Who is your teacher? Ms Lee.
Grammar · A1
Question words
Ask for a person, a place, a time or a reason.
Where do you live?
01 · The idea
Look. Compare these examples.
Ask for a person, a place, a time or a reason.
When is the party? On Saturday.
How old are you? Twenty.
02 · More examples
Look at what changes.
Who asks about a person. What asks about a thing or information. Where asks about a place.
Who is your teacher? Ms Lee.
What is your name? Ana.
Where do you live? In Lima.
When asks about time. Why asks for a reason.
When is the party? On Saturday.
What time is it? Three o'clock.
Why are you tired? Because I worked late.
How are you? asks how you feel. Add old, many or much to ask about age, number or price.
How old are you? Twenty.
How many tickets? Two.
How much is it? Five pounds.
Look a little closer
Choose one. Find the owner.
Which helps you choose from a group. Whose asks who something belongs to.
Which bag do you want: the red one or the blue one?
Whose bag is this? Ana's.
03 · Build a sentence
Make a choice. See what changes.
Change one choice at a time. Watch the sentence blocks.
Who is your teacher?
Ms Lee.
What do you want to know?
What are you talking about?
04 · Try it together
Choose the correct answer.
Quick check 1
___ do you live? In Madrid.
The answer tells you a place.
Quick check 2
___ is your birthday? In June.
The answer tells you when something happens.
Quick check 3
How ___ are you? I am twelve.
The answer is an age.
05 · Real-life English
Use it in a conversation.
A: Where is the class? B: In room three. A: When does it start? B: At nine.
Ask for a class location, start time and teacher's name.
A: How much is a ticket? B: Five pounds. A: How many tickets do we need? B: Two. One for you and one for me.
Plan a trip with a partner. Ask about the place, time and ticket price.
06 · Common mistakes
Which sentence is correct?
07 · Keep this
The lesson in three small steps.
Who? What? Where?
Who? A person. What? A thing or information. Where? A place.
When? Why?
When? On Monday. Why? Because I am tired.
How…?
How old? Twenty. How many? Two. How much? Five pounds.
08 · Practice
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