Speaking: Follow-up Questions

Speaking Practice

Practicing using follow-up questions while speaking.​

Poll

"I find it easy to show people that I am interested in a conversation."

• Agree

• Somewhat Agree

• Somewhat Disagree

• Disagree

Poll

"I get a bit nervous when meeting new people and don't know what to say."

• Agree

• Somewhat Agree

• Somewhat Disagree

• Disagree

Poll

"I feel like I have conversation skills in Turkish but not in English."

• Agree

• Somewhat Agree

• Somewhat Disagree

• Disagree

Searching for questions to continue the conversation is a good skill to have. We will practice doing that today.​

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​Follow Up

Questions​

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Matching

Task:

• Read the conversation in the next task.

• Match the follow-up questions to the original statements.

• Make sure that they connect logically.​

Match

Match the following

• I've just got a new job.

• I do a lot of sport in my free time.

• I don't like people who aren't honest.

• My brother was really angry with me yesterday.

• I went to Bursa last weekend.

Oh really? Do you like it?

That's interesting! Which ones do you play?

Why not?

Oh? Why? What happened?

Great! Was it your first time there?

• Oh really? Do you like it?

• That's interesting! Which ones do you play?

• Why not?

• Oh? Why? What happened?

• Great! Was it your first time there?

​Nice work!

Task:

• Read the conversation starters on the next slide

• Try to think of a follow-up questions that would fit

• Challenge yourself to be creative and ask questions based on some specific element in each one.

Open Ended

A: I'm going skiing in Uludağ next weekend.

B: Really? _____?

Open Ended

A: My dershane teacher gave me 1000 questions to solve last weekend.

B: Oh yeah? _____?

Open Ended

A: Our school organizes a lot of sporting events.

B: That's nice. ______?

Open Ended

A: My sister has a new job working for Google.

B: ______?

Open Ended

A: Elif ended up moving to Scotland.

B: Oh really? _____?

Open Ended

A: I'm going to try to get into Robert's College next year.

B: Interesting. _____?

​Spin the Wheel

Link:

• Spin the Wordwall wheel!

• Use the conversation starters to have a conversation with a partner.

• Ask at least THREE follow up questions to your partner in each conversation.

​GO TO THE LINK HERE.