Discussion Questions - Listening

Listen to the 20 Questions.

  • Put the words below in the correct order to make the questions.
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  • ...or look below to see the 20 Questions.
1. read you What when think you the headline? did

2. hear your images when are the in What you mind 'string'? word

3. How string? important is

4. do for? What use you string

5. When of used last string? time the you piece was a

6. kinds are What there? of string

7. How is of a string? long piece

8. What do you the used string was for? 50,000-year-old think

9. about you do Neanderthals? What know

10. important are How textiles?

11. you this article? like reading Did

12. think 'archaeologist'? when word you What you do hear of the

13. do you you read? What think about what

14. years think What you like was 50,000 do ago? life

15. string? we What of use instead could

16. are history? you How in interested natural

17. do day? archaeologists What do every

18. Would you an like to archaeologist? be

19. do What you know trees? about

20. like What ask to you questions the archaeologists? would

Back to the piece of string lesson.

String - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'string'?
  3. How important is string?
  4. What do you use string for?
  5. When was the last time you used a piece of string?
  6. What kinds of string are there?
  7. How long is a piece of string?
  8. What do you think the 50,000-year-old string was used for?
  9. What do you know about Neanderthals?
  10. How important are textiles?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word ' archaeologist'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you think life was like 50,000 years ago?
  5. What could we use instead of string?
  6. How interested are you in natural history?
  7. What do archaeologists do every day?
  8. Would you like to be an archaeologist?
  9. What do you know about trees?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the archaeologists?

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