Wh- Questions

NAME ___________________________

QUESTION WORD
QUESTION
ANSWER
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Who = person
Who is your teacher?
My teacher is Ms. Weiss.
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What = thing

What is your name?

My name is Linda.
What is a giraffe?
A giraffe is an animal.
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When = time
Use on for days and dates.
When is Christmas?
Its on December 25.
Use in for months and years.
When is your birthday?
Its in June.
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Why = reason

Why is Mr. Park absent?

Hes absent because hes

sick.
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Where = place
Where is China?
Its in Asia.
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How = description, health

How is the weather?

Its warm today.
How is your mother?
Shes fine.
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Language Notes:
1. A wh- question asks for information.
2. The wh- word + is can form a contraction:
Wheres your father?
Hows the job?
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct question word.
Example: What________ is your name? My name is Lee.
1.WHERE ___________________ is Seoul?
Its in Korea.
2. _______WHEN____________ is your birthday?
Its in January.
3. ______WHAT______ is your favorite singer? My favorite singer is Madonna.
4. ____WHAT_______________ is a horse?
A horse is an animal.
5. ____WHY__________ are you late?
Im late because I missed the train.
6. _______WHERE____________ are your shoes?
They are outside.
7. _____HOW______________ is your sister?
Shes fine, thanks.
8. ___WHERE________________ is your homework?
Its in my bag.
9. ____WHEN_______________ is New Years Eve?
Its on December 31.
10. ____WHERE______________ are my books?
Theyre on your desk.
11. __WHY_____________ is he so tired?
He is tired because he is so busy.
12. _______WHAT______ is in your refrigerator?
Some fruit and vegetables are in
there.

Exercise 2: Unscramble the words below to form questions and add question marks.
Example: you / from / come / where / do Where do you come from?_____
13. kind of music / what / do / you / listen to __What kind of music do you listen to
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14. you / what / do / eat / in the morning ______What do you eat in the morning
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15. where / he / sleep / at night / does ______Where does he sleep at night
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16. with / work / who / you / do _______Who do you work with
________________________________________
17. over / why / come / he / doesnt ________Why doesnt he come over
____________________________________
18. do / who / you / with / talk _________Who do you talk with
_______________________________________
19. she / come / does / where / from __________Where does she come from
_________________________________
20. you / what / do / dream / about _______What do you dream about
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Showing Possession: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
Its my house; Its mine
FORM AND USE
Look at these sentences:
Its my house.
The house belongs to me.
The house is mine.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
1 These are the possessive adjectives.
my My shoes are brown.
your Your car is yellow.
his His sister is tall.
her Her brother is very tall.
its The dog wants its food.
our Our vacation was great!
their Their house is very cold.
2 We use a possessive adjective before a noun.
Its my dog.
Thats her cat.
Those are your glasses.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
1 These are the possessive pronouns.
mine Those jumpers are mine.
yours These shirts are yours.
his The blue bicycle is his.
hers The red bicycle is hers.
ours Those books are ours.
theirs This restaurant is theirs.

Note:
We do not use a possessive pronoun for it.
1 We never put a noun after a possessive pronoun.
The dog is mine.
The cat is hers.
The glasses are yours.
2 A possessive pronoun (yours, mine, etc.) replaces a possessive adjective +
noun (your team, my job).
My team is better than yours.
(My team is better than your team.)
Her job is more interesting than mine.
(Her job is more interesting than my job.)
Note:
Do not confuse its and its: its is a possessive adjective; its = it is or it has.
Can you give the dog its food? Its hungry.
BELONG TO
We use belong to + an object pronoun.
The dog belongs to me.
The cat belongs to her.
The glasses belong to you.

1 Complete the sentences

Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, you, his, her,
its, our or their).
Examples:
This bicycle belongs to me. This is my bicycle.
These pencils belong to you. These are your pencils.
1 That book belongs to her. That is .....her..... book.
2 This apartment belongs to them. This is .....their..... apartment.
3 This parrot belongs to me. This is ......my.... parrot.
4 These socks belong to him. These are .....his..... socks.
5 These shoes belong to me. Those are .....my..... shoes.
6 Those shirts belong to her. Those are ....her...... shirts.
7 That T-shirt belongs to my uncle. Thats ...his....... T-shirt.
8 That camera belongs to my wife. Thats .....her..... camera.
9 This dog belongs to my children. This is .....their..... dog.
10 That ball belongs to my dog. Thats .....its..... ball.
2 Replace the words
Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun (mine, yours,
his, hers, its, ours, yours or theirs).
Example:
Is that your cake or my cake?
Is that your cake or mine?

11 Is that your newspaper or my newspaper? mine

12 Shall we go in my car or your car? yours
13 Did you use my computer or her computer? hers
14 Is this his sandwich or your sandwich? yours
15 Is this our money or their money? theirs
16 Shall we look at your photographs or our photographs? ours
17 Shall we have the party at our house or your house? yours
18 Is that our cat or their cat? theirs
19 Is this your key or my key? mine
20 Is this her jumper or his jumper? his