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 ✨

I suggested this to my teacher the other day.

I hope by writing this out will benefit many more.

These activities can be done in this flow or taken out on its own, with minor adjustment.

Activity 1
Whole class approach
To show the stress on the addition of s to the verb.

• Teacher writes sentences on manila card.
• Pupils then given verb with an s and without. 
• Pupils throw bean bag towards the correct verb.
• Let everybody try.

Rationale:
Highlighting the s sound.
Pupils will be more alert in making choices.


Activity 2
Group activity
To learn the pronoun

• Teacher grouped the pupils in 2 groups.
• One group with I, you, we and they
• Another with he, she, and it.
• Ask the pupils to notice the pronouns.
• In their group, pupils will be asked to repeat the pronoun until the end of line.
• (telefon buruk)
• The last pupil can write the pronouns on the board.

Activity 3
Group activity
To learn the SVA

• Pupils sit in groups. 
• I group, You group, We group, They group
• He group, She group, It group
• Teacher distribute a picture of person doing something to every group.
• Pupils practice in group.
• I swim, We run, She walks (Teacher can start with a phrase)
• After saying the phrase, pupils write down in their exercise book.
• The pictures can be rotated around.
• Even using the same pictures, teacher also can rotate the pronouns.