LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

WARM-UP

Sentence puzzling
Aims of the stage:
 To activate students' prior knowledge
related to the targeted grammar: Yes/No
questions. 
 To increase students' interest.

WARM-UP

moon

eating

Are

cakes
?

you

all
these

eat

Can

moon
cakes?

he

Did

last
year
?

they

at the
festival

eat
moon
cakes

X-mas

your

Is

present
?

that

Unit 9:

Festival around the world
Lesson 2:
A close look 1

PRESENTATION
Can he eat all these moon cake?
S
We put the auxiliary verb or modal verb before the subject.
Did they eat moon cakes at the festival last year?
S
Is that your Christmas present?
We don't use an auxiliary verb when we use be as a main verb.

PRACTICE

1 Fill in each blank with a correct auxiliary verb or modal verb.
Aim of the task:
 To check students' understanding of
the Yes/No questions.

PRACTICE

1 Fill in each blank with a correct auxiliary verb or modal verb.
Do
1. ______
they hold the festival in Ha Noi every
Did
year?
Are he visit Hoi An last year?
2. ______
Can they performing folk dances?
3. ______
4. A: ______ you make banh chung?
Does
B:
Yes, I can.
5. ______ your brother usually come back home at

PRACTICE

2

Change the sentences into Yes / No questions.

Aim of the task:
 To help Ss practise making Yes/No
questions.

PRACTICE 1

2

Change the sentences into Yes / No questions.
1.My mother can make a costume for me.
Can your mother make a costume for you?
2.She will bake a birthday cake for him.
Will she bake a birthday cake for him?
3. The dragon dances are interesting.
Are the dragon dances interesting?
4. The Rio Carnival takes place every year in Brazil.
Does Rio Carnival take place every year in Brazil?
5. They saw a fireworks display on New Year's Eve.
Did they see a fireworks display on New Year's Eve?

PRACTICE

3

Match the questions in column A with their answers in column B.
A

B

1. Will you help me take a photo?

a. Yes, he is.

1-c

2. Is he painting Easter eggs?

b. No, I'm not.

2-a

3. Do they eat candy apples on Halloween?

c. Yes, I will.

3-e

4. Are you excited about your holiday?

d. No, she can't.

4-b

5. Can she perform Dutch folk dances?

e. Yes, they do.

5-d

PRACTICE

4

Mark is talking to Trang about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Fill in the
blanks with Trang's answers below.

a. Yes, we do. We watch
lion dances, too.
b. No, we celebrate it in
the middle of the eighth
lunar month.
c. Yes, I do. It's one of my
favourite festivals.
d. Yes. Just come over to
my house on the night
of the festival.
e. Yes, we do. We also have
some autumn fruits.

Mark: Do you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in
December?
Trang: (1) ______.
b
Mark: Do you eat moon cakes at the festival?
Trang: (2) ______.
e
Mark: Do you make lanterns at the festival?
Trang: (3) ______.
a
Mark: Do you like the festival?
Trang: (4) ______.
c
Mark: Can I join the festival with you next month?
Trang: (5) ______.
d

PRODUCTION

5

GAME. Festival mystery
Work in groups. One student thinks of a festival he / she likes.
Other students ask Yes / No questions to find out what the festival is.
Example:
A:  Do many countries celebrate the
festival?
B:  Yes, they do.
C:  Do children like the festival?
B: Yes, they do.
A:  Do they paint eggs?
B:  Yes, they do.
C:  Is it Easter?
B: Yes, it is.

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

Complete exercises …. in workbook.
Prepare for the project