I tried something a little different for my Year 5 class today—  

a comic-style poster to teach present simple questions.

Instead of the usual notes, I wanted something more:

✨ visual  

✨ simple  

✨ easy to remember  

🎯 What’s inside the poster?

It focuses on the basics that pupils often mix up:

- Do / Does for actions  

- No -s after does  

- Question words (what, where, when, who, why, how)  

- Short answers  

- Is / Are for “be”  

All in one page, broken into small, clear parts.

 💭 Why this approach?

I’ve noticed that many pupils understand grammar a little, but get confused when they actually need to ask questions.

So this poster is meant to:

- give them a quick reference

- support speaking practice

- make grammar feel less heavy

🧠 How I used it in class

- I sent the poster a day prior via the Class WhatsApp group, so that pupils can study before class

- Then they asked their friends simple questions  

-We play a game that requires pupils to move from one space to another, to indicate the answer

- We focused more on speaking than writing  

Simple, but it worked better than expected.

 🌊 Small wins

Sometimes, it’s not about making things more detailed—  

It’s about making them clearer and friendlier.

This felt like one of those small wins ✨