Monday 14 December 2015

GRAMMAR - THEORY & PRACTICE: WH- QUESTIONS

WHAT? - ¿qué? ¿cuál?

E.g. What is your name? What time is it?

WHO? - ¿quién/es?

E.g. Who are you?

WHY? - ¿por qué?

E.g. Why is he angry? Because

WHEN? - ¿cuándo?

E.g. When is the party?

WHERE? - ¿dónde?

E.g. Where is your brother?

HOW? - ¿cómo?

E.g. How are you?

HOW OLD?

E.g. How old is Victoria?

HOW OFTEN?

E.g. How often do you play tennis?

HOW MUCH? - ¿cuánt@?

E.g. How much is it?

HOW MANY? ¿cuánt@s?

E.g. How many books have you got?

WHICH? - ¿cuál? (select)

E.g. Which book do you prefer?

WHOSE? - ¿de quién?

E.g. Whose is this car?


     EXERCISE - Complete the questions with one of the question words above:

1.   ______________________ do you live? I live in Barcelona.
2.   ______________________ is your job? I am a dentist.
3.   ______________________ skirt do you want? I want the red skirt.
4.   ______________________’s your boyfriend? My boyfriend is James.
5.   ______________________ does she study French? Because she wants to travel to Paris.
6.   ______________________ are you? I’m 25 years old.
7.   ______________________ car is this? This is Peter’s car.
8.   ______________________’s your mum? She is at the cinema.
9.   ______________________ do you watch football? At 8.30.
10. ____________________ books have you got? I’ve got ten books.
11. ________________ do you go to school? I go to school every day.
12. _______________  bread is there? There is a lot of bread.

EXERCISE - Write the questions for the following answers:

1- Yes, there was a bookcase.
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2- No, he wasn’t in the living room.
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3- I saw an accident.
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4- I brought a book.
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5- Yes, I ate three apples.  
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6- Tom arrived at 5 o’clock.
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7- No, I didn’t buy milk.
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8- No, the house didn’t have three bedrooms.
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9- She travelled to Italy.
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10- He drunk a cup of tea.
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11- No, there weren’t any books. 
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11- Jennifer played with Michael. 
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