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Asking Questions

Can you think of some English question words?

what?

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Asking Questions – How?

how …?how much?how many?how long?

John lives in London with his wife and two children. He rides his bike to work. The trip is 5 miles long lasts 30 minutes. At the weekend he likes to play sport to relax. He likes living and working in London very much. He has lived there for 20 years.

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Example: How does John get to work?

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Asking Questions – Who?

John is married to Mary. She is a teacher and works in a school for young children. Mary and John have two children, Jack and Susan. They go to the school where Mary teaches. The family have a dog called Patch. Susan has a cat called Snowy.

Who?

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Asking Questions – What?

John and Mary both like to play sport. John likes to play cricket and Mary likes to play tennis. They like to walk in the hills and mountains when they go on holiday. They also like to read books and to play music in the evening. John plays the guitar and Mary plays the piano. The children like to watch tv!

What?

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Asking Questions – When?

When the weather is good, John and Mary and their family like to go to the park at the weekend. They usually go to the park in the morning because there are not many people there. Then they have lots of space to play games with the children and their dog. Sometimes they go to the park in the evening during the week after work. At Christmas they always go to stay in the countryside with Mary’s mother.

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When?

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Asking Questions – Why?

John and Mary live in London because it’s easy to get work there. They work hard because London’s an expensive city and they need a lot of money to pay for their house and to support their family. They like to have extra money to pay for their holidays and to enjoy themselves at the weekend.

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Why?

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Asking Questions – Where?

John and Mary live in London. London is in England. John’s from Scotland and Mary’s from Ireland. They like to have their holidays in Scotland. They always go to Ireland form Christmas because Mary’s mother lives in Dublin. The part of London where they live is called Tottenham. They plan to move to Chelsea when they have more money.

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Where?

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Asking Questions – Which?

John and Mary and their children all have jobs to do in the house. Mary cooks dinner and John makes breakfast. The children keep their rooms tidy and make their own beds. John keeps the garden tidy and Mary cleans the house with the help of the children. John always washes the dishes after meals but he doesn’t like this job very much.

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Which?

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Asking Questions

This is a picture of John. When he goes on holiday to Scotland, John likes to climb mountains with his friends. He’s climbed since he was a boy, it’s his favourite sport and he spends as much time as possible doing it. He’s climbed lots of big mountains, about 150 altogether.

Ask each other questions about John using all the question words below:

whowhatwhywhen wherewhichhow much/long/many

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http://www.allposters.com/-sp/All-My-Friends-Posters_i923372_.htm

Make questions about this painting.

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Asking Questions

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Make questions about this painting.

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Make questions about this painting.

whowhatwhywhen wherewhichhow much/long/many

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Asking Questions