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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