Subject Questions- Free Speaking
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Freer communicative practice of subject questions by asking follow-up questions after mini-presentations on the suggested topics.
Lesson Plan Content:
Subject Questions- Free Speaking
Talk for at least one or two minutes about a time you interacted with many people such as
one of the situations below. Your partner will listen without interrupting and ask for more
details when you’ve finished. Note that it is possible to have many of the situations without
interacting with many people, so make sure you choose a time when you (really) did.
A banquet
A business meeting
A celebration
A ceremony (e.g. graduation ceremony)
A club event
A committee (e.g. a local resident’s association meeting)
A concert
A court (of law)
A festival (e.g. summer festival)
A funeral/ A wake
A group date
A lesson/ A workshop
A meal
A natural disaster (e.g. an earthquake)
A negotiation
A networking event
A parade/ A procession
A party (e.g. a housewarming party)
A performance
A picnic
A political event
A protest/ A demonstration
A PTA meeting
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A speech
A sporting event
A teleconference/ A video conference
A trade fair
A visit to… (e.g. a hospital, a temple)
A wedding
A wedding reception
An argument/ A fight
An interview
Being introduced to some people
Going out for drinks
Sharing a house
Some work
Staying at a hotel
Staying at someone’s house
The first day at…
The first week at…
Trying to sell something
Volunteering
Suggested questions
Who did you speak to?
What did you say to him/ her?
How did you reply?
Who spoke to you?
Who started the conversation?
Who spoke more?
Whose party/ home/ office was it?
Who invited you?/ Who did you invite?
What did you do (next)?/ What happened (next)?
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What did you say/ write (about…)?
Who did you talk to about it?/ Who did you tell about it?
Who recommended it to you?/ Who told you about it?/ Who suggested it to you?
Who told you that…?/ Who said that…?
Who was in charge of…?/ Who was responsible for…?
Who did you…?/ Who… (you)?
Ask about any questions above which you couldn’t understand or couldn’t answer.
Subject questions grammar presentation
What is similar about the phrases in the same column below? How are they different from
the phrases in the other column?
Who invited you?
Who recommended it to you?
Who spoke more?
Who spoke to you?
Who started the conversation?
Who told you that…?/ Who said that…?
Who did you invite?
Who did you speak to?
Who did you talk to about it?
Who did you tell about it?
What would the long answer be to each question above?
What would the short answer be each time?
Put brackets around the words in the long answer which are not needed in the short
answer. Is the short answer the subject or object of the long answer?
Which questions above have the name “subject questions”, do you think?
Which of these two is a subject question? Why?
What did you do (next)?
What happened (next)?
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