Starter Questions Generator

1. Choose the year group and list topics you've already taught, or add an earlier lesson's file.
2. Press Make starter questions to get questions on those topics, with answers.
3. Change anything you want to, then show them on the board or download them to print.

Three by default, and you can choose from two to five in More options. Each one takes pupils 30 to 60 seconds, and you can make them easier or harder. There's a three-minute time limit unless you switch it off.

No. They test topics you've already taught, so pupils practise recalling them. If you add today's lesson, each question recalls something that lesson builds on, without asking about what it's going to teach.

Yes. Each question comes with a short answer. In a PDF or Word download they're on their own page at the end, or you can leave them out, and on the board you reveal them one at a time.

Yes. Use the projector view, which can count down the time limit, or download PowerPoint slides. To print, download a PDF or Word document.

From the topics you list, or from an earlier lesson's PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or text file if you add one (it uses the first 1,500 words). If you choose Maths for Years 1 to 11, they come from Oak National Academy's teacher-written lesson quizzes, credited on the sheet, and there may be fewer if Oak's lessons don't have enough on a topic. Maths starters need at least one topic, as they're found from the topics you list and don't use a file. For Years 12 and 13, or if Oak can't be reached, the AI writes them, so check the answers before you use them.