me the chance to get to know my students quite well, even know some personal details about them, which are going to prove useful to introduce question tags in an easy way.Īim: Introducing, Understanding and Using Questions Tags with a Falling Intonation This number suits me fine as it allows me to do plenty of activities which require group work without students feeling the class is too crowded to interfere with academic success. I don’t know about you, but I have like 15-20 students per class.
Introducing, Understanding and Using Question Tags
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