CONTENTS 5 1 Yesno questions and short answers

CONTENTS 5 -1 Yes/no questions and short answers 5 -2 Yes/no questions and information questions 5 -3 Where, why, when, and what time 5 -4 Questions with who, who(m), and what 5 -5 Spoken and written contractions with question words 5 -6 Using what + a form of do 5 -7 Using what kind of 5 -8 Using which 5 -9 Using whose 5 -10 Using how 5 -11 Using how often 5 -12 Using how far 5 -13 Length of time: it + take and how long 5 -14 More questions with how 5 -15 Using how about and what about 5 -16 Tag questions 1

5 -1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS Does Marta look happy? No, she doesn’t. Marta doesn’t look happy. 2

5 -1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS YES/NO QUESTION (a) Do you like apples? (b) Did he arrive? SHORT ANSWER + LONG ANSWER Yes, I do. No, I don’t. (I like apples. ) (I don’t like apples. ) Yes, he did. (He arrived. ) No, he didn’t. (He didn’t arrive. ) 3

5 -1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS YES/NO QUESTION SHORT ANSWER + LONG ANSWER (c) Have you seen Jim? Yes, I have. Yes I have seen Jim. No, I haven’t seen Jim. (d) Is it sunny? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. It’s sunny. It isn’t sunny. 4

5 -1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS YES/NO QUESTION (e) Will he go with us? SHORT ANSWER LONG ANSWER Yes, he will go. No, he won’t go. yes/no question can be answered yes or no 5

5 -1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS (c) CORRECT: Yes, I have. Yes, I’ve. (d) CORRECT: Yes, it is. Yes, it’s. (e) CORRECT: Yes, he will. Yes, he’ll. affirmative short answer helping verb is NOT contracted 6

5 -1 LET’S PRACTICE YES / NO QUESTION Have you been to Croatia? ___________ SHORT ANSWER Yes, ___________ I have. LONG ANSWER Yes, I have been to Croatia. Yes, I’ve been to Croatia. 7

5 -1 LET’S PRACTICE YES / NO QUESTION Can turtles run? _________ SHORT ANSWER No, they can’t. _________ LONG ANSWER No, turtles can’t run. _________ 8

5 -1 LET’S PRACTICE YES / NO QUESTION Have you been skydiving? ___________ SHORT ANSWER Yes, _____ I have. LONG ANSWER Yes, I have been skydiving. ___________ Yes, I’ve been skydiving. ___________ 9

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS Whose old truck is that? 10

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS Are you going to college? yes/no question can be answered yes or no Where are you going to college? information question where, when, why, whom, what, which, whose, how 11

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS (QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT MAIN WORD) VERB (a) Does he (REST OF SENTENCE) work in Beijing? yes/no question (b) Where does he work ? information question 12

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS (QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT WORD) VERB MAIN VERB (REST OF SENTENCE) (c) (d) Where (e) (f) When Are are Will will you they working visit at home? ? soon? ? (g) (h) Who(m) Did did Jack see Jill? ? HELPING VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB 13

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS (QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT MAIN WORD) VERB (i) Are you (j) Where are you ? (REST OF SENTENCE) at the gym? main verb: be simple present, simple past helping verb position 14

5 -2 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS (QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT WORD) VERB MAIN VERB (REST OF SENTENCE) (k) Who went with you? (l) What was wrong? subject: question word do is not used 15

5 -2 LET’S PRACTICE INFORMATION ___________ Where does Juana live? QUESTION ANSWER Juana lives in Santiago, Chile. 16

5 -2 LET’S PRACTICE INFORMATION How long has Juana lived there? ___________ QUESTION ANSWER Juana has lived in Santiago for six years. 17

5 -2 LET’S PRACTICE INFORMATION Who ________ lives with her? QUESTION ANSWER Juana’s friend lives with her. 18

5 -3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, AND WHAT TIME What time is our meeting? 19

5 -3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, AND WHAT TIME QUESTION ANSWER (a) Where did you go? Vancouver (b) Why did you go there? Because my parents live there. where why place reason 20

5 -3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, AND WHAT TIME QUESTION ANSWER (c) What time did you go? Six-fifteen. Around noon. A quarter to two. (d) When did you get there? Seven-thirty. Last Monday. Five hours ago. what time when on a clock any time expression 21

5 -3 LET’S PRACTICE when QUESTION When are you going to study? ____________ ANSWER I’ll study this evening. 22

5 -3 LET’S PRACTICE what QUESTION What are you going to study? ____________ ANSWER I’m going to study geometry. 23

5 -3 LET’S PRACTICE why QUESTION Why are you going to study ____________ geometry? ____________ ANSWER I’m going to study geometry because I have a test tomorrow. 24

5 -4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT What broke? Something broke. 25

5 -4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT QUESTION (a) Who spoke? ANSWER Someone spoke. (b) Who(m) did you hear? I heard Ms. Adam. whom subject object formal English 26

5 -4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT QUESTION ANSWER (c) What broke? Something broke. (d) What was it? I saw nothing. what subject or object 27

5 -4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT QUESTION ANSWER (a) Who spoke? Someone spoke. (c) What broke? Something broke. who, what subject do not used CORRECT: Who sang? INCORRECT: Who did sing? 28

5 -4 LET’S PRACTICE whom what QUESTION _____ What did you learn? ANSWER We learned something. 29

5 -4 LET’S PRACTICE whom what QUESTION _____ Who is at the door? ANSWER Rodrigo is at the door. 30

5 -4 LET’S PRACTICE whom what QUESTION _____do you wish to speak? With whom (formal) ANSWER I wish to speak with Dr. Poulos. 31

5 -5 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS What’s that? 32

5 -5 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS is SPOKEN ONLY (a) “When’s he leaving? ” “Why’s that? ” are (b) “What’re they doing? ” did (c) “Who’d you see? ” “What’d she do? ” will (d) “Where’ll you be? ” “When’ll they be here? ” “Who’re you? ” contracted in speaking usually NOT written 33

5 -5 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS SPOKEN (e) Where’s the cat? What’s that? Who’s he? WRITTEN Where’s the cat? What’s that? Who’s he? only contractions with is + where, what or who commonly written 34

5 -5 LET’S PRACTICE Who is that person? Who’s that person? SAY: Who’s that person? 35

5 -5 LET’S PRACTICE What did you do yesterday? What’d you do yesterday? SAY: What’d you do yesterday? 36

5 -5 LET’S PRACTICE Who will you see at school tomorrow? Who’ll you see at school tomorrow? SAY: Who’ll you see at school tomorrow? 37

5 -6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO What do you do in science class? 38

5 -6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO QUESTION ANSWER (a) What does Fayud do every evening? He prepares dinner. (b) What did Amy do last weekend? She went swimming. (c) What is Amy doing now? She is reading. 39

5 -6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO QUESTION ANSWER (d) What are you going to do this week? I’m going to study. (e) What do you want to do tomorrow? I want to go bowling. (f) What would he like to do now? He would like to eat. 40

5 -6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO QUESTION ANSWER (g) What will you do tonight? I’ll paint the kitchen. (h) What should I do about this mess? You should clean it up. what + form of do questions about activities am doing, will do, are going to do, did… 41

5 -6 LET’S PRACTICE What are they doing right now? _________ They’re dancing. 42

5 -6 LET’S PRACTICE ___________________? What do your brothers want to do this afternoon My brothers want to play volleyball this afternoon. 43

5 -6 LET’S PRACTICE ___________ What should she do about this dirty van? She should wash it. 44

5 -7 USING WHAT KIND OF What kind of flowers do you like? 45

5 -7 USING WHAT KIND OF (a) What kind of shirt do you need? T-shirt sport shirt dress shirt formal shirt general category what kind of specific type 46

5 -7 USING WHAT KIND OF (b) What kind of vegetables do you like? carrots cabbage corn onions cucumbers eggplant garlic peppers general category what kind of specific type 47

5 -7 LET’S PRACTICE What kind of movies do you like to see? Comedies. Other kinds of movies: _____ Dramas _____ Musicals _____ Horror _____ Adventure 48

5 -7 LET’S PRACTICE What kind of sports do you like to play? Volleyball. Other kinds of sports: _______ Soccer / football _______ Baseball _______ Lacrosse _______ Archery 49

5 -7 LET’S PRACTICE What kind of fruit do you eat every day? Apples. Other kinds of fruit: ____ Bananas ____ Papayas ____ Pears ____ Apricots 50

5 -8 USING WHICH Which pencil do you want? 51

5 -8 USING WHICH (a) Would you check my answer? Sure. Which one do you want me to check? choice which what 52

5 -8 USING WHICH (b) Amy: I love to travel. Cindy: Which cities do you like to visit? which singular nouns plural nouns 53

5 -8 USING WHICH (c) Laura: This is a photo of my family. Bill: How nice. Which one is Shawna? which people 54

5 -8 USING WHICH (d) What did you get for your birthday? what not a choice from a group 55

5 -8 LET’S PRACTICE Which horse did you ride ___________? I rode the brown one. what which 56

5 -8 LET’S PRACTICE What would you like for your birthday _______________? what which I would like some pearls for my birthday. 57

5 -8 LET’S PRACTICE Which do you think is more dangerous ______________? what which I think that the lion is more dangerous than the turtle lion 58

5 -9 USING WHOSE Whose keys are these? 59

5 -9 USING WHOSE (a) Whose (hat) is this? It’s the recruit’s (hat). (b) Whose (shoes) are these? They’re mine. They’re my shoes. (c) Whose phone did you use? I used Evelyn’s (phone). Whose possession 60

5 -9 USING WHOSE (d) Who’s that? Zoe Thompson. (e) Whose birthday cake is that? It’s Zoe’s cake. Who’s Whose = who + is possession 61

5 -9 LET’S PRACTICE Who’s going to ride the gray one ? _____________ whose who’s Harry is going to ride the grey one. 62

5 -9 LET’S PRACTICE Whose suitcase is this ? ___________ whose who’s This is Misha’s suitcase. 63

5 -9 LET’S PRACTICE Who’s driving Rachel to school ? _____________ whose who’s Her father is driving Rachel to school. 64

5 -10 USING HOW How was the beach? 65

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION ANSWER I drove. / By car. (a) How did you get home? 66

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. (a) How did you get home? 67

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION (a) How did you get home? ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. I took a bus. / By bus. 68

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION (a) How did you get home? ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. I took a bus. / By bus. I flew. / By plane. 69

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION (a) How did you get home? ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. I took a bus. / By bus. I flew. / By plane. I took a train. / By train. 70

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION (a) How did you get home? ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. I took a bus. / By bus. I flew. / By plane. I took a train. / By train. I walked. / By foot. 71

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION (a) How did you get home? ANSWER I drove. / By car. I took a taxi. / By taxi. I took a bus. / By bus. I flew. / By plane. I took a train. / By train. I walked. / By foot. many uses ask about transportation how 72

5 -10 USING HOW QUESTION ANSWER (b) How old are you? (c) How tall is she? (d) How big is your van? (e) How tired are you? (f) How thirsty are you? (g) How soon will they be ready? (h) How well does he speak Urdu? (i) How quickly can you finish? how Thirty-three. About 2 meters. It seats eleven. Not very tired. I’m very thirsty. In about one hour. Not very well. I can finish by 3: 00. adjectives 73

5 -11 USING HOW OFTEN How often do you eat sushi? 74

5 -11 USING HOW OFTEN QUESTION (a) How often do you eat out? how often ANSWER Every day. Once a week. About 3 times a week. Every other day or so. Two times a month. Once a month. frequency 75

5 -11 USING HOW OFTEN QUESTION ANSWER Maybe At least four. Two or three. Once. once. (b) How many times a day do you eat meat? (c) How many times a week do you play tennis? (d) How many times a month do you wash your car? (e) How many times a year do you visit your dad? how often = how many times a day a week a month a year 76

5 -11 LET’S PRACTICE how often How often do you go to the doctor ? _____________ how many times How many times a year do you go to the doctor ? _________________ I go to the doctor about twice a year. 77

5 -11 LET’S PRACTICE how often How often do they go to a party ? _____________ how many times How many times a month do they go to a party ? _________________ They go to a party about once a month. 78

5 -11 LET’S PRACTICE how often How often does she see her family ? _____________ how many times How many times a week does she see her family ? _________________ She sees her family every Sunday. 79

5 -12 USING HOW FAR How far is it to the Eiffel Tower? 80

5 -12 USING HOW FAR (a) It is 4, 611 km from Ottawa to Vancouver. (b) It is 4, 611 km from Ottawa to Vancouver. from Vancouver to Ottawa. to Vancouver from Ottawa. to Ottawa from Vancouver. same meaning It is + distance + from/to + to/from most common 81

5 -12 USING HOW FAR (c) How far is it from Ottawa to Vancouver? 4, 611 kilometers. (d) How far do you live from your job? About 3 miles. How far distance 1 mile = 1. 6 kilometers 1 kilometer =. 614 mile 82

5 -12 USING HOW FAR (e) How many miles is it from Chicago to Dallas? (f) How many kilometers is it from Paris to Rome? (g) How many blocks is it to the supermarket? How far = how many miles how many kilometers how many blocks 83

5 -12 LET’S PRACTICE how far How far is it from Orlando to Miami ? _____________ how many miles How many miles is it from Orlando to Miami ? ________________ 228 miles. (It’s 228 miles from Orlando to Miami. ) 84

5 -12 LET’S PRACTICE how far How far is it from Ankara to Istanbul ? ______________ how many kilometers How many kilometers is it from Ankara to Istanbul ? __________________ 320 kilometers. (It’s 320 kilometers from Ankara to Istanbul. ) 85

5 -12 LET’S PRACTICE how far How far is it to the hardware store ? _____________ how many blocks How many blocks is it to the hardware store ? ________________ 8 blocks. (It’s 8 blocks to the hardware store. ) 86

5 -13 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG How long does it take to cook a turkey? 87

5 -13 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE OF TIME (a) It takes (b) It took four hours Lena to cook a turkey. ten minutes to make dinner. It + take used with time words + infinitive length of time 88

5 -13 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE OF TIME (a) It takes (b) It took four hours to cook a turkey. Lena ten minutes to make dinner. It + take used with time words + infinitive length of time An infinitive = to + simple form of verb 89

5 -13 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG (c) How long does it take to cook a turkey? –Four hours. (d) How long did it take Abe to run home? –Five minutes. (e) How long did you read last night? – 45 minutes. (f) How long will you be on vacation? –Two weeks. How long length of time 90

5 -13 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG (g) How many weeks will you be on vacation? –Two. how many + minutes hours days weeks months years 91

5 -13 LET’S PRACTICE it + take It took Mr. Richards 30 minutes to ride to work. ___________________ Mr. Richards rode to work. Length of time: 30 minutes. 92

5 -13 LET’S PRACTICE it + take It took the truck 25 years to get very rusty. __________________ The truck got very rusty. Length of time: 25 years. 93

5 -13 LET’S PRACTICE it + take It takes us 5 minutes to drive from home to town. We drive from home to town. Length of time: 5 minutes. 94

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW How’s it going? Terrible! I’m so worried about my test! 95

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW QUESTION (a) How do you spell “effort”? ANSWER E-F-F-O-R-T (b) How do you say “no” in Russian? Nyet. (c) How do you say/pronounce this word? To answer: Spell the word. Say the word. Pronounce the word. 96

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW QUESTION (d) How are you getting along? (e) How are you doing? (f) How’s it going? ANSWER Great. Fine. Okay. So-so. 97

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW QUESTION (d) How are you getting along? (e) How are you doing? (f) How’s it going? ANSWER Great. Fine. Okay. So-so. How is your life? Is your life okay? Do you have any problems? Greetings: Hi Pat. How’s it going? 98

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW QUESTION (g) How do you feel? How are you feeling? health, general emotional state ANSWER Terrific! Wonderful! Great! Fine. Okay. So-so. A bit under the weather. Terrible! Lousy. Awful! 99

5 -14 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW (h) How do you do? formal introduction 100

5 -14 LET’S PRACTICE How do you spell great __________? I spell it: G-R-E-A-T. 101

5 -14 LET’S PRACTICE How do you say “happy” in Spanish ? _____________ Alegre means “happy” in Spanish. 102

5 -14 LET’S PRACTICE you How do you feel __________ ? How are you feeling __________ ? A bit under the weather. 103

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT How about joining our study group? 104

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (a) What about How about iced tea? We need something to drink with dinner. 105

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (b) What about How about 7: 30? What time should we serve the soup? 106

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (c) How about What about going to a museum? What do you want to do this weekend? 107

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (d) What about How about inviting Edith to join us? That sounds like a good idea. 108

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (a) What How abouticed ice tea? (b) What about 7: 30? How about (c) How Whataboutgoingtotoaamuseum? Whataboutinviting. Edithtotojoinus? (d) How about What about + noun same meaning or –ing & usage form of verb suggestions or offers 109

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (e) I’m not worried. We have time to study. I’m worried. How about you? 110

5 -15 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT (f) No. What about you? How about you What about you Are you worried? I’m very worried. question about preceding information 111

5 -15 LET’S PRACTICE When do you want to go on vacation? What about May 6 th? How about May 6 th? 112

5 -15 LET’S PRACTICE What time shall we leave? What about 5: 00? How about 5: 00? 113

5 -15 LET’S PRACTICE We need a new house. What about How about this house? __________ What about this house? _________ It is for sale. 114

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS Sydney isn’t in Africa, is it? 115

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVE (+) NEGATIVE (-) (a) You play tennis, (b) Lonnie is a doctor, (c) Susan can play the flute, tag question affirmative main verb don’t you? isn’t she? can’t she? end of sentence auxiliary verb negative tag question 116

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS NEGATIVE (-) AFFIRMATIVE (+) (d) You don’t play golf, (e) Lonnie isn’t a lawyer, (f) Susan can’t swim, negative main verb do you? is she? can she? affirmative tag question 117

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS (g) SPEAKER’S IDEA I think you like this brand. 118

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS EXPECTED ANSWER Yes, I do. SPEAKER’S QUESTION You like this brand, don’t you? 119

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS (h) SPEAKER’S IDEA I think that he isn’t tired yet. 120

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS SPEAKER’S QUESTION You’re not tired, are you? EXPECTED ANSWER No, I’m not. 121

5 -16 TAG QUESTIONS COMPARE (i) Do you know how to swim? speaker doesn’t know the answer (j) You know how to swim, don’t you? speaker is making sure 122

5 -16 LET’S PRACTICE They look happy, don’t ____? they don’t they isn’t it do they 123

5 -16 LET’S PRACTICE Your yard doesn’t look like this, _______ does it ? is it doesn’t it does it 124

5 -16 LET’S PRACTICE I enjoy dancing, ____ don’t you ? don’t you isn’t it wasn’t it 125

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