Wh questions and yes no questions
- 1. WH–QUESTIONS A wh-questionusuallybeginswith a wh-wordandexpectsthe speaker togiveinformationin theanswer.Wh –questionsusuallyend in fallingintonation. Things: WHAT ? What’s your name? Places: Where are you from? WHERE ? Time: WHEN ? When is your birthday? People: Who is your teacher? WHO ? Manner: How are you? HOW ? WH QUESTIONS WITH BE: WH-QUESTIONS WITH OTHER VERBS Choose a wh-word. Invert the subject and the verb. Choose a wh-word. Follow the wh-word with the auxiliary do, does ordid Wh-word be subject wh-word auxiliary subject base verb Who are your friends? Who do you love? What was her name? Where did you live?
- 2. YES/NO QUESTIONS Whenyouask a yes/no question, youexpecttheansweryesor no. The yes/no questionsendwithrisingintonation. Question: Are youBrazilian? Question: Do youunderstand? Answer: yes, I am / No, I’mnotAnswer: yes, I do / No, I don’t Yes/no questionswithbe: Invertthesubjectandtheverb(move theverb in front oftheSubject. Statement:He ishandsome Question:Ishehandsome? Be subject complement Were you born in Mexico? Are you readytoanswer? Yes/no questionswithotherverbs: Puttheauxiliarydo¸does, ordidin front ofthesubject. Putthe base formo f theverbafterthesubject. Statement: Theyspeakturkish Question: Dotheyspeakturkish? Auxilarysubjectbase form Do youlikeEnglish? Didyourparentsknowthis? Yes / no questionswithverbs in progressive: Be subjectverb + ing Are theyleaving? 5.
- 3. 1. Complete the crossword with a wh-word: 1. ACROSS: 1. __________ is New Year's Day? 2. __________ do you go to school? 3. __________ is your last name? 2. 6. 4. __________ is your favorite singer? DOWN: 3. 7. 1. __________ is your family from? 5. __________ is your favorite song? 4. 6. __________ do you like your English classes? 7. __________ are you today? 2. Now, answer the questions from the exercise: 1. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Now write 7yes /no orwh questionsto interview a famous person. Ask about: Date and place of birth Her / his profession Career or music style Relationship (married, divorced, single, boyfriend, girlfriend) Family (parents, children) Hobbies _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________