Polite Impolite (rude)

questions questions

“You get more with honey than vinegar.”

2. 3. 4.
1. Why do you What’s your Go forward to Do you like
number five.
study father’s Chinese

Could you tell me…?

English? name? food?
If you don’t mind…

8. Start again. 7. What did 6. When 5.

you eat for does the next Have you
lunch train ever been to
yesterday? arrive? Paris?

9. 10. 11. 12.

I was wondering if…

Let’s go out
I’d like to know…

Go back to What time is What does

for lunch. number six
it? your wife
do?

16. 15. 14. 13.

Where is the Where Who the hell How much is
nearest post do you are you? your salary?
office? come from? Would you mind telling…
Would you like…?

17. 18. 19. Start again. 20.

When does How old are How do I get
the bank you? to the
close? airport?

I wonder if you could… May I know…?

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 Lesson plan and game rules.

Level: pre-intermediate (or advanced beginners)

Grammar focus: Asking polite questions using modal verbs( may,
can, could, )
Vocabulary focus:
- I wonder, tell, please, don t mind

How to play.

1. Roll the dice and count spaces according to the number on the dice. Wherever a
player lands, s/he reads the sentence, and, using the polite question prompts at
the sides, change the question into a suitable polite question.

2. If you fall in the pirate space you go back to start.

3. If you fall in the space with a backward pointing finger , you return
according to the description in the space and vice versa for the forward pointing
finger .
4. Every time a player lands on a space s/he has to change the direct questions to an
embedded question or polite question.

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