1.With a partner, think of as many words as possible that have something to do with sports.
2. Organise them in a mind map in a logical way.
3.The title of the unit is "The Commonwealth Games." What do you think it is going to deal with? Imagine 4 questions you would like to ask about the Commonwealth Games? You can use the "Language Focus" worksheet.
4.You can start filling in your "Personal Recap Chart" with what you already know and what you would like to know about the topic.
Commonwealth Games - Language Focus in English (Questions)
If you need some help with questions, use this worksheet. Read it through first and if you do not feel comfortable doing it in English, you can do it in French.
Language Focus in English
1. Yes/No questions.Read the following examples then summarise the grammatical structure of yes/no questions.
Examples:
Will you playwith us? Do they celebrate their victory? Did you watchthe tennis match?
→ Structure: ... +subject+...+...?
2. Wh- questions. From the following examples, identify the two possible structures of wh- questions.
Examples:
Where do you live? What are you fond of? How do you go to school? Who did she compete with?
→ Structure : ... + ...+ subject + ... (+ ...)?
Be careful, the question can be about the subject of the sentence.
Who is competing here? What happened yesterday? Which player has won the competition?
→ Structure : ... + ...+ ...?
3. How many/How much?Look at the following questions.
How manyathletes are competing in the Olympic Games?
How muchwater do you need ?
Underline the noun they refer to.
Are they countable (things you can count) or uncountable (things you cannot count)?
So, what can you say about much vs. many?
Commonwealth Games - Language Focus in French (Questions)
Language Focus in French
1. Questions fermées.Lisez les exemples suivants, puis écrivez la structure grammaticale des questions oui/non.
Exemples :
Will you playwith us? Do they celebrate their victory? Did you watchthe tennis match?
→ Structure : ...+ sujet +... +... ?
2. Questions en wh-.À partir des exemples suivants, retrouvez les 2 structures grammaticales possibles des questions en wh-.
Exemples :
Wheredo you live? Whatare you fond of? Howdo you go to school? Whodid she compete with?
→ Structure: ...+ ... + sujet +...(+...) ?
Attention, la question peut porter sur le celui ou celle qui fait l'action !
Exemples :
Whois competing here? What happened yesterday?Which playerhas won the competition?
→ Structure : ...+... +... ?
3. How many et how much.Observez les questions suivantes.
How manyathletes are competing in the Olympic Games?
How muchwater do you need ?
Soulignez les noms auxquels ils se rapportent.
Sont-ils dénombrables (que l’on peut compter) ou indénombrables (que l’on ne peut pas compter) ?
Que pouvez-vous en déduire de l’utilisation demuchet demany ?
Sur quoi porte ce type de question ?