MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS
FORMS:
FOR PEOPLE
1.
Subject - Who
Who
found Gary's coat? Sheelagh found it.
Who can give the answer? The boys can.
2.
Object - Who or Whom
Whom
did you meet there? I met Peter. or
Who
did you meet there? I met Peter.
Whom
does the boy see every day? He sees his friends.
Who does the boy see every day? He sees his
friends.
Remark: In conversation whom is generally replaced by who.
3.
Prepositional - Who or Whom
For
whom are you looking? (formal)
Whom
are you looking for? or
Who
are you looking for?(The preposition is moved to the end)
With
whom do you generally go to the club? (formal)
Whom
do you generally go to the club with? or
Who
do you generally go to the club with?
4.
Possessive - Whose
Whose
sweater is that? It's Christina's.
This is my raincoat. Whose is that?
FOR THINGS
a)
Subject ........... What
What
happened to you?
What is your profession?
b)
Object .......... What
What
did you do yesterday?
What do they eat on Sundays?
c)
Prepositional ...... What
For
what are you looking? (formal)I'm looking for my keys.
What are you looking for?(informal)I'm looking for my keys.
With what do you eat? (formal) I eat with a fork.
What do you eat with? (informal) I eat with a fork.
FOR PERSONS AND THINGS WHEN THE CHOICE IS RESTRICTED:
A.
Subject ............... Which
Which
is your mother: the woman in white or in red?
Which is her name: Sandra or Sue?
B.
Object ............... Which
Which
of these boys do you like best?
Which of these books is your favorite?
C.
Prepositional ........ Which
To
which boy are you talking: Marco or Sean?
(formal)
Which
boy are you talking to: Marco or Sean? (informal)
About
which are you talking, literature or music? (formal)
Which
are you talking about, literature or
music?(informal)
REMARKS:
1.
SUBJECT X OBJECT
Who
wants to go? (subject) Peter wants
to go.
Who(m) did you see? (object) I
saw Peter.
What made him angry? (subject) The noise did.
What did she bring? (object) She
brought a cake.
2.
Notice the following constructions with what:
What
did you do that for? = Why did you do that?
What is Mr. Friel? = What is his profession?
What time is it? It is eleven o'clock.
(At) what time do you get up? I get up at six.
INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS
A.
They are:
When did you arrive? I
arrived yesterday.
Where do you live? I live
in
Venice.
Why are you so sad? Because I am hungry.
How is the weather? It
is wet and cold.
B.
Expressions formed with How:
How
many
languages does he speak? Five.
How
much
did you pay for this coat? 100 dollars.
How
large
is the room? It is larger than the kitchen.
How
wide
is the avenue? It is 20 meters wide.
How
tall
is Thomas? Thomas is 6 feet tall.
How
high
is the mountain? It is 2 meters high.
How
deep
is this pool? It is 10 meters deep.
How
far
is it from here to the lake? It is 30 km far.
How
long
does the trip take? It takes two hours.
How often do you go abroad? I go abroad twice a year.
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