Unlocking Irish Questions: Present, Past, Future, and Conditional Tenses

Unlocking Irish Questions: Present, Past, Future, and Conditional Tenses

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will understand how to form questions in Irish using present, past, future, and conditional tenses.

What do you already know about forming questions in Irish?

Present Tense Questions

Forming questions in the present tense involves using the verb 'an bhfuil' or 'an bhfuil tú'.

Interactive Practice

Interactive activity: Ask students to form questions in the present tense using given prompts.

Past Tense Questions

In the past tense, questions are formed using the verb 'ar' or 'an raibh'.

Future Tense Questions

Questions in the future tense are formed using the verbs 'an mbeidh' or 'an mbeidh tú'.

Conditional Tense Questions

In the conditional tense, questions are formed using the verb 'an mbeadh' or 'an mbeadh tú'.

Interactive Quiz

Interactive quiz: Test students' understanding of forming questions in different tenses.

Review and Application

Review the key concepts and encourage students to apply their knowledge by creating their own questions in Irish.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.