PREGUNTAS DE INFORMACIÓN: WH questions

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WH  QUESTIONS  WORDS 

Here are the question words and their functions:

What

‘What’ is used when asking for information about something, as in:

§  What did you do last evening?

§  What would you like for dinner?

§  What did you say when you were caught?

When

‘When’ is used when asking for the time, as in:

§  When do you arrive?

§  When is the show?

§  When did that happen?

Where

‘Where’ is used when asking for the place, as in:

§  Where do we go now?

§  Where have you kept the book?

§  Where do you go for your tuitions?

Who

‘Who’ is used when asking for identity of person or persons, as in:

§  Who is that?

§  Who wrote Moby Dick?

§  Who called earlier?

Whose

‘Whose’ is used when asking about possession, as in:

§  Whose car is this?

§  Whose place are you staying at?

§  Whose are these shoes?

Which

‘Which’ is used to ask about choice, as in:

§  Which flavour of ice cream would you like?

§  Which route do you think we should take?

§  Which of the two is better?

Why

‘Why’ is used when asking for reasons, as in:

§  Why would you say something like that?

§  Why does the food smell bad?

§  Why did you not go for work today?

How

‘How’ is used when asking about the manner or quality or condition, as in:

§  How did you do that?

§  How was the movie?

§  How is life?

INFORMATION QUESTIONS  

Las preguntas informativas se conocen en inglés como information questions  o Wh- questions. Puedes usar estas preguntas para preguntar sobre hechos o verdades generales, hábitos, horarios y mucho más.

Grammar structure

Wh + do/does + subject + verb + complement ?

Do or Does?

• Si el sujeto de la pregunta es she, he o it, se usa does.

• Para todos los otros sujetos (I, you, we, they), se usa do.

Por ejemplo:

What does he play?

He plays violin.

Where do you study?

I study in Amina Melendro de Pulecio.

When does Camila travel to Bogotá?

Camila travels to Bogotá after the quarantine.


Observa los siguientes vídeos explicativos ⬇
 vídeo 1

vídeo 2

Realiza los ejercicios de multiple choice, matching, test 2 y test 3 del  siguiente link ⬇

https://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-grammar/present-simple/present-simple-grammar-quiz.html

Elabora una wh question por cada oración que contenga la información subrayada. Esta te dará una pista de cual wh utilizar.

Sarah lives in a small flat in Bogotá .  In the mornings, she wakes up and has a shower.  Then, She usually has a typical Colombian breakfast with eggs, arepa and chocolate. After that, she goes to work in National Bank.

She sits in front of the computer all day and writes  e-mails. She doesn’t like her job very much because It`s so boring, but she likes earning money. At 12 o’clock she goes to lunch and has a sandwich. After lunch, she comes back to work and writes more emails. She leaves work in the evening.

Escribe una wh question con los siguientes verbos. Utiliza el auxiliar indicado y responde las preguntas con creatividad.

 Do:                                          

• jump                                
• walk
• send
• cry
• read
• run
• play
• ride
• whistle     
• wash

 Does:              

• dry
• watch
• kiss
• drink
• mix
• cook
• clean
• understand
• push
• build

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