Key 11.11A-11.13E13.5 Question-word questions (1):
'Who(m)...?, 'What...?'13.5A Form of question-word questions (except
subject questions)
1a Is she arriving today?
2a Has he written
a letter?
3a Can she help us?
4a Do they live
in Jamaica?
5a Does he arrive
at 10?
6a Can't you tell us?
b When is she arriving?
b Why has he written
a letter?
b How can she help us?
b Where do they live?b What time does
he arrive?
b What can't you tell us?13.5B 'Who(m)...?' as a question-word
1 Who(m) did you invite to your house?
2 Who(m) did Jane see this morning?
3 Who(m) did you speak to?
4 Who(m) did they employ?
5 Who(m) did she buy this present for?
6 Who(m) did John phone?
7 Who(m) did you complain to?
8 Who(m) did she write to?
13.5C 'What...?' as a question-word
Possible answers
1 What are you doing?/What are you looking at?
2 What do you do (for a living)?
3 What (kind/make/sort of) shampoo do you use?
4 What's your boss like?
5 What was the weather like?
6 What's this (called) in English?
7 What (make/kind/sort of) car is that?
8 What nationality is Ibrahim?
9 What time are they leaving?
10 What date is it?/What's the date?
11 What's that (thing) (for)?
13.5D Context
1 What's his name? 2 What's he done this time?/
What did he do? 3 Who(m) did he steal it from?
4 What date was it? 5 What did you do that for?
6 What are the chances ... 7 What do you say ...?
13.6 Question-word questions (2): When?',
'Where?', 'Which?', 'Whose?'
13.6A 'When ...?' and 'Where ...?' as question-
words
Possible answers
1 When is (or When's) Jim's birthday?
2 Where did you get that T-shirt, Alice?
3 When does the coach leave, Mary?
4 Where's Kyzyl?
13.6B 'Which ...?' as a question-word
Possible answers
1 film did you go to?
2 books do you prefer?
3 soap does Amy use?
4 girls did you meet at the party?
5 is the longest river in the world?
6 desk is the cheapest?
7 of these three briefcases do you prefer?
8 year will you always remember?
9 month is the hottest in Italy?
10 way did the boys go?13.6C 'Whose?'
1 Who 2 Whose 3 Who 4 Whose 5 Whose
6 Whose 7 Whose 8 Whose 9 Who
10 Whose (or Who)13.6D Context
1 When 2 Who 3 which 4 Whose 5 Where
6 when 7 Where 8 Which 9 who 10 When13.7 Question-word questions (3): 'Why?',
'How?'13.7A 'Why ...?' as a question-word
Possible answers
1 are you still downstairs?
2 don't we have a party?
3 didn't you ask me to help?
4 did you ring Jack just now?
5 have you bought me these flowers?
6 have you got to ring Tony?
7 are you in such a hurry?
8 don't you leave the job till tomorrow?/Why not
leave ...?
9 did you go round the back?13.7B 'How ...?' as a question-word; 'How much?/
How many?'
1 How much 2 How much 3 How many
4 How much 5 How many 6 How many13.7C 'How ' + adjective or adverb: 'How far?'
1 How old 2 How deep 3 How far 4 How big
5 How long 6 How high13.7D 'How long ... (for)?' and 'How long ago?'
1 How long ... (for)? 2 How long ago
3 How long ago 4 How long ... (for)?13.7E Social uses of 'How ...?'
1d 2 g 3c 4 h 5f 6e 7b 8a