13 Questions, answers, negatives
13.6
13.6A
Study:
I**]Write:Question-word questions (2):
'When?', 'Where?', 'Which?', 'Whose?''When ...?' and 'Where ...?' as question-words [> LEG 13.35,13.38]
1 We use When ...?to ask about time in the present, past or future.
The answers are usually adverbs of time or prepositional phrases:
When is your flight? - Tomorrow morning./At 4.2 We use Where ...? to ask about place.
The answers can be whole sentences, phrases or single words:
Where is he?- He's over there. Over there! There!
Where ... from?asks about people and things: Where are you from?/do you come from?Read these situations. Then write questions with When? or Where?.1 It's Jim's birthday soon. You can't remember when it is. Ask.. Wfa&.iAj.W.hMÛ. Zw™. ?..
2 You like your friend's T-shirt. You'd like to know where he/she got it. Ask.
3 You're going on a coach trip but can't remember the departure time. Ask a friend.4 Someone mentions a place called Kyzyl. You have no idea where it is. Ask.13.6B 'Which ...?' as a question-word [> LEG 1З.ЗБ]
Study: 1 Which + noun asks about people: Which boy/boys/girl/girls did you see?
I**] or things: Which book/books do you prefer? [> 4.2C and compare > 13.5C]2 Which always refers to a limited choice and we don't always use a noun after it:
Which is the longest river in the world? (Or: Which river is the longest?)
We also use Which off or two or more items: Which of the two/of them do you prefer?3 Which combines with the comparative/superlative: Which is the cheaper/the cheapest?4 Which combines with day, month or year. Which (or What) day was it?5 Which way... ?asks for more exact information than Where?: Which way did they go?Write: Complete the questions on the left to fit the answers on the right.
Think about combinations you can make with 'Which ...?'.1 Which? (We went to see)'Star Wars'.
2 Which? Oh, I like novels best.
3 Which? She always uses 'Smooth' soap.
4 Which? I met Jill and Sue there.
5 Which? I think the Nile's the longest.
6 Which? Oh, this desk is definitely the cheapest.
7 Which? Of the three, I prefer the leather one.
8 Which? That's easy. I'll always remember 1989.
9 Which? Oh, July is definitely the hottest.
10 Which? I think they went towards the station.