tailieunhanh - OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 36

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-36 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 36 WH-QUESTIONS A Introduction Reporter Kitty Beamish is interviewing some guerrilla fighters. Kitty Why are you fighting Guerillas For our freedom. What can you do for the people We can help them When will the war be over Very soon A wh-question begins with a question word. Question words are who what which whose where when why and how. We use a wh-question to ask for information. B Form Most wh-questions begin with a question word an auxiliary verb the subject. For another form of whquestion see Unit 37. An auxiliary verb is a form of be or have or a modal verb . can. QUESTION WORD What Where When AUXILIARY is have can SUBJECT Kitty you we doing put the map travel safely The main verb be also comes before the subject in questions. Where is Kitty How are you What was that noise If there is more than one auxiliary verb only the first one comes before the subject. The guerrillas have been hiding. Where have the guerrillas been hiding I should have said something. What should I have said In the present simple and past simple we use a form of do. QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY SUBJECT Where do people meet How does the radio work What did the guerrillas say An ordinary verb such as meet work or say cannot come before the subject. NOT Where meet-people and NOT How works-the-radio The verb after the subject does not end in s or ed. NOT How-does-the-radio-works and NOT What did-the-guerrillas-said Question phrases Look at these question phrases with what and how. What time is your friend arriving Halfpast eight. What colour is your toothbrush Yellow. What kind of What sort of club is it A nightclub. How old is your sister She s twenty. How often do you go out About once a week usually. How far is the beach Only five minutes walk How long will the meeting last An hour or so I expect. How many televisions have you got Three How much money did you spend About a hundred .