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Wh Word Usage Example

Who (to inquire about person or people) Who opened the door?/ Who is that?
What (to inquire about things) What is this?/What is your name?
When (to inquire about times) When did he leave? /When will you go?
Where (to inquire about locations) Where do you go on your vacation?/Where will you be?
How (to inquire about manner) How did you do that?/ How does this works?
How many (to inquire about number) How many cars are there?/ How many of you like chocolate?

Walt Disney
1. Walt Disney has touched the lives of millions of children and adults. He holds the record
for winning the most Academy Awards (26) and was an innovative film producer and
animator. He created some of the most successful characters, movies and theme parks of
the 20th Century.

Vocabulary:
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Question:
How many Academy Awards have Walt Disney won? _________________
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2. Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago. He developed a great love of drawing as a youngster.
When he was ten, he discovered the world of theatre and cinema and fell in love with it. He
became the cartoonist for his high school newspaper.

Vocabulary:
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Questions:
When was Disney born?_________________________________________________________
Where was Disney born?________________________________________________________
What did he discover when he was 10?__________________________________________
What kind of work did he do for his high school newspaper?______________________

3. Disney wanted more and so he moved to Hollywood. He developed a character based on a pet mouse he once
had. He gave the mouse his own voice and personality. Disney’s wife named him Mickey. By 1930, Mickey
Mouse was the world’s most popular cartoon character and Walt Disney was a famous person.
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Questions:
What was the character he created based on?__________________________________
Who named the mouse character Disney created?______________________________

4. Following on from Mickey’s success, Disney created characters such as Donald

Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. He then produced an animated feature-length version of
Snow White, which was the most successful movie of 1938. Dozens more movies
followed, including Fantasia and Bambi. Disney built up a global entertainment
empire, including his Disneyland theme park. He died of cancer in 1966.

Vocabulary:
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Questions:
What other characters Disney created after Mickey? ____________________________
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What was the most successful movie of 1938?____________________________________

SYNONYM MATCH

Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right.

1. famous a. well-liked
2 innovative b. well-known
3. youngster c. youth
4. set up d. started
5. popular f. Inventive

WALT DISNEY DISCUSSION

1) What do you know about Walt Disney?

2) What did you learn from this text about Walt Disney?
3) What is your favorite Walt Disney movie?
4) What is your favorite Disney cartoon character?