Transcript WH - Questions

WH - Questions
Getting Information
Bridget Green Grammar MFWI 2006; based on Douglas Griffith
First,
Explain how to make Yes/No questions
in English to another person.
Inversion of subject and auxiliary!
BE, HAVE, MODALS, or
add DO
Worksheet…
Talk with a partner
It’s important to
work together!
Make noise!
Ask each other questions!
Asking Questions
There are two kinds of questions in English:
•Yes/No questions
•Information questions
Like this…
Yes/No questions
Information questions
Are you happy?
Yes, I am.
Why are you happy?
I’m happy because I love
studying grammar.
Yes/No questions have a
‘rising’ intonation.
Information questions have
a ‘falling’ intonation.
Next,
Practice making Yes/No questions.
1.
___________________ Yes. (I have a sister.)
2.
___________________ No.
3.
___________________ Yes. (I have been to Osaka!)
4.
___________________ Yes. (I am married.)
5.
___________________ No.
6.
___________________ Yes. (I like Japanese food.)
7.
___________________ Yes. (James also teaches English.)
(I can’t write kanji.)
(I wasn’t born yesterday.)
Check your answers…
Inversion of subject and auxiliary.
1.
Do you have a sister?
Yes. (I have a sister.)
2.
Can you write kanji?
No.
3.
Have you been to Osaka?
Yes. (I have been to Osaka!)
4.
Are you married?
Yes. (I am married.)
5.
Were you born yesterday?
No.
6.
Do you like Japanese food?
Yes. (I like Japanese food.)
7.
Does James also teach English? Yes. (James also teaches English.)
(I can’t write kanji.)
(I wasn’t born yesterday.)
Question Words
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who
what
when
where
why
• whose
• which
• how
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how + adj (how tall, how old, etc)
how + adv (how quickly, how soon, etc)
how often
how far
how long
how many
how much
Which question words?
Johnny Depp
who
actor
what
in Spokane
where
this week
when
because I’m tired
why
very beautifully
how
since she was very young
how long
Which question words?
mine
whose
300 miles
how far/how many miles
three
how many
two hours
how long
to go sightseeing
why
Yuko’s
whose
a lot
how much/how many
What’s the Yes/No question?
Jin is cute.
What’s the Yes/No question?
Is Jin cute?
Yes, he is.
What’s the Yes/No question?
Jin is going.
What’s the Yes/No question?
Is Jin going?
Yes, he is.
What’s the
information question?
Where is he going?
Q: ______________
A: To Hawaii.
What’s the
information question?
When is he going?
Q: ______________
A: Next week.
What’s the
information question?
Why
is
he
going?
Q: ______________
A: To get married.
What’s the
information question?
long is he going for?
Q: How
___________________
A:
For two weeks.
What’s the
information question?
Who
is
he
going
with?
Q: __________________
A: With his fiancée.
With whom is he going?
Check your answers…
1. Is he going?
Yes, he is.
2.
Where is
is he
he going?
going?
1. Where
To Hawaii.
3.
2.
4.
3.
5.
4.
6.
5.
Next
To getweek.
married.
To
getweek.
married.
Next
For two weeks.
With his fiancée.
When
hegoing?
going?
Why isishe
Why
Whenisishe
hegoing?
going?
How long is he going for?
Who is he going with?
To make an information
question…
So…
Add…
Wh-
…to the yes/no question
aux + S + main
Is
is Jin going?
Subject? Object?
There are a few little things to remember…
Remember this one:
Q: ______________________
A: With his fiancée.
What’s the
question?
WHO?
Q: Who is he going with?
Short answer: With his fiancée.
Long answer: He is going with his fiancée.
Object
WHO? WHAT?
Q: Who is he going with?
Long answer: He is going with his fiancée.
Object
When you ask a who or what question about the
Who/What/Which
object,
it is the same. + [aux v + S + main v]
BUT…
Q: _____________________?
Long answer: He is going with his fiancée.
SUBJECT
IF the question is about the subject,
then you use who or what as a pronoun.
SO…
IF the question is about the subject, then
you replace the subject with who or what.
He is going
with
hishis
fiancée.
Who
is going
with
fiancée?
Jin is.
A: ______
SUBJECT
PRACTICE
IF the question is about the subject,
then you use who or what as a pronoun.
1. What
Sushi tastes good.
good?
2. Who
My sister
are good
and my
cooks?
mother are good cooks.
3. Who
My host
will parents
be arriving
will soon?
be arriving soon.
SUBJECT
Ask questions…
Johnny Depp
Vanessa Paradis
BE CAREFUL…
Subject
or
Object?
1. Johnny loves Vanessa.
Subject
2. Johnny loves Vanessa.
Object
What’s the question?
Subject or Object?
1. Johnny loves Vanessa.
Who loves Vanessa?
2. Johnny loves Vanessa.
Who does Johnny love?
SUBJECT
Who Object
acts like a pronoun…
Wh- + [aux v + S + main v]
What’s the short answer?
Subject or Object?
Who loves Vanessa?
Johnny does. Johnny loves.
Who does Johnny love?
Vanessa.
Vanessa does.
Vanessa loves.
Practice again…
Subject
What’s the
or Object?
question?
Who did Mel kick?
1. Mel kicked Al.
Object
Who kicked Al?
2. Mel kicked Al.
Subject
Practice again…
What’s the short answer?
Who did Mel kick?
Al.
Who kicked Al?
Mel did.
Make questions…
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I saw something.
I saw someone.
Something happened.
Johnny Depp came.
This hat is mine.
They can run very fast.
They can run very fast.
I love him.
Homestay is great!
Asking questions is good
for your English.
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10.
What did you see?
Who did you see?
What happened?
Who came?
Which hat is yours?
Who can run very fast?
How fast can they run?
Who do you love?
What is great?
What is good for your
English?
Some problems…
To ask someone’s opinion, we say…
How do you feel about something ?
How do you think about something ?
What do you think about something ?
What do you feel about something ?
Some problems…
Ever is only used in questions and negatives…
Have you ever been to Osaka?
I have ever been to Osaka.
I haven’t ever been to Osaka. (=never)
I have never been to Osaka.
I have been to Osaka once.
Some problems…
Embedded questions…
He is going home.
is he going ?
Where ___________
aux
Question
order
subject
where he is going
I don’t know ______________.
aux
subject
This is not
a question.
Not
question
order.
Practice Embedded Questions
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Where is he going?
What was she doing?
How could you do it?
Who is he going to marry?
1.
2.
3.
4.
I don’t know where he is going.
I’m not sure _____________.
I have no idea _____________.
I wonder _____________.
Practice Embedded Questions
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Where is he going?
What was she doing?
How could they do it?
Who is he going to marry?
1.
2.
3.
4.
I don’t know where he is going.
I’m not sure what she was doing.
I have no idea how they could do it.
I wonder who he is going to marry.
That’s it…
Homework:
1 grammar card
Key words: Wh- questions
subject questions
object questions
embedded questions
Homework Handout…
Check this week’s homework in the library.