Week #1- Reading & Grammar

Week #1- Reading & Grammar

Generations and communications

Learning objectives

• By the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

• 1. match 4 quotes with the correct generation based on the article read.

• 2. write at least 5 subject and object questions and their answers correctly

Multiple Choice

The "veterans" or "silent generation" was born between ___ and _____.

• 1900,1920

• 1930,1950

• 1928,1945

Multiple Choice

After the veterans or "silent generation", came "baby boomers". They were born between __ and __.

• 1945,1998

• 1946,1964

• 1946,1995

Multiple Choice

Generation X came next. They were born between __ and __.

• 1965,1980

• 1965,1990

• 1965,1975

Multiple Choice

Finally, came the millennials. They were born between __ and __.

• 1981,1990

• 1981,1996

• 1981,2000

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HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE?

Reading Passage (Paragraph 1-2)

• Name the two generations stated in these 2 paragraphs.

• State 2 characteristics for each generation.

Reading Passage (Paragraph 3-4)

• Name the two generations stated in these 2 paragraphs.

• State 2 characteristics for each generation.

Let's do some exercise!

Answer these questions:

• Which generation are you?

• How many of these generations are there in your family?

• Which generation are most of the people you work with?

Open Ended

Read the article again and match quotes 1-4 with generations a (veterans), b (baby boomers), c (generation X) and d (millennials)

Subject & object questions

Sentence rules

• All sentences must contain SUBJECT and at least 1 VERB. OBJECT is optional.

• Usual structure: S + V + O

Consider this sentence:

John eats a bowl of ice-cream.

• The SUBJECT of this sentence is: John

• The OBJECT of this sentence is: a bowl of ice-cream

Do you still remember 5Ws and 1H?

Who,

What

When

Where

Why

How

SUBJECT QUESTION

• If we want to make "John" (the subject) as the answer of our question, we form a SUBJECT question.

• Example: Who eats a bowl of ice-cream? (John)

• Note how you can swap "Who" and "John".

Multiple Choice

Few people came to the meeting.

• How many people did come to the meeting?

• How many people came to the meeting?

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence which word is the subject?
The huge dog ran towards the ball. 

• The 
• Huge
• Dog
• Ball

Multiple Choice

Something odd happened during the storm last night.

• What happened during the storm last night?
• What did happen during the storm last night?

Multiple Choice

The subject question for this answer: John lives in that house, is...

• Where lives John?

• Where does he live?

• Who lives in that house?

• Who does live in that house?

Multiple Choice

The subject question for this answer: John lives in that house, is...

• Where lives John?

• Where does he live?

• Who lives in that house?

• Who does live in that house?

OBJECT QUESTION

• However, if we want to make "a bowl of ice-cream" (the object) as the answer of our question, we form a OBJECT question.

• Example: What does John eat? (A bowl of ice-cream)

• An object question must contain a do-verb (do, does, did)

Multiple Choice

The students rode their bicycles to school.

• Where did they ride their bicycles?

• Who rode bicycles?

• Where they rode their bikes?

• What did the students ride?

Multiple Choice

The dog broke the TV.

• What did the dog break?
• What the dog broke?

Open Ended

Make a question based on this statement!

The car is in the garage. (Subject quetion)

Multiple Choice

What did he give to you?

What kind of question is that?

• Subject question

• Object question

Multiple Choice

I bought a newspaper this morning.

• What bought you this morning?
• What did you buy this morning?
• What you did buy this morning?

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3. Grammar (b)

Are these questions subject or object questions?

• 1. object question

• 2. subject question

• 3. object question

• 4. subject question

• 5. subject question

• 6. object question

Go to this page:

Focus on 1A

Open Ended

Type your answers here.

Answers

• 1. Why isn't anybody listening to me?

• 2. Can I ask you a question?

• 3. Whose book did you borrow?

• 4. What are you worrying about?

• 5. Who has eaten my cake?

Open Ended

Write the correct sentences here:

Answers:

1. What time will you be here?

2. What happened to your leg?

3. What are you listening to?

4. Which speaker gave the best presentation?

5. What's your new friend like?

Open Ended

Write both subject and object questions here. The first one has been done for you:

Answers:

• 2. O:What damaged the roof? S: What did the fire damage?

• 3. O: Who is afraid of spiders? S: What does Joanna afraid of?

• 4. O: Who told them a joke about elephants? S: What joke did his brother tell them about?

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Go to grammar (d)

Open Ended

Write your answers here:

Answers:

• Who phoned you yesterday?

• Who did you email yesterday?

• What do you and your friends talk about?

• What makes you and your friends laugh?

Reflection

THE END!

Any question?