Lesson ThirteenInformation Questions | …used for this information. | Who | a person | What | a thing / fact | Where | a location / place | When | time / day / year / month | Why | reason | How | method / quality |
Questions using question words follow two basic patterns: Question Word + Verb + Subject QW + V + S Who is he? …or Question Word + Verb + Subject + Verb QW + V + S + V Where do they live? |
Who am I? You’re a teacher. | | Where are you? I’m in the classroom. | | What does he have? He has some strawberries. | | Where is she? She’s at the beach. | | Why is the cat drinking water? It’s thirsty. | | When do we have class? We have class in the morning. |  You + I = We | How are they drinking their milkshake? They’re drinking it with a straw. | | What do they have? They have popsicles. | |
Practice: 1. ____________ are you? (location / place) 2. ____________ are those people? (people) 3. ____________ is the time? (fact / truth / information) 4. ____________ is he upset? (reason) 5. ____________ is the party? (date / time) 6. ____________ is the weather today? (quality) 7. ____________ coffee is there? (amount) 8. ____________ oranges are on the table? (amount) (Answers: 1. Where; 2. Who; 3. What; 4. Why; 5. When; 6. How; 7. How much; 8. How many) |
(This Orange Level Lesson has more examples of words used for making questions.) | 
