Lesson IV: Wh-Questions

Exercise: B.1.2. Contrast Wh- to Yes/No-Questions Produce Yes/No and Wh-Questions about the word written italic . For example: Teacher: John studied grammar . Student: 1. DID JOHN STUDY GRAMMAR ? 2. WHAT DID JOHN STUDY ? Teacher: Natasha studied English . Student: 1. DID NATASHA STUDY ENGLISH ? 2. WHAT DID NATASHA STUDY ? 1. Paul practiced pronunciation . 4. Mr. Smith repeated the words . 2. Sergey studied grammar . 5. Zhu learned mathematics . 3. Mary repeated the exercise . 6. Peter did the problem . Exercise: B.1.3. Practice WHAT Ask about the meaning of a new word. This is a substitution exercise. For example: What does big mean ? a casher WHAT DOES A CASHER MEAN ? a credit card WHAT DOES A CREDIT CARD MEAN ? interest WHAT DOES INTEREST MEAN ? 1. check 3. VAT 5. yuan 7. dollar 9. loan 11. account 2. tax 4. r uble 6. euro 8. currency 10. teller 12. mortgage Exercise: B.1.4. Practice WHAT Ask about the meaning of the words underlined. For example: Intelligent means smart . WHAT DOES SMART MEAN ? Big means large . WHAT DOES LARGE MEAN ? 1. Very large means huge. 5. Right often means correct. 2. Very small means tiny. 6. Twelve o’clock means noon. 3. Help means assist. 7. Seldom means rarely . 4. Difficult often means hard. 8. Twelve means dozen. Exercise: B.1.5. Practice WHEN Ask about the words written italic . For example: Paul studied a year ago . WHEN DID PAUL STUDY ? Paul telephoned yesterday . WHEN DID PAUL TELEPHONE ? 1. Paul returned yesterday . 7. Paul visited her a year ago . 2. Paul played tennis last week . 8. Paul repeated the lesson at 8 o’clock . 3. Paul listened to music last night . 9. Paul watched the match a week ago . 4. Paul arrived last month . 10. Paul did his homework yesterday . 5. Paul studied two hours ago . 11. Paul called up on Wednesday . 6. Paul walked 10 minutes ago . 12. Paul practiced yesterday evening .