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Home study worksheet

OA: Learn to ask and answer questions using wh words to talk about personal and general
information.
OA2: Identify when actions happen using time expressions and auxiliary words.

 QUESTION WORDS/WH QUESTIONS

Question words or wh questions are questions that start with WH- words and they are used to ask
for different qualities for example names, dates, reasons, people, etc. In the chart below, you can
see them.

Question word Used to ask about… Example

What Things. What are you doing?
When Dates and time When are you going home?
Where Places Where is your school?
Why Reasons/causes Why is the sky blue?
Which Choices Which pen do you like? Red or
blue?
Who People Who is the president?
Whose Possession Whose pencil is this?
How Manner/process How do you prepare pancakes?

How to make a WH- question?

WH + auxiliary + subject + verb + complement + ?
What do you like to do on weekends?
NOTE: You can
make wh
questions in
past (did),
present
(do/does) and
future (will)!
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Exercise 1.

Complete the following questions using wh words. Then, write the letters from column A into the
spaces of column B to match the correct answer.
The first one is done for you.

Column A
1. WHO is your best friend?
2. WHERE do you live?
3. HOW do you prepare hot chocolate?
4. WHICH flavor do you prefer? Vanilla
or chocolate?
5. HOW is the weather like today?
6. WHOSE English book is this?
7. WHO is your mother’s favorite
singer?
Column B
3 mix hot water, cocoa and add sugar.
4 I like vanilla more.
7 She loves Chayanne
6 It’s Matin’s book!
2 In Molina, near the main square.
1 My best friend is Tomás.
5 Today it’s cloudy, I think it’s going to rain.

Exercise 2.

Put the following sentences in order.

Choose 4 and interview someone at home. Use as much English as you can.

1. they/ are/ doing/ what WHAT ARE THE DOING?

2. do/ your/ you/ name/ spell/ how HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR NAME?
3. does/ Tim/ why/ handball/ like WHY DOES TIM LIKE HANDBALL?
4. the boys/ sports/ like/ what/ do WHAT SPORTS DO THE BOYS LIKE?
5. Is/ thinks/ who/ easy/ maths WHO THINKS MATHS IS EASY?
6. your friend/ what/did /have/ for lunch WHAT DID YOUR FRIEND HAVE FOR LUNCH?
7. brown eyes/ do /why/ you/ have WHY DO YOU HAVE BROWN EYES?
8. The table/ that/ on / phone/ is/ whose WHOSE IS THAT PHONE ON THE TABLE?

Interview

Name: Ilsen Parra Palma

Question Answer

1. What are they doing? My mom and dad are watching netflix

2. What did your friend
have for lunch?
3. Whose is that phone on
the table?
4. Why do you have brown
eyes?
Nothing, he said that he has been alone for 1 week.
There’s not a phone in the table.
I don’t know, maybe because my mom have the same eyes
color.
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 PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE?

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Simple Past
To talk about the past, we have 2 types of verbs:

Look at the following text:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived

from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than
600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.

In the text was, lived, started, wrote and died are in past.

Can you see how to make sentences in past? Put them in order.

The parts of the sentence are: complement –subject- verb in past

SUBJECT – VERB IN PAST – COMPLEMENT

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Simple Present

In present, we need to pay attention to the subject.

Read the following text and pay attention to the parts in red

Barack Obama is the former president of the United States of America. He was born
on 1961 in Hawaii. He is married to Michelle Obama and they have two daughters.
Barack and Michelle live in Washington D.C and work with social causes. Obama is
one of the most famous personalities in the world and the Obamas are one of the
most respected families in the globe.
In the text is, have, live, work and are, are in present.

Can you see the forms of the present tense?

In the boxes, you have the parts of the sentences.

Complement- verb – subject (I, you, we, they) Verb +s –subject (he, she, it) - complement

1. SUBJECT (I, YOU, WE, THEY) – VERB – COMPLEMENT

2. SUBJECT (HE, SHE, IT) – VERB + S – COMPLEMENT

Simple future

To talk about the future, we only need to add the auxiliary word “will”

Read the following text and pay attention to the parts in red

In the year 2050, artificial intelligence will be real, robots will walk and talk like
perfect humans. People will travel in flying cars, ending pollution in big cities. We
will have more green areas, the ocean will be clean and animal will not be in risk of
extinction.

Can you see the form of the future? Put them in order

The parts of the sentence are: subject – complement- verb- will

SUBJECT – WILL – VERB – COMPLEMENT

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In past, present and future we have some expression that help to indicate when the action
happen.

Exercise I.

Write time expressions to the following sentences according to past, present or future.

1. Tommy traveled to Disney World a long time ago

2. My mom cooked a lemon pie yesterday
3. My sister will get a 7 in the test tomorrow
4. My friends and I do our homework today
5. The garden will blossom in the near future
6. We play The Sims on the computer at this time
7. I will study for the English test next month
8. The dog chases butterflies in the garden at this moment
9. Dan ate seven hot dogs a lot time ago
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Exercise II.

Transform the following sentences into the two tenses missing. Remember to change the time
expressions as well.

E.G :

1. I study English everyday (present)

I studied English yesterday (past)
I will study English next week (future)

2. Alberto drove the school bus last week

Alberto drives the school bus today

Alberto will drive the school bus soon

3.Sandy will forget to do her homework

Sandy forget to do her homework

Sandy forgot to do her homework

4.They win the first place in today’s race!

They won the first place in yesterday’s race!

They will win the first place in tomorrow’s race!

5.We flew to New York last year

We are flying to Ney York right now

We will fly to New York next year

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Exercise III.

Read the text below and highlight the past simple sentences, the present simple sentences and
future will in different colors.

Hello! My name is Shawn and I want to talk about my family. My family is not very big. My
mother and father live in a flat in London but a few years ago they lived in France. My
father works in an insurance company, and my mom is a nurse.
I share a flat with two friends and currently I’m not working but I will in a few months
because I want to save money for travelling next year.
I have two sisters, Lucy and Millie, they live together in Southampton but Lucy will go to
Australia soon, so Millie is going to live alone again but that’s not a problem because she
said “I might live with my boyfriend in that case”.
I have a girlfriend too, her name is Ashley, and she is Italian. I could write a lot about how
much I love her but what I love the most about her is her dog. I love to go out for a walk
with Ashley and her dog, one day we walked for 3 hours and we taught the dog to grab a
stick.
At weekends, Lucy and Millie come to London and the whole family have lunch together.
Sometimes one of our aunts or uncles come, too. I don’t know how the familiar weekends
will be without Lucy!
My grandparents are very old, and they live in a small cottage in Plymouth. They’re my
mother’s parents. My father’s parents died years ago. My grandparents are retired, and
spend most of their time gardening, walking and having tea with their friends. They will
probably live with my parents soon.
A few times a year, I go to spend some time with my grandparents, my grandmother makes
excellent fruit pies. Sometimes, my cousins come, too, and we all have a great time.

Exercise IV.
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Write sentences using the time expressions in the box below. Remember you can use the
dictionary to look up the verbs in past. You have extra expressions you don’t need to use.

Next week- yesterday- tomorrow- now- today- in the near future- last week- this week- an hour
ago- in an hour

1. My mom and i will go to the supermarket next week

2. Yesterday we had lunch in the patio with my family
3. I will exercise tomorrow and then I will take a shower
4. Last week my grandparents went to the clinic
5. I'll be eating dinner in an hour