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Wh- questions are questions that start with words such as who, what, where, when, etc. To
form wh- questions, we put the auxiliary verb before the subject.

Question word + auxiliary verb + subject

ñ people: who/whose ñ manner: how

“Who is your favourite actor?” “Brad Pitt.” “How do you go to work?” “By car.”
“Whose is that cat?” “It’s Peggy’s.”
Note:
ñ objects: what/which ñ how + sentence in the interrogative
“What is that?” “It’s a bear.” “How are you?” “Fine, thanks.”
“Which hat do you like?” “The pink one.” ñ how + adjective/adverb + sentence
ñ places: where in the interrogative
“Where do they live?” “In Barcelona.” “How fast is your dad’s car?”
“It’s very fast.”
ñ time: when/what time/how often/how long
“When do you eat breakfast?” “At 8 o’clock.” ñ reason: why
“What time does Pete go to work?” “Why are lionfish dangerous?”
“At 9 o’clock.” “Because they’re poisonous.”
“How often do you go to the park?”
“Every weekend.” ñ age: how old
“How long do parrots live?” “How old is Steve?” “Fourteen.”
“Thirty to fifty years.” ñ distance: how far
ñ size: how long/how tall “How far is the animal farm?”
“How long is a giraffe’s neck?” “About 15 minutes’ drive.”
“About 1.8 metres long.”
“How tall is your sister?” “She’s 1.75m.” What’s this? It’s a fox.
How many years does
ñ quantities/numbers: how much/how many
it live? Up to 10 years.
“How much do male bald eagles weigh?”
How long is its tail?
“They weigh between 2.5 and 7 kilos.”
About 40cm.
“How many pencils have you got?” “Five.”

Fill in the gaps with one of the question words from the list, as in the example.
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ñ which ñ where ñ when ñ how ñ whose ñ why ñ who ñ what

1 A: Which is your pet? 5 A: ..........…… are those dogs?

B: That beautiful parrot, over there. B: They’re Fred’s.
2 A: ..........…… many legs has a tiger got? 6 A: ..........…… are the horses?
B: It’s got four legs. B: They’re on a farm.
3 A: ..........…… can birds fly? 7 A: ..........…… is the Elephant Festival?
B: Because they’ve got wings. B: In November.
4 A: ..........…… colour is a zebra? 8 A: ..........…… is that woman?
B: Black and white. B: She’s the vet. She looks after sick
animals.
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First fill in the gaps in the questions Put the words in the correct order to
2 with how often, how fast, how many, how
4 form questions, as in the example.
old, how tall, how much, how long, how
1 parrotfish/where/live/do ?
wide. Then match the questions to the
Where do parrotfish live?
correct answers.
2 live/does/how/iguana/many/an/years?
1 How old are the kittens? ..................................................................
2 ................... does the Elephant Festival last? 3 a/neck/long/giraffe’s/is/how?
3 ................... can a tiger run? ..................................................................
4 ................... does an iguana weigh? 4 does/weigh/how/a/much/tiger?
5 ................... is the Cat Festival in Ypres, ..................................................................
Belgium? 5 fast/bald/fly/can/how/a/eagle?
6 ................... hearts does an octopus have? ..................................................................
7 ................... is the Amazon River? 6 wolves/live/how/long/do?
8 ................... can a giraffe be? ..................................................................
7 usually/goats/do/eat/what?
a Up to 7 kg. e About 5 metres. ..................................................................
b Every 3 years. f Up to 35 mph. 8 legs/kangaroo/how/does/many/a/have?
c 11-40 Km. g 2 days. ..................................................................
d 1 Only 3 weeks h Three.
Look at the answers and fill in the
old. 5 questions.

A: 1) What is this animal?

Fill in the gaps
3 with the correct
B:
A:
It’s a monkey.
2) .......................................................?
question word, B: It lives in the wild.
as in the A: 3) .......................................................?
example. B: It usually eats fruit, insects and other
things.
A: 1) How many pets have you got? A: 4) .......................................................?
B: Only one. It’s a parrot. B: It weighs between
20 and 30 kg.
A: 2) .............................. does it look like?
A: 5) ..........................
B: It’s very beautiful. It’s red with blue
............................ ?
and yellow wings.
B: It’s about 70cm tall.
A: 3) ................................................. is it?
A: 6) ..........................
B: It’s 8 years old.
............................ ?
A: 4) ................................. does it weigh? B: It lives for about 20
B: About 2 kg. years.
A: Wow, 5) ............................. does it eat?
B: Every day.

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Read the text, then, in pairs, ask and answer questions to which the words in bold are
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African elephants live in the wild, in Africa. They can be

4.5m tall and weigh more than 5,000 kg. Their ears are
very big and can be 1.5m long. African elephants use
their long trunk like a hand to help them eat and drink.
They eat up to 136 kg of food every day! They eat
leaves, fruit, berries and grass. Elephants never eat
meat. Female African elephants and their babies live
in groups, but the males usually live alone. African
elephants can live for 70 years.

A: Where do African elephants live?

B: In the wild, in Africa. How ...?

Speaking
Use the prompts to ask and answer questions about these four birds.
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Hawk Pelican Swan Snow Owl

live? about 21 years about 10-25 years up to 20 years about 9 years
tall? about 55 cm about 1.8m about 1.5m about 60 cm
weigh? about 1 kg about 13 kg up to 10.5 kg up to 3 kg
colour? brown white white white
eat? meat fish plants and fish meat

A: How long do hawks live?

B: For about 21 years. How tall are pelicans?
A: They are about 1.8 metres tall. etc

Writing
Use the information above to write a short description about one of these animals.
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Hawks live for about 21 years. They are about 55 cm tall. They ...

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