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    2

    Wh- Questions

    A Friendly Visit
    Focus on Grammar 2
    Part II, Unit 7
    By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
    Copyright 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

    A
    A Friendly
    Friendly Visit
    Visit 22
    Greetings
    from
    Our spaceship
    broke
    Welcome
    to What
    our
    Earth.
    down. isWhere are
    planet.
    your language?
    we?
    Would you like
    some iced tea?

    Whylanguage
    arevery
    you far
    Our
    is
    You
    are
    here?
    .
    But I
    from
    home.
    want to practice
    my English.

    Function
    Function
    Wh- questions ask for information. They cannot be
    answered with a yes or no.
    Where are you
    from?

    We are from
    Yes.
    Earth.

    Singular
    Singular and
    and Plural
    Plural
    Use is for singular subjects and are for
    plural subjects.
    singular

    Where is your spaceship?


    plural

    What are your plans?

    Who
    Who
    Who asks about people.
    person

    Who are you?


    person

    Who is your leader?

    What
    What
    What asks about things.

    thing

    What is your language?


    things

    What are your names?

    Where
    Where
    Where asks about places.

    Where is your spaceship?

    Where are we?

    Why
    Why
    Why asks for a reason.

    Why are you here?

    Why are their heads so small?

    Practice 1
    Example:

    With a partner, read the


    answers and ask
    wh-questions.

    Why
    What
    Where
    Who
    are
    isare
    isthey
    his
    hethey?
    hobby?
    from?
    happy?

    The
    United
    States.
    Theyre
    Hislanded
    hobby
    aliens.
    is the
    soccer.
    Because
    they
    on
    moon.

    Contractions
    Contractions
    We often use contractions for wh- questions with is
    in speaking and informal writing.

    Where is the mustard?


    Wheres

    Whats
    What
    is on TV?

    Answers
    Answers
    We usually give short answers to whquestions. We can give long answers too.
    Why is your
    skin green?

    short
    long
    answer
    answer

    My
    skin is Igreen
    Because
    eat a
    because
    I eat a
    lot of broccoli.
    lot of broccoli.

    Use the clues to ask and


    answer wh- questions with a
    partner.

    Practice 2
    Example:

    Who is he?
    1. spaceship

    He is a doctor.
    2. firefighter

    Where is she?
    She is in a spaceship.

    Who is he?
    He is a fire fighter.

    3. alien
    What is he?
    He is an alien.

    4. he sees a spaceship
    doctor

    Why is he scared?
    He sees a spaceship.

    References
    Copyright 2006 Pearson Education and
    its licensors. All rights reserved.

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