When? Where? Who? Why? How? What?

Time Place Person Reason Manner Object/Idea/Action

Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information: Which (one)? Whose? Whom? How much? How many? How long? How often? How far? What kind (of)? Choice of alternatives Possession Person (objective formal) Price, amount (non-count) Quantity (count) Duration Frequency Distance Description

The "grammar" used with wh- questions depends on whether the topic being asked about is the "subject" or "predicate" of a sentence. For the subject pattern, simply replace the person or thing being asked about with the appropriate wh-word. (Someone has my baseball.) (Something is bothering you.) Who has my baseball? What is bothering you?

For the predicate pattern, wh- question formation depends on whether there is an "auxiliary" verb in the original sentence. Auxiliary or "helping" verbs are verbs that precede main verbs. Auxiliary verbs are italicized in the following sentences. I can do it. They are leaving. I have eaten my lunch. I should have finished my homework. To make a question using the predicate pattern, first form a yes/no question by inverting the subject and (first) auxiliary verb. Then, add the appropriate wh- word to the beginning of the sentence. (You will leave some time.) ? will you leave When will you leave? ? is he doing

(He is doing something.)

What is he doing? (They have been somewhere.) ? have they been Where have they been?

If there is no auxiliary and the verb is "be," invert the subject and verb, then add the appropriate wh- word to the beginning of the sentence. (He is someone.) ? is he Who is he? ? was the meeting When was the meeting?

(The meeting was some time.)

If there is no auxiliary and the verb is not "be," add do to the beginning of the sentence. Then add the appropriate whquestion word. Be sure to "transfer" the tense and number from the main verb to the word do. (You want something.) ? do you want What do you want? ? did you go (past tense) Where did you go? ? does she like (third person -s) What does she like?

(You went somewhere.)

(She likes something.)

What, When or Where?

1. ___ is the name of the President of the United States of America? a. What b. When c. Where 2. ___ month is the Chinese new year? a. What b. When c. Where 3. ___ is Christmas Day? a. What b. When c. Where 4. ___ did Neil Armstrong say when he first landed on the moon? a. What b. When c. Where 5. ___ did he first land? a. What b. When c. Where 6. ___ did the Americans drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? a. What

b. When c. Where 7. ___ is New York city? a. What b. When c. Where 8. ___ is that called in English? a. What b. When c. Where 9. ___ are the Hawaiian islands? a. What b. When c. Where 10.___ are you doing this afternoon? a. What b. When c. Where What Where Who When What When What am are is is is are are I you he she it we they doing? living now? speaking to? coming? doing here? having the test? watching?

Exercise: Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. What company 2. What class 3. Who 4. What time 5. What country (you work) for? (they study) in? (John shake) hands with? (your friends come)? (they visit) at the moment?

Present Continuous Tense - More Practice Rearrange the sentences to make it correct.

your friends time are What coming?

you vocation? visiting are country on What

2 3

to? Who you are speaking are you staying tonight? Where are you the doing? What hell

arriving Moscow? When in your is train

6 7

wife Who's my with? dancing What buying? car are they coming? many people are How are What you drinking?

10

Full negative forms of the verb to be

I He She It We You They am not is not is not is not are not are not are not a singer. a receptionist. a nurse. my book. not musicians. a shop assistant. taxi drivers.

Contracted negative forms of the verb to be

I'm not a singer. He She It We You They isn't isn't isn't aren't aren't aren't a receptionist. a nurse. my book. not musicians. a shop assistant. taxi drivers.

Negative forms of the verb to be - exercise

Complete the gaps with the negative forms of the verb to be.

Example: She from France. 1. This book 2. Jane and Peter 3. That 4. My brother 5. We 6. It right. here at the moment. in England. Monday today. Peters. mine. married.

7. Jennie's surname 8. I 9. My name 10.There a hairdresser.

Alexander. many people in this class.

How? For example How tall was he? Here is another one. How is your tea? When? For example When were you born? Here is another one. When did you come back? Try this one too. When did they change the name? Where? For example Where are you from? and Where are the cricket grounds in Australia? Try this one too. Where is Laveen? Why?

For example Why did you get a German motorcycle?. Who? For example Who were the natives? Which? For example Which places did you live in? Here is another example. Which countries in Africa have you been to? For example What is the name of the area? and What is the nearest city? How many? For example How many boroughs arethere in New New York City? Here is another one. How many coloured people are there in South Africa? Here is another. How many people were there when you were growing up? Try this one too. How many trees did you cut in one day? How long? For example How long is it since you left there? Here is another example. How long have you been in now? How far? For example How much? Here is an example. How much? This is an easy one.