Interactive Grammar PPT

1. Wh- Questions
A Friendly Visit
2
Focus on Grammar 2
Part II, Unit 7
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. A Friendly Visit 1
Dad, I think
we have
visitors.
Who are
they?
I don’t know. Why are
their heads so small?
Oh, they’re
human
beings.
Be kind, son.
Their brains aren’t
very big.

3. A Friendly Visit 2
Our spaceship broke
down. Where are
we?
Why are you
here?
Welcome to our
planet.
Would you like
some iced tea?
Greetings from
Earth. What is
your language?
Our language is
₪. But
I want to practice
my English.
You are very far
from home.

4. Function
Wh- questions ask for information. They cannot be
answered with a yes or no.
Where are you
from?
We are from
Earth.Yes.

5. Singular and Plural
Use is for singular subjects and are for
plural subjects.
Where is your spaceship?
What are your plans?
singular
plural

6. Who
Who asks about people.
Who are you?
Who is your leader?
person
person

7. What
What asks about things.
What is your language?
What are your names?
Ez5ikthing
things

8. Where
Where asks about places.
Where are we?
Where is your spaceship?

9. Why
Why asks for a reason.
Why are you here?
Why are their heads so small?

10. His hobby is soccer.
Practice 1
With a partner, read the
answers and ask
wh-questions.
Example:
They’re aliens.
Who are they?Where is he from?Why are they happy?What is his hobby?
The United States.Because they landed on the moon.

11. Contractions
We often use contractions for wh- questions with is
in speaking and informal writing.
Where is the mustard?Where’s
What is on TV?What’s

12. Answers
We usually give short answers to wh-
questions. We can give long answers too.
Why is your
skin green?
My skin is green
because I eat a
lot of broccoli.
Because I eat a lot
of broccoli.
short
answer
long
answer

13. Practice 2
Use the clues to ask and
answer wh- questions with a
partner.
Who is he?Example:
doctor
4. he sees a spaceship
2. firefighter1. spaceship
3. alien
He is a doctor.
Where is she?
She is in a spaceship.
What is he?
He is an alien.
Who is he?
He is a fire fighter.
Why is he scared?
He sees a spaceship.

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