Using Question – Will, Shall and May, etc. (Primary 4)

 

ENGLISH STUDIES 

GRAMMAR 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 4

THEME: LISTENING AND SPEAKING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – Using Question Tags 

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

use tags in asking questions.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Course book

Teacher guide

Other relevant materials

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information – WOODWARD ENGLISH

 

Relevant link – 

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

USING QUESTION TAGS 

Question tags are short questions at the end of statements.

They are mainly used in speech when we want to confirm that something is true or not, or to encourage a reply from the person we are speaking to.

 

 

POSITIVE

A positive statement is followed by a negative question tag.

Tomorrow is Monday, isn’t it?

You are wondering who I am, aren’t you?

She is quite attractive, isn’t she?

I’m rather late, aren’t I?

We shall see each other again, shan’t we?

 

NEGATIVE 

A negative statement is followed by a positive question tag.

You didn’t come this morning, did you?

This one isn’t yours, is it?

They aren’t funny, are they?

She shouldn’t say things like that, should she?

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Lets pupils use tags correctly as in the content columns.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen attentively to the teacher and ask questions using tags.

3. Engages the pupils in various conversations involving positive and negative tags.

Pupil’s Activities – In pairs, they engage in conversation using correct questions with correct tags.

4. Guides pupils to generate questions using tags.

Pupil’s Activities – Generate questions using tags.

5. Shows the pupils questions and what tags to be used i.e. positive and negative.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify what tags to be used for various questions.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

ask questions using tags correctly.

make sentences adding the question tags.