WH- QUESTION WORDS

There are two types of questions, yes and no

questions and wh- questions. Yes and no
questions are called closed questions because
there is only one answer.
Do you like coffee? Yes
Do you like winter? No
WH- are much more important because we give
more information when we answer. The wh-
question words are;
When, what, why, where, which, who and
how Here we explain how each is used:
WHAT - Ask for formation about something
WHEN - Ask about the time when something has
happened or will happen.
WHO - Ask about someone identify
HOW - Ask about the way something is done.
WHICH - Ask for information about something
that is limited.
WHERE - Ask questions about place or position.
WHY - Ask for a reason

Plastic bank notes

In September 2016 the United Kingdom will follow
Australia and Canada in using plastic bank notes
for the first time.
The new five pound note will be circulating in
September. Plastic notes have many benefits
over paper notes they cannot break or rip, they
are waterproof and they are very hard to copy.
The Bank of England says that after five (5) years
the current five pound notes have to be
destoryed.
The Bank of England has invested 70 million
pounds into making the new note. The note will
feature Sir Winston Churchill.
Some people think that the new plastic note is a
waste of time and money and have said that
shops and banks will need to pay at least twenty
(20) million pounds to change ATMs, Self service
machine and vending machines since the new
notes at 15% (fifteen) smaller than the older note.
Before the Bank decided on the new money they
went to some shopping centres and asked
shoppers, this is what they said:

City bikes...
A GREENER TYPE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
These days everybody tries to be energy efficient
and nobody wants to damage the environment. It
is cool to be green. Many cities now have public
bicycles available. It is the ideal way to travel
around a city; it is faster than walking and
healthier than taking the bus.
Providing a public bicycle service is expensive so
often the bicycles have advertisements on them,
and usually users pay a small charge to use the
bicycles.
We like to think of our generation as the first
environmentally conscious generation but public
bicycle schemes were introduced in the past as
well, but they were unsuccessful. All the bikes
were stolen or damaged. In the 21st century we
are either more respectful or bicycle security is
better!
But the downside is more injuries and accidents,
most cities do not have records of accidents
between cyclists and pedestrians (cyclist vs.
pedestrian) but do record accidents between
cyclist and cars (cyclist vs. Cars) and in 2010
there were 935 (nine hundred and thirty five)
accidents on bikes in the city of London. Car
drivers do not have respect for cyclist and cyclists
do not have respect for pedestrians!
Vegetable sharing
ONE CARROT FOR YOU, ONE CARROT FOR
ME!
We are told time and time again about the
benefits of vegetables they have many vitamins
and minerals and are part of a healthy lifestyle.
We want our vegetables to be fresh and organic,
organic vegetables are vegetables that have not
been treated with any harmful chemicals.
In New York city companies have a much better
way of getting their vegetables, called vegetable
sharing and this is how it works. Every week the
farmer goes to the office and leaves bags and
bags of vegetables which are shared between all
the workers, the office workers pay 350 (Three
Hundred and Fifty) dollars to have 22 weeks of
vegetables, fresh and organic delivered to your
door.
Would you buy organic vegetables? We know
how good vegetables are for us, but are
supermarket bought vegetables bad for us? Why
are organic vegetables good for us?
We need vegetables 360 (three hundred and
sixty) days a year, we eat vegetables with nearly
every meal so we need them fresh every day in
our supermarkets, this means that the farmer has
to use some kind of control of pests, things like
black-fly, white-fly or potato beetle that can
damage our food, so the farmer has to spray his
crop with pesticides and insecticide and like a
sponge our food can soak this chemicals up and
we eat them.
What damage this is doing to us, nobody really
knows. Organic food, on the other hand has no
chemicals, but it does take longer to grow organic
vegetables, this is how we used to grow them.
Everybody had a small garden and everybody
would grow vegetables. Which do you prefer?
Why do we not grow our own vegetables? Would
you like to? Does time stop you? In England the
government has an allotment scheme. Here
people pay twenty pounds a year and are given a
small plot of land. On this land they can plant
anything they want and it is a very good way to
supply our tables with fresh, seasonal organic
vegetables.

The colour green

NOT YELLOW
In November we were talking about our favourite
colour in the dexway English forum and I said that
colour is so important to our lives.
Here is just another example of this; scientists
believe that if we work-out or exercise
outdoors we can benefit more because of the
colour green around us. The colour green can
boast or increase mood, self-esteem, motivation
and enjoyment.
So there are more reasons to get out of the gym
and start working out outside. Do you work out in
a gym or outside?
But why is green so good; well first, we can see
the colour green, it is the most popular of nature’s
colours and it is the second favourite colour of
most of us, blue being the first. Green says relax,
and stay calm and can also mean go or it is okay.
We have a phrase “To give the green light”, which
means you can do that. Many television studios
have a green room, a place where people can
relax and prepare for their shows; we sometimes
paint our houses or rooms green for the same
reason. We are told to eat our greens, to eat
more vegetables such as green beans, artichokes
or broccoli which has large amounts of vitamin C
and other things that our bodies need.

Robinson Crusoe
BY DANIEL DEFOE
Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe in 1971
and tells the story of an unlucky sailor. He goes
on a boat to Brazil and the boat is shipwrecked.
He swims to shore and finds the Captains dog
and two cats have also swam to shore. He is sad
and thinks maybe he will die, but he takes some
tools and wood from the boat before it sinks and
he makes a fence to protect him from wild
animals. He farms goats and grows food. But one
day carnivores come, they kill their prisoners and
cook them on the beach, Robinson looks but
does nothing.
When the carnivores come back he helps a
prisoner to escape and he calls the prisoner Man
Friday. He teaches Man Friday to speak English
and they live together on the Island for 28
(Twenty eight) years before a ship comes to
rescue them.
I read this story when I was at school and like
Treasure Island it is a classic and I like the book.
What is your favourite book? When was the last
time you read it?
Protect – to look after or keep safe. Carnivores –
a person who eats another person.