Market Leader Elementary Unit 1
Take turns asking questions from below, choosing suitable ones by thinking carefully about the time now, what you already know about your partner, etc.
- How did your presentation go?
- How has your day been (so far)?
- How has your week been (so far)?
- How was your break?
- How was your day off?
- How was your day?
- How was your evening?
- How was your long weekend?
- How’s your new division/ department/ section/ team/ office/…?
- How’s your new job?/ How’s your new position?
- How was your summer holiday?/ How was your summer vacation?
- How was your telecommuting day?/ How was working from home?
- How was your weekend?
- How was your winter break?
- How’s business?
- How’s work?/ How’s your work?
- How’s your project going?/ How are you getting on with your project?
- I heard that you… at the weekend. How was it?
- You said that you were going to… last night. How was it?
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Suggested answers
- Fantastic/ Wonderful/ Amazing/ Perfect. I…
- I…
- Good/ Fine/ Not bad. I…
- I…
- Nothing special. I…
- So-so. I…
- Not so good./ Not so great. I…
- Terrible/ Awful/ Dreadful. I…
Ask about any questions above which you don’t understand, don’t know how to answer or are not sure if they are suitable now or not.
Optional: Label the questions above with W for questions about work or L for questions about leisure. Some could possibly be both but one meaning is always more common, so don’t write both W and L next to the same line.
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Brainstorming stage
First of all without looking above, brainstorm suitable “How…?” questions into each column below. Other questions not above might also be suitable. If you think of a question which could equally be about both topics (like “How was your trip to…?”), then put it into both columns.
| How questions about work | How questions about leisure/ free time |
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Do these questions have the same or different meanings?
- How has your week been (so far)?/ How was your weekend?
- How has your day been (so far)?/ How was your day?
- How was your day off?/ How was your day?
- How was your day off?/ How was your weekend?/ How was your long weekend?/ How was your vacation?
- How’s your new job?/ How’s work?
- How’s work?/ How’s business?
- How’s work?/ How’s your work?
- How’s your project going?/ How are you getting on with your project?
Explain the differences between the ones which are different.
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