The teacher will explain that although students may be familiar with the basic question forms, they need more practice using them. At the beginning of each of the lessons, students can share these observations with the rest of the class. Again, the teacher can use this student input to modify the communicative activities. In addition to performing exercises in the textbook, students should practice asking and answering this type of question in a communicative format. Perhaps they could begin by asking each other questions about their daily routines.
Students interview each other on a given or personally selected topic.
The teacher might to choose to specify the topics covered in the interview. Then, after students compare their questions, the teacher offers more possibilities. For the sake of variety, the teacher might select one passage from a sociology text, and one passage from a scientific text. This short exercise is designed to heighten students' awareness of the various types of questions they may encounter in exams. This will not only prepare them for exam questions, but also reinforce their own comprehension of texts.