Wh- Questions Presentation

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Wh-Questions

A Friendly Visit

2

Focus on Grammar2

Part II, Unit 7

By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and B !ells"o#yri$ht % 2&&'( Pearson )du*ation, In*( All ri$hts reser+ed(


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A Friendly Visit 2

Our spaceship brokedown. !hereare

we?

Our spaceship brokedown. !hereare

we?!hy are you

here?

!hy are you

here?

Welcome to our

planet.

Would you like

some iced tea?

Welcome to our

planet.

Would you like

some iced tea?

Greetings fromEarth. !hatis

your language?

Greetings fromEarth. !hatis

your language?Our language is

. But I

want to practice

my English.

Our language is

. But I

want to practice

my English.

ou are !ery far

from home.

ou are !ery far

from home.


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Fun*tion

Wh" #uestions ask for inormation. $hey cannot be

answered with a yesor no.

Where are youfrom?

Where are you

from?

We are from

Earth.

We are from

Earth.

es.

es.


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Sin$ular and Plural

%se isfor sin$ularsub&ects and arefor#luralsub&ects.

Where isyour spaceship?

What areyour plans?

singular

plural


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Who

Whoasks about people.

!hoare you?

!hois your leader?

#erson

#erson


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What

Whatasks about things.

!hatis your language?

!hatare your names?

thing

things


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Where

Whereasks about places.

!hereare we?

!hereis your spaceship?


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Why

Whyasks for a reason.

!hyare you here?

!hyare their heads so small?


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'is hobby is soccer.

Pra*ti*e -With a partner, read the

answers and ask

wh"questions.

Example:

$hey(re aliens.

Who are they?Where is he from?Why are they happy?What is his hobby?

$he %nited )tates.Because they landed on the moon.


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"ontra*tions

We often use *ontra*tionsfor wh" #uestionswith isin speaking and informal writing.

Where is the mustard?Where is the mustard?!here.s

What is on $*?What is on $*?!hat.s


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Ans/ers

We usually gi!e short ans/ersto wh"#uestions. We can gi!e lon$ ans/erstoo.

Why is yourskin green?

+y skin is greenbecause I eat a

lot of broccoli.

Because I eat alot of broccoli.

shortans/er

lon$ans/er


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Pra*ti*e 2Use the clues to ask and

answer wh- questions with a

partner.

!ho is he0Example:

do*tor

1( he sees a s#a*eshi#

2( irei$hter-( s#a*eshi#

( alien

3e is a do*tor(

!here is she0

She is in a s#a*eshi#(

!hat is he0

3e is an alien(

!ho is he03e is a ire i$hter(

!hy is he s*ared03e sees a s#a*eshi#(


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