She Asked

Lead-in

  • In which contexts do people ask long lists of questions?
  • What are some good questions to ask someone you are interested in?

Presentation

Pre

  • What do people typically do or ask when they flirt?

Top Down

  • Have you ever heard of the 21 questions game?
  • In the context of flirting, what do you think the game is like? Read and find out!

Playing 21 questions is super simple and straightforward. You can play with two or more people. I If you’re playing with two people, you and the other person take turns answering questions. You can also modify this by having one person answer several questions in a row (or all 21 questions) before reversing roles and having the other person answer questions.

If you’re playing in a group, the first player can choose a question and then the group can go around one by one and answer that question (with the person who asked the question going last). After everyone answers, the next player chooses a question and everyone answers again, and so on. 

You can set rules that allow each player to skip a turn (or multiple turns) if they don’t feel comfortable with the question— or you can play in hard mode and make it mandatory to answer every single question.

Now, onto the list of questions! Ahead, you’ll find more than 21 questions (gotta account for those potential skips), including additional flirty questions that are perfect if you happen to be playing with a crush.

Here are some testimonies.

  • “When we first met, my girlfriend, Tracy, asked me what the weirdest dream I had ever had was. I was honestly pretty uncomfortable, but I guess it worked because here we are.” – Steven
  • “Jackson and I had been friends for a while before he started asking me more and more questions. One day he asked me if I could travel to any year in a time machine, what year would I choose and why. That’s when we discovered a mutual love for History!” – Joana

Adopted from Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False?
  1. You can also modify this by having one person answer several questions in a row.
  2. You can’t play in hard mode and make it mandatory to people answer every single question.
  3. Additional flirty questions aren’t allowed.
  4. You can set rules that allow each player to skip a turn if they don’t feel comfortable with the question.
  1. You can also modify this by having one person answer several questions in a row. True
  2. You can’t play in hard mode and make it mandatory to people answer every single question. False
  3. Additional flirty questions aren’t allowed. False
  4. You can set rules that allow each player to skip a turn if they don’t feel comfortable with the question. True

Post

  • What did you think of the questions Steven and Joana mentioned?
  • Would they spark an interesting conversation for you?
  • What other questions would you ask?

Target Language

Reported Speech – Questions

Wh- Questions

Ask (someone) + Wh- Word + Auxiliary Verb+ Subject + Verb

  • Cleo: What were the reasons for deleting your Instagram account?
  • Cleo asked what the reasons for deleting his Instagram account were.

Yes/No questions:

Ask (someone) + If / Whether + Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Verb

  • Joe: Did you pretend to do the homework?
  • Joe asked if I had pretended to do the homework.

Controlled Practice

  • Transform these testimonials from the text back to the original questions.
  1. When we first met, my girlfriend, Tracy, asked me what the weirdest dream I had ever had was.
  2. He asked me if I could travel to any year in a time machine, what year would I choose and why.
  1. What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?
  2. If you could travel to any year in a time machine, what year would you choose and why?

Freer Practice

  • Convert these questions into reported speech using ‘she asked’.

Example: What’s your favorite song to sing in the shower? > She asked What your favorite song to sing in the shower was.

  1. Would you change something about yourself?
  2. What’s one of the most fun childhood memories you have?
  3. What was your first kiss like?
  4. What’s your favorite movie to watch over and over again?
  5. Have you ever experienced true love?
  1. She asked if you would change something about yourself.
  2. She asked what one of the most fun childhood memories you had was.
  3. She asked what your first kiss was like.
  4. She asked what your favorite movie to watch over and over again was.
  5. She asked if you had ever experienced true love.

Production

  • How many flirty questions can you come up with?
  • Write them down and convert them to reported speech.

Homework

Choose the appropriate form of the verbs in indirect speech.

Example: “When do you want to study?”

He asked me when I (had wanted – wanted) to study > He asked me when I wanted to study

  1. “Do you know the answer?”
    He asked me if I (knew – to know) the answer.
  2. “Will you help me?”
    He asked me if I (will to – would) help him.
  3. “Where did you meet her?”
    He asked me where I (had met – met) her.
  4. “What are they saying?”
    He asked me what they (said – were saying).
  1. “Do you know the answer?”
    He asked me if I knew the answer.
  2. “Will you help me?”
    He asked me if I would help him.
  3. “Where did you meet her?”
    He asked me where I had met her.
  4. “What are they saying?”
    He asked me what they were saying.

Connect the reported sentences from the first column with the correspondents’ direct answers of the second column.

Example: He asked whether I wanted tea or coffee. > I want tea, please.

  1. He asked if the car was new or second-hand.

  2. He asked me where you were going.

  3. I asked if I could help her.

  4. She asked whether we had felt cold.

  5. He asked me why I hadn’t said anything.

(   ) Yes, we were freezing.

(   ) I’m going home.

(   ) It is new.

(   ) Because I was sick.

(   ) No, you can’t.

  1. He asked if the car was new or second-hand.

  2. He asked me where you were going.

  3. I asked if I could help her.

  4. She asked whether we had felt cold.

  5. He asked me why I hadn’t said anything.

(3) Yes, we were freezing.

(2) I’m going home.

(5) It is new.

(1) Because I was sick.

(4) No, you can’t.

Complete the text using the reported speech.

Example: ¹ was

Mother: Dad called from London last night.

Son: Is he enjoying his trip?

Mother: I guess so…

Son: You’re not sure? Didn’t he say if he was having a good time?

Mother: No, he didn’t.

Son: What did he say, then?

Mother: He said it ¹was (be) raining and cold there. He also said that tomorrow he ²____ (buy) you that computer you asked him.

Son: Wow! That’s very cool. Did he say anything else?

Mother: No, but he asked ³____  you ____ (be) studying and behaving nicely. More, he asked ?____ your brother ____  (go) to his piano lessons the day before and if you ?____ already ____  (talk) to your aunt Julia.

Son: Dad was inspired!

Mother: Dad called from London last night.

Son: Is he enjoying his trip?

Mother: I guess so…

Son: You’re not sure? Didn’t he say if he was having a good time?

Mother: No, he didn’t.

Son: What did he say, then?

Mother: He said it ¹was raining and cold there. He also said that tomorrow he ²would buy you that computer you asked him.

Son: Wow! That’s very cool. Did he say anything else?

Mother: No, but he asked ³whether/if you were studying and behaving nicely. More, he asked ?whether/if your brother had gone to his piano lessons the day before and if you ?had already talked to your aunt Julia.

Son: Dad was inspired!

  1. was 4. whether/if your brother had gone
  2. would buy 5. had already talked
  3. whether/if you were

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

  1. on / we / usually / each / don’t / other / Mondays / see
  2. might / In / you / try / future / to / the / more / little / a / polite / be
  3. shouldn’t / you / offended / be / mean / it / compliment / a / they / as
  4. feel / am / when / I / stand / honest / people / they / because / being / under / can’t / are / just / I / attack.
  1. We don’t usually see each other on Mondays.
  2. In the future you might try to be a little more polite.
  3. You shouldn’t be offended. They mean it as a compliment.
  4. I can’t stand when people feel they are under attack just because I am being honest.

Which sentences are wrong?

  1. Dracula is a worldwide-known non-fiction novel written by Bram Stoker. It all starts with a man checking in at a castle in Transylvania, from which the man escapes after finding out that Count Dracula is actually a vampire.
  2. While writing a play, keep in mind that it is intended to be performed in a theater or on television. Write accordingly.
  3. I was absolutely shocked when I opened the journal and saw in the headlines that the president would be impeached.
  4. For those who are not keen on reading, I recommend giving short novels a try. You’ll be reading a fully developed story, though it’ll be way shorter and less elaborate than a regular novel.
  5. Have you ever read any newspapers by Edgar Allan Poe?
  1. Dracula is a worldwide-known fiction novel written by Bram Stoker. It all starts with a man checking in at a castle in Transylvania, from which the man escapes after finding out that Count Dracula is actually a vampire.
  2. While writing a play, keep in mind that it is intended to be performed in a theater or on television. Write accordingly.
  3. I was absolutely shocked when I opened the newspaper and saw in the headlines that the president would be impeached.
  4. For those who are not keen on reading, I recommend giving short novels a try. You’ll be reading a fully developed story, though it’ll be way shorter and less elaborate than a regular novel.
  5. Have you ever read any short stories by Edgar Allan Poe?

Writing

Write 5 questions in direct speech. Then, ask someone and register their answers. After that, convert everything to reported speech.