SIXT WEEK

WHEN

When' need not necessarily mean time frame, but can mean 'under what circumstances' or
'conditions'.

VOCABULARY: MONTHS OF THE YEAR

Enero January (yanuari) Febrero February (februari)

Marzo March (marsh) Abril April (eiprol)
Mayo May (mei) Junio June (yun)
Julio July (yulai) Agosto August (ogost)
Septiembre September (September) Octubre October (October)
Noviembre November (November) Diciembre December (dicember)

ORDINAL NUMBERS

Today is Friday, June 6th 2021

1. Use of when with possessive adjectives

WH VERB TO POSSESSIVE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER
QUESTION BE
When Is Your Birthday? My birthday is on August 31st
My birthday is in August
My birthday is the 31st
When is Your Sister’s birthday? My sister’s birthday is on January 2nd

NOTE: Be careful because we don’t always use in as an answer, you can use on, in, the according
to what you want to answer.
 WH VERB TO ARTICLE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER
QUESTION BE
When Is The meeting? It is on June 2nd
It is the 2nd

PRACTICE 1: Answer the following questions:

1. When is your birthday? My birthday is on July 12th

2. When is your mother’s birthday?
3. When are the next elections?
4. When is the last English class?
5. When is Egan’s birthday?
6. When is your best friend’s birthday?
Her birthday is on June 27th
The next elections are in May
It is on July 7th
His birthday is on January 13th
His birthday is on august 4th

Next: siguiente Last: última, ultimo

2. WHEN FOR SPECIAL DATES OR CELEBRATIONS

Wise (uais) sabio

Man men

Día de los reyes magos The wise men’s day Día de San Valentín Saint Valentine’s day
(de wais mens dey) (sein valentains dey)
Día de la mujer Women’s day Día de los niños Children’s day
(wimens dei) (childrens dey)
Día de la Madre Mother’s Day Día del padre Father’s Day
(moders dei) (faders dei)
Día de la Colombia’s Amor y Amistad Love and friendship’s day
independencia Independence Day (lov and frendship dey)
(independenc dei)
Halloween Halloween Navidad Christmas
(Halowin) (crismas)
Año Nuevo New years Día de los muertos Day of the death
(niu yiars) (dei ov de detf)

PRACTICE 1: Organize the following questions and answer them.

/Valentine’s/day/Saint/is/When/? When is Saint Valentine´s Saint Valentine´s day is on

day? February 14th
/Halloween/is/ When/? When is Halloween? Halloween is on October
31st
/mother’s/is/When/day? When is mother´s day? Mother´s day is on May 8th
/When/independence/Colombia’s/is/? When is Colombia´s Colombia´s independence
independence? is on August 7th
/is/When/Christmas/? When is Christmas? Christmas is on December
24th
/ When is the day of the It is on November 2nd
in/the/day/is/the/When/of/Mexico/death? death in Mexico?

PRACTICE 2: According to the answer, create the question.

When is the wise men’s day? The wise men’s day is on February 7th
When is the Children´s day? Children’s day is on April 27th
When is Bogota´s day? Bogota´s birthday is on August 6th
When is the Women´s day? Women’s day is on March 8th
When is your birthday? My birthday is on August 31st
When is the Father’s Day? Father´s day is on March 19th

WHO (JU)

WHO is only used for information about people:

1. When you know the name of the person but you don’t know what the person does.
Who is Rodolfo Llinas? He is the best neurologist in the world.
2. When I know the profession but I don’t know who performs it.
Who is Russia’s president? Russia´s president is Vladimir Putin
3. When you want to know for your favorite person.
Who is your favorite singer? My favorite singer is Freddy Mercury

USE N.1

WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER

Who Is Angelina Jolie ? She is an actress
Who Is Gabo? He is the most important Colombian
writer
Who Are James and Falcao? They are soccer players
Who Are Axel Rose and Mick They are rock singers
Jagger?
 Who Are Shakira and Juanes? They are Colombia’s most important
singers
They are singers

USE N.2

WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER

Who Is Your teacher? My teacher is Tiffany
Who Are Your parents? My parents are Ivan and Liliana

USE N.3
WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER
Who Is Your favorite singer? My favorite singer is Bruno Mars
Who Are Your favorite artists? My favorite artists are Andy Warhol and Debora Ruiz
Who Is Your favorite singer? My favorite singer is Bruno Mars
Who Are Your favorite artists? My favorite artists are Andy Warhol and Debora Ruiz

PRACTICE 1: Organize the following questions and answer them.

/Obama/is/Who/? Who is Obama? Obama is a politician.

/Colombia’s/is/president/Who/? Who is Colombia´s
president?
/Shakira/are/Who/and/Juanes/? Who are Shakira and
Juanes?
/Who/actor/is/favorite/your/? Who is your favorite
actor?
/is/Claudia/Who/Lopez/? Who is Claudia Lopez?
/Orlando Bloom/and/are/Brad Pitt/Who? Who are Orlando Bloom
and Brad Pitt?
Colombia´s president is
Ivan Duque
They are famous singers
My favorite actor is Adam
Sandler
Claudia Lopez is Bogota´s
mayor
They are very famous
actors

WHO (SUPERLATIVE)

1. Who is the best soccer player? Pele is the best

Pele is the best soccer player
2. Who is the worst singer? Maluma is the worst
Maluma is the worst singer
3. Who is the richest man in the world? Jeff Bezo is the richest
Jeff Bezo is the richest man in the world

PRACTICE: Answer the following questions:

1. Who is the worst president? Duque is the worst

 2. Who is your best friend?
3. Who is the most handsome man in
Colombia?
4. Who is the happiest person in your family?
5. Who is the craziest person in your family?
My best friends is Andres
Sebastian Carvajal is the most
Isabella is the happiest person in my family
Roman is the craziest person in my family

HOW (jau)

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

USE N. 1

WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER

How Are you? I am fine, thank you (Estoy bien gracias)
I am good (Estoy bien)
I am excellent (Estoy muy bien)
How Is Your mother? My mother is good (Mi mamá está bien)
My mother is fine (Mi mamá está bien)

USE N. 2

WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER

How old Are You? I am 29 years old (Yo soy 29 años)
How old Is Your mother? My mother is 54 years old (Mi mamá es
54 años)

USE N. 3
WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER
How Is Bogota? Bogota is huge, beautiful, cold and amazing.
How Is Your house? My house is small and beautiful

USE N. 4
WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER
How long Is the flight to Washington? It is 5 hours long
How long Is the game? It is 90 minutes long

PRACTICE 1: Organiza las siguientes preguntas y respóndelas.

/Pitt/Brad/is/How/? How is Brad Pitt? Brad Pitt is old and

handsome
/baby/your/old/is/How/? How old is your baby? My baby is 1 years old
/long/your/How/English/is/class/? How long is your It is 3 hours long
English class?
/transmilenio/is/How/? How is transmilenio? Transmilenio is long
/your/old/is/mother/How/? How old is your Mi mother is 52 years old
 mother?
/is/your/How/teacher/? How is your teacher? My teacher is happy
/presidential/How/in/the/period/long/Colombia/is? How long is the It is 4 years long
presidential period in
Colombia?
/and/are/Shakira/Sofia Vergara/How? How are Shakira and Shakira and Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara? are pretty

WHY (WAI) (POR QUÉ)

Why se usa mucho en todos los tiempos gramaticales, por ende, es el dolor de cabeza de las
preguntas ya que siempre busca una razón.

Cómo lo vimos con las anteriores wh questions si la pregunta a con el verbo to be la respuesta va
con el verbo to be pero al buscar un motivo podemos responder con verbos.

Ejemplo. Why is Camila thin? Camila is thin because she goes to the gym.

¿Por qué Camila es delgada? Camila es delgada por que ella va al gimnasio.

Siempre que usamos why en la pregunta la respuesta va con because

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

WH QUESTION VERB TO BE COMPLEMENT? ANSWER

Why Is Barranquilla hot? Barranquilla is hot because it is at the sea
level
Why Are James and Falcao They are rich because they are good
rich? soccer players.

PRACTICE 1: Write the question according to the answer

Why is Colombia a beautiful country? Colombia is a beautiful country because it is unique.

Why is Bogota a cold city?
Why is Donald Trump the president?
Why is blue your favorite color?
Why is important an English language?
Why are Brad Pitt and Jhonny Deep
actors?
Bogota is a cold city because it is in the mountains.
Donald Trump is the president because Americans are
crazy.
Blue is my favorite color because it is the color of the sky
English is an important language because it is easy
Brad Pitt and Jhonny Deep are actors because they are
very talented.

PRACTICE 2: Answer the questions.

Why is Colombia’s coffee the best? Colombia´s is coffee the best because it is the
most delicious
Why are empanadas famous? Empanadas are famous because they are
cheap
 Why are Cartagena and Santa Marta hot? They are hot because it is at the sea level
Why is your mother important for you? My mother is important because I love her

LAST WH QUESTIONS PRACTICE:

PRACTICE

A. Fill in the gaps with the correct question word. Choose among where, when, what, who, why,
which, how

1. Where is Canberra?
A: It is in Australia

2 Who are John and Mandy?

A: They are my friends.

3.When is your birthday?

A: It's on May 23rd.

4. What is the Thames?

A: It's a river.

5.How is your mother?

A: She is good

6.Which brand is better, Adidas or Nike?

A: Adidas is better

7. What are London, Washington DC and Paris?

A: They're capital cities.

8. Why are people angry?

A: Because we are against corruption

9. Who are you?

A: I'm your new English teacher.

10. What is your new school?

A. It's in Fairfax, in Maple Road.

11. When are your holidays?

A: They are on October 20th.

12.What are Monday, Wednesday and Friday?

A: They're days of the week.

13.Why is education important?

A: Because it is the key for a country improvement.

14. How long is the concert?

A: It is 3 hours.

15. Which Orchid is Colombia’s national flower?

A: Cattleya is Colombia’s national flower.

16. What is a Mercedes?

A: It's a car.

17. When is the meeting?

A: It’s the 20th

18. What is your favorite school subject?

A: My favorite school subject is Math’s.

19. Who is your favorite teacher?

A: My favorite teacher is Miss Potts.

20. Where is Alabama?

A: It's in America.