lesson 4 A4

A.4 Notice the position of the prepositions.

Previous pattern:

		John	studies	At the	Library	every	Day?
	Does	John	study	At the	Library	every	Day?
				where
	Does	John	study	At the	Library	every	Day?
Where	Does	John	study			every	Day?

New pattern:

		John	looks	At	Mary	every	Day?
	Does	John	look	At	Mary	every	Day?
				who
	Does	John	Look	At	Mary	every	Day?
Who	Does	John	look			every	Day?

COMMENTS

1.       In the new pattern, the preposition (in this case at) is not part of the expression which is replaced by the question word.

2.       It is permissible for the preposition to remain with the verb when the question word is moved to the beginning.

Exercise 10. Make wh-questions which correspond to the teacher’s statements.

John wait for Mary every day	Who does John wait for every day?
John works on Wednesday	When does John works?
John is from canada	Where is John from?

1.       John arrived in september

2.       Alice waited for her friend

3.       John lives on Main Street

4.       John visited the museum

5.       He looked at a new painting

6.       The painting was from spain

7.       Mary looked at the painting

8.       John waited for Mary

9.       He waited in the Museum

10.   John talked to Mr. Miller

11.   Mr. Miller is from New York

12.   John and Mary waited for the bus

13.   They were hungry at 5 o’clock

14.   They watched television in the evening

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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lesson 4 A3

A.3 Notice the use of the expression do what.

STATEMENT		John	Studies	English	Every day
YES/NO QUESTION:	does	John	Study	English	Every day?
NEW			Do	what
PATTERN	What does	John	Do		Every day?

COMMENTS

Do what is a substitute for the verb and any other essential parts of the verb phrase. In the example, do what  corresponds to the verb phrase study english.

Exercise 9. Make wh-questions using the expression do what

John eats breakfast at 7 o’clock	WHAT DOES JOHN DO AT 7 O’CLOCK?
John goes to class at  o’clock	WHAT DOES JOHN DO AT 8 O’CLOCK?

1.       John has coffee at 10 o’clock

2.       John eats lunch at noon

3.       John studies in the afternoon

4.       John studies english in the library

5.       John has dinner at 6 P.M

6.       John usually watches television in the evening

7.       Mr. And Mrs. Miller have dinner at 6:30

8.       Mr. Miller usually studies in the evening

9.       Mrs. Miller often reads in the evening

10.   Mr. And Mrs. Miller sometimes visit friends in the evening

(continue, using the PAST tense)

11.   They visited friends yesterday

12.   They talked

13.   They played cards after dinner

14.   They watched television at nine 0’clock

 Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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lesson 4 A2

A.2 observe the word order of questions with the verb be.

STATEMENT:			john	Is in	class
YES/NO QUESTION:		is	john	in	class?
					where
		is	john	in	class?
WH-QUESTION:	where	is	John?

COOMENT

1.       The wh-word which replaces a part of the predicete phrase is put at the beginning of the question.

2.       The rest of the pattern is the same as for yes/no questions: the form of be (am, are, is was, or were) is placed before the subject.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Who was that man?                                        My father.

What is he?                                                        An architect.

What are you?                                                  A student.

Where is john?                                                 In class.

When is he here?                                            In the morning.

Exercise 7. Change the statement into a question with where when. Another student will answer. The answer should be like the expression of time or place in the teacher’s statement.

John is in class	Student A: WHERE IS JOHN?
	Student B: IN CLASS
John is tired at night	Student A: WHEN IS JOHN TIRED?
	Student B: AT NIGHT

                                                                                        

1.       Mary is sleepy in the morning

2.       Mary was in Chicago

3.       Mr. Miller was hungry at noon

4.       The children were quite on the bus

5.       George was at the library

6.       Betty was in New York

7.       George was sick last week

8.       George was twenty years old last week

9.       George and Betty were at the movies

10.   George and Betty are in class

11.   Suits are expensive in Ney York

Exercise 8. Listen to the statement about Paul. Make a wh-question with the word you

Paul studies in the morning	Student A: WHEN YOU STUDY?
	Student B: AT NIGHT (IN THE AFTERNOON, etc)
Paul is a doctor	Student B: WHAT ARE YOU?
	Student C: A STUDENT (AN ARCHITECT, etc)

1.       Paul studies in the library

2.       Paul sees Mr. Miller

3.       Paul is a lawyer

4.       Paul studied grammar yesterday

(two possibilities)

5.       Paul was in New York last year

(two possibilities)

6.       Paul studied business administration

7.       Paul studied in Chicago

8.       Paul arrived last week

9.       Paul studies at night

10.   Paul wa at the library last night

(two possibilities)

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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Lesson 4 (exercise 4-6)

Exercise 4. Practice the use of when in questions. Listen to the information about Paul. Ask a corresponding question about John.

Paul arrived in June	WHEN DID JOHN ARRIVE?
Paul studied a year ago	WHEN DID JOHN STUDY?
Paul telephoned yesterday	WHEN DID JOHN TELEPHONE?

1.       Paul studied a month ago

2.       Paul telephoned yesterday

3.       Paul studied a year ago

4.       Paul arrived yesterday

5.       Paul called two hours ago

6.       Paul arrived a year ago

7.       Paul practiced a year ago

8.       Paul telephoned at 8 o’clock

9.       Paul returned a week ago

10.   Paul worked yesterday

11.   Paul called on Wednesday

12.   Paul practiced in the morning

Exercise 5. Practice the use of where in questions. Listen to the information about Paul. Ask a corresponding question about John and Mary.

Paul lives in New York	WHERE DO JOHN AND MARY LIVE?
Paul studies in the library	WHERE DO JOHN AND MARY STUDY?

1.       Paul eats dinner at a restaurant

2.       Paul lives on Main street

3.       Paul plays tennis in the park

4.       Paul reads books in the library

5.       Paul studies at home

6.       Paul has coffe at a restaurant

7.       Paul practices in class

8.       Paul learns new words in class

9.       Paul lives in New York

10.   He usually reads in the library

11.   He usually eats lunch at a restaurant

Exercise 6. Change the statement into a question beginning with the word who.

The teacher knows john	WHO DOES THE TEACHER KNOW?
Mary visited her father	WHO DID MARY VISIT?

1.       Mary telephoned Paul

2.       Mary assisted the new student

3.       John called Paul

4.       John visited Mr. Miller

5.       The teacher asked Mary

6.       The teacher knows Mary

7.       John sees Mary

8.       The students see the teacher

9.       The students hear the teacher

10.   The students understand the teacher

                                                                         Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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Lesson 4 (exercise 1-3)

Exercise 1. Change the statement into a yes/no question. Then make a wh-question beginning with the word what.

John likes milk
Does	Does john like milk?
What	What does john like?
Paul likes water
Does	Does paul like water?
what	What does paul like?

1.       Mary likes coffee. Does/what

2.       Mr. Miller likes beer. Does/what

3.       Mrs. Miller likes wine.

4.       Mrs. Allen usually has tea

5.       John likes tomato juice

6.       Mary usually likes orange juice

(continue using PAST tense)

7.       Paul practiced pronunciation

8.       John studied grammar

9.       Mary repeated the exercise

10.   Mr. Miller repeated the new words

11.   Mr. Miller learned the new words

12.   Mr. Allen studied the exercise

Exercise 2. Practise the use of what in questions. Substitute the words into the question.

What does big mean?
Intelligent	WHAT DOES INTELLIGENT MEAN?
Exist	WHAT DOES EXIST MEAN?
actual	WHAT DOES ACTUAL MEAN?

1.       Difficult

2.       Tiny

3.       Simple

4.       Penny

5.       Dime

6.       Quarter

7.       Tooth

8.       Entire

9.       Fubby

10.   Assist

Exercise 3. Ask for the meaning of words. Change the statement into a question beginning with what. Another student will answer.

Smart means intelligent	Student A : What does smart mean?
	Student B: It means intelligent
Big means large	Student A : What does big mean?
	Student B: It means large

1.       Huge means very large

2.       Tiny means very small

3.       Assist means help

4.       Hard often means difficult

5.       Right often means correct

6.       Noon means twelve o’clock

7.       Rarely means seldom

8.       Dozen means twelve

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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