– Question forms (Why-how many- how much)
– Why questions
– Adverbs and adjectives
Question 1
“_____ did the first man walk on the moon?”
“In 1969.”
The answer In 1969 is a time, so we ask with When.
Question 2
“_____ did she marry?”
“She married John.”
The answer is a person (John), so we ask with Who. We say marry someone, not marry to someone.
Question 3
A _____ dog.
An adjective comes before the noun: a big dog. We don't use bigger than or the biggest after a here.
Question 4
A _____ driver.
Before a noun we use an adjective: a careful driver. Carefully describes a verb: He drives carefully.
Question 5
She ran _____.
Ran is a verb, so we use an adverb to say how she ran: quickly.
Question 6
He drives too _____.
Fast is both an adjective and an adverb: He drives fast. The word fastly does not exist.
Question 7
What is the story _____?
We say a story about something, so we ask What is the story about?
Question 8
What happened _____ the end of the story?
We say at the end of something: at the end of the story.
Question 9
The train leaves _____ platform 9.
A train leaves from a place: The train leaves from platform 9.
Question 10
“_____ did you buy your new jacket?”
“At the supermarket.”
The answer is a place (at the supermarket), so we ask with Where.
Question 11
“_____ did you pay?”
“$1000.”
We ask about money with How much. Not How many, because we use it for things we can count, like How many books?
Question 12
“_____ did you buy?”
“A new jacket.”
The answer is a thing (a new jacket), so we ask with What.
Question 13
“_____ did you go shopping with?”
“With my sister.”
The answer is a person (my sister), so we ask with Who: Who did you go shopping with?
Question 14
“_____ did you go?”
“This morning.”
This morning is a time, so we ask with When.
Question 15
“_____ did you go?”
“To buy some new clothes.”
To buy some new clothes gives a reason, so we ask with Why.
Question 16
“_____ did you go?”
“To the shops.”
To the shops is a place, so we ask with Where.
Question 17
“_____ did you go?”
“By car.”
By car tells us the way you travelled, so we ask with How.
Question 18
“_____ do you want to go?”
“To Paris.”
To Paris is a place, so we ask with Where.
Question 19
“_____ is she?”
“Our cousin.”
We ask about a person with Who: Who is she? – Our cousin.
Question 20
“_____ old was she?”
“60 years old.”
We ask about age with How old: How old was she?
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