Simple wh-
questions
GRAMMAR
LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE
Beginner A1_1037G_EN English
Goals
■ Learn how to form wh-
questions
■ Practice asking questions
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Who are you?
Where are you from?
What do you like?
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wh-words
■ Use a wh-word to ask a question.
Wh-word Meaning
What object or name
Who person
Where place
When time
Why reason
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wh-words
■ Use a wh-word to ask a question.
Wh-word Question
What What is your name?
Who Who is your mother?
Where Where are you from?
When When is your birthday?
Why Why are you studying English?
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What
Hello. What is your name?
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Who
Who is your mother?
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Where
Where are you from?
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When
When is your birthday?
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Why
Why are you learning English?
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Find the wh-word
en
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Match the wh-word with the meaning
1. Where a. time
2. When b. person
3. Who c. reason
4. Why d. place
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Complete the questions
1. _______________ is your name?
a. Who b. What c. Where d. Why
2. _______________ is your birthday?
a. Why b. Who c. When d. What
3. _______________ is your sister?
a. Who b. What c. Why d. When
4. _______________ is the supermarket?
a. When b. Why c. Who d. Where
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Other question words
■ Use how to ask other questions.
age How old are you?
height How tall are you?
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How old
How old are you?
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How tall
How tall are you?
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Which word is different?
What When How old
Who Where Why
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Asking questions
Think of five questions to ask about this person.
Ask your teacher.
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Practice
Write your five questions from the previous activity.
Think of five more.
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Find out
■ Look back at all the questions from
this lesson.
■ Ask a classmate five questions.
■ Tell your teacher the answers.
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Reflect on the goals
Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check
if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.
yes no
_______________________________ _______________________________
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Reflect on this lesson
Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.
What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?
+ _______________________________
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+ _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again
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Exercise p.11
what – why – when – where – who
Exercise p.12
1. b – 2. c – 3. a – 4. d
Exercise p.13
1. d – 2. a – 3. b – 4. c
Exercise p.17
How old
Answer key
Homework
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Complete the questions
Where
1. _______________ is your name? Why
2. _______________ are you from?
How old
3. _______________ are you?
4. _______________ is your birthday? Who
5. _______________ is your brother?
What
6. _______________ is the cinema?
7. _______________ are you learning English? When
Where
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Text at the beginning
Go back to the text on page 3
and find examples of
the grammar topic of this lesson in it.
Write them down.
Copy parts of the text
that are examples of
topic of the lesson.
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Find the verbs
Find the verbs in this lesson and write them down.
Which are new? Do you know all of them?
Look these words up.
Verbs
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Sentences in the first person plural
Choose five sentences from this lesson.
Copy them and write them about you and a friend.
Examples:
I don’t understand
→ My friend Maria and I don’t understand.
He has a book
→ We have a book
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Easy or difficult?
Is the grammar topic of this lesson…
easy or difficult?
Write down what is difficult for you and what is easy.
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Exercise p.25
1. What – 2. Where – 3. How old – 4. When – 5. Who – 6. Where – 7. Why
Homework answer key
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