WH-Questions: Speaking Activity (Beginner ESL)

Level: Beginner

Focus: WH-Questions (Who/What/Why/Where/How)

Time: 15 Minutes

Number of students: Two minimum

Activity Download: asking-wh-questions-activity.docx

Activity Description:

In pairs, students read the answer to a question on their paper (e.g. "I'm from Brazil."). The other student then has to ask the question that matches this answer ("Where are you from"). Then the roles are reversed, and the other student reads his or her answer to the first student. This continues until all questions have been elicited. The questions do gradually get harder.

Speaking Activity Preview:

WH-Questions

Student A

  1. I'm great. Thank you! (How are you?)
  2. I study English. (What do you study?)
  3. The president of the USA is Barack Obama. (Who is the president of the USA?)
  4. He is my teacher. (Who is he?)
  5. My favorite color is blue. (What is your favorite color? / What color do you like?)
  6. Christmas is December 25th. (When is Christmas?)

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WH-Questions

Student B

  1. My birthday is August 22nd. (When is your birthday?)
  2. John is at home. (Where is John?)
  3. I like jazz music. (What (kind of) music do you like?)
  4. My father lives in Montreal. (Where does your father live?)
  5. His name is Albert. (What is his name?)
  6. I work because I want money. (Why do you work?)

I hope your students enjoy this beginner speaking activity.

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10 comments on “WH-Questions: Speaking Activity (Beginner ESL)”

  1. Joseph Akker (Posted on 7-18-2016 at 16:15) Reply ↓

    This game works great! Thank you so much for sharing!

  2. Persian girl (Posted on 2-6-2017 at 07:11) Reply ↓

    This method seems to be very nice! Today I will try it to see what wiil happen. Thank u so much

  3. Felipe Adunbi (Posted on 5-22-2017 at 08:05) Reply ↓

    thanks a lot!

  4. gurung.tgi.shan@gmail.com (Posted on 11-5-2017 at 22:40) Reply ↓

    its really useful thanks

  5. RICKY Albert.. (Posted on 3-11-2018 at 12:19) Reply ↓

    Very easy for the zero level…thank you…

  6. RICKY Albert.. (Posted on 3-11-2018 at 12:20) Reply ↓

    I like the way its set up…

  7. Sweety girl (Posted on 6-5-2018 at 14:36) Reply ↓

    This speech so amazing and I will be trying it thank you

  8. AgaK (Posted on 5-15-2019 at 15:51) Reply ↓

    thAnk you. great for practising question formation

  9. jac-arg (Posted on 6-3-2019 at 08:52) Reply ↓

    Thank you for sharing! It seems very helpful

  10. Paresh ravindra shirude (Posted on 3-10-2022 at 04:00) Reply ↓

    Sir wh questions injoy by me

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