WH Questions / WH Words / Question Words. O what é utilizado de diversas formas no inglês. Em uma pergunta significa o que ou qual.

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1 1. Introdução: As question words, também conhecidas por: WH-questions ou WH words, ajudam a definir e especificar ainda mais uma pergunta em inglês. Uma curiosidade: elas são conhecidas como Wh questions, pois são escritas com WH, como: what, when e who. É importante destacar que essas palavras são usadas normalmente no início da pergunta e devem estar acompanhadas dos auxiliares respectivos do tempo verbal. 2. WH-Questions: Question Word What? Which? Why? When? Where? Whose? Who? How? Translation O que? / Qual? / Quais? O que? / Qual? / Quais? Por que? Quando? Onde? / Aonde? De quem? Quem? Como? WH Questions / WH Words / Question Words Examples What is your name? What do you do? Which one do you like: the red pencil case or the blue one? Which do you prefer: coffee or tea? Why were you late for class? Why do you like to go downtown? Because there are good bookstores there. When is your birthday? When do you go to school? On Mondays and Wednesdays. Where do you live? Where are you going, Mike? Whose notebook is this? Whose laptop is that? Who is she? Who was Liza talking to? How is it going? How do I get to the museum? 3. What: O what é utilizado de diversas formas no inglês. Em uma pergunta significa o que ou qual. What are you up to today? (O que você fará hoje?) Note que essa é uma frase com o verbo to be apenas e que, mesmo assim, are se desloca para o início dela para formar a pergunta com what. Confira um outro exemplo: What did you tell her? (O que você disse para ela?) 4. Which: Esse costuma causar um pouco de confusão pela semelhança de significado com what. Which significa qual ou quais, porém é usado quando nos referimos a uma escolha entre elementos, ou seja, é uma pergunta com opções limitadas de resposta. Which one is yours: the blue or the red? (Qual é o seu: o azul ou o vermelho?) Which one of the papers is yours? (Qual dos trabalhos é o seu?) teacherwagner.com.br 1

2 5. Why: Esta é a palavra que usamos para saber o motivo, a razão: é o nosso por que. Why are you taking so long? (Por que você está demorando tanto?) Why is it so expensive? (Por que é tão caro?) Atenção ao responder perguntas com why, pois, apesar de ele ser usado na pergunta, a resposta é feita com because. Por exemplo: Why are you taking so long? Because I m stuck in traffic! (Porque estou preso no trânsito!) 6. When: Para saber a data ou quando algo aconteceu/vai acontecer, faça uma pergunta com when. When are you travelling? (Quando você vai viajar?) When did they leave? (Quando eles partiram?) When is your birthday? (Quando é o seu aniversário?) 7. Where: Se é o lugar em que algo está ou vai acontecer, pergunte com where (onde / aonde): Where did you go last night? (Aonde você foi na noite passada?) Where are the kids hiding? (Onde as crianças estão escondidas?) 8. Whose: Se você quer saber de quem é algo ou de quem se fala algo, use Whose. Whose backpack is this? (De quem é esta mochila?). Whose books and notebooks are these? (De quem são estes livros e estes cadernos?). Repare que whose é seguido do objeto de quem queremos achar o dono e só depois vemos o auxiliar do verbo e o sujeito da pergunta. 9. Who: Quando quiser descobrir quem fez algo, use who. Who did you see there? (Quem você viu lá?) 10. How: Esta é uma question word em inglês que não começa com wh-, mas também está entre as básicas: how significa como. How are you? (Como você está?) How was your flight? (Como foi seu voo?) teacherwagner.com.br 2

3 Preliminary Work: 1. Answer the questions below: a) What s your name? b) Where are you from? c) What s your nationality? d) How old are you? 2. Match the questions and answers correctly: (A) What s Debby s nationality? ( ) His name is Ryu. (B) Where s Pete from? ( ) I m 12 years old. (C) How old are you? ( ) My name is Steve. (D) What s his name? ( ) He s from Australia. (E) What s your name? ( ) She s American. 3. Complete the dialogue: Alfred: What your name? Mandy: name Mandy. Alfred: to meet you, Mandy. Mandy: is name? Alfred: My Alfred. Mandy: Nice to meet, Alfred. 4. Ask questions for the underlined Word/ expression: a)? In the morning I drink milk. b)? She goes to school every day. c)? At lunch time I eat soup. d)? Mary lives in Lisbon. e)? We went to Paris in August. f)? We got there by bus. g)? I waited 10 minutes to see him. h)? We stayed in London for a week. i)? We didn t visit that museum because we were in a hurry. j)? She studies in her bedroom. k)? He is my English teacher. 5. Fill in the blanks with: What, How, When or Where.: a) is your name? b) old are you? c) is your birthday? d) is your telephone number? e) is your address? f) is your favourite football team? g) is your school? h) many brothers and sisters have you got? i) do you live? j) do you go to Paris? teacherwagner.com.br 3

4 Contextualization: 1. Read the text and answer the questions: Hi everyone, It s nice to meet you. My name is Alexander but, people call me Alex. My mother named me after Alexander Graham Bell. I guess she loves talking on the phone. I m 11 years old. I m in the 6th grade. My best friend, Brian Chen, is from the U.S.A., but his parents are originally from China. He s a nice guy. He s 10 years old. We play video games together. That s all for now. a) How old is Alexander? b) What s Alexander s nickname? c) What is Brian s nationality? 2. Read the text below and answer the questions. My best friend Hi, my name s Peter. I m going to talk a bit about my best friend. His name is George. He s 17 years old. He was born on February 2nd. He s a very good student. He s an excellent Judo fighter because he s a black belt. He got his black belt after seven years of training. What is his secret? I know him very well so I can tell his secret. It s hard-work. George gets up at 6 a.m. every day, even on the weekend. He goes to the gym and works out for an hour. After that, he takes the morning Judo class. He does Judo five times a week. Around eleven o clock he goes back home, takes a shower, has lunch and goes to school. He behaves very well at school, he pays a lot of attention and asks questions. Bullies don t pick on him. They re afraid of him. He finishes classes at seven p.m. He usually relaxes after school. He surfs the web or watches TV before going to bed, but never before doing his homework. His parents are good people. They are also very funny. His mother, Jannice, cooks delicious cookies when George s friends pay him a visit at home. Glossary: a bit: um pouco behaves: se comporta hope: espero pay attention: presta atenção black belt: faixa preta pick on: implicar know: conheço afraid of: medo so: então cookies: biscoitos hard work: trabalho duro a) What sport does George do?. b) When is George s birthday?. c) How often does he do Judo?. d) What time does George finish classes?. e) How does George behave at school?. f) What does he do to relax?. g) What does Jannice cook for George s friends?. h) Why is he an excellent fighter?. i) Is he a bad student?. j) Are George s parents nice?. k) Does he do his homework?. teacherwagner.com.br 4

5 Contextualization: 1. Rewrite the sentences below in English: a) Que esportes ele joga? Ele joga tênis. b) Que matéria você gosta? Eu gosto de Inglês. c) Com quem eles jogam vôlei? Eles jogam vôlei comigo. d) Aonde a Kate vai toda tarde? Ela vai para a academia. e) Por que você lê livros? Porque é divertido. 2. Match the Questions: (A) When does Max do Karate? ( ) She goes to school on foot. (B) What does Alicia listen to on her MP3? ( ) They usually eat pasta and minced meat. (C) Where do the boys study? ( ) His birthday is on March 6 th. (D) Where do Carol and Ted work? ( ) Because I study every day in the morning. (E) When is his birthday? ( ) They work in a bank. (F) How does she go to school? ( ) They study at Orange Middle school. (G) What do they usually eat for dinner? ( ) She listens to rock. (H) Why do you get up early? ( ) He does karate on Mondays and Wednesdays. 3. Answer the questions below: a) What do you do in your free time?. b) Where do you live?. c) Who do you live with?. d) When do you have English classes?. e) What sports do you like?. f) Who is your favorite actor/actress?. g) How do you go to school?. teacherwagner.com.br 5