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116 Years Old: Life Lessons From the World's Oldest Living Person
Besse Cooper died peacefully earlier this week. At 116 years old, she was the oldest living person in the world. She
was also one of the five oldest Americans in history. Cooper was born in 1896. She married her husband, Luther
Cooper, in 1924. He died half a century ago in 1963, but she never remarried. She has four children, 11
grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. During an interview with the Guinness
Book of World Records, Cooper was asked about the keys to living a long life. She offered two pieces of advice: “I
mind my own business. And I don't eat junk food.” Let's talk about the wisdom in those two simple statements and
how you can use it to live better.
When she was asked what advice she would give to high school graduates, Besse said, “You can do almost anything
you set as a goal in life.”
Adapted from: "116 Years Old: Life Lessons From The World's Oldest Living Person." James Clear. N. p., 2012. Web. 4
Sept. 2018. https://jamesclear.com/116-years-old-lessons-oldest-living-person
Grammar presentation
YES/NO QUESTIONS:
Subject and verb ‘’BE’’ change their position in statement and question.
Sentence: You are from Turkey.
Question: Are you from Turkey?
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Subject and the auxiliary verb change their position in statement and question.
An auxiliary (Do/Does/Did) is added to the question, if the main verb is NOT verb ‘’BE’’.
Sentence: You work in Turkey.
Question: Do you work in Turkey?
The auxiliary takes the tense. The main verb is used in the infinitive form.
Sentence: You worked in Turkey.
Question: Did you work in Turkey?
WH-QUESTIONS
Sentence: You taught in Turkey.
YES/NO Question: Did you teach in Turkey?
An easy way to remember the word order in question is using a formula. This formula is called QUASM:
QU estion word
A uxiliary verb
S ubject
M ain verb
OBJECT QUESTIONS
The formula used above applies for the object or rest questions
Sentence: Shakespeare wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Question: What did Shakespeare write?
SUBJECT QUESTIONS
In subject questions, we only replace the subject with an appropriate question word.
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Question: Who wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Question: Which writer wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream?
VERB QUESTIONS
In (action) verb questions we use the question word WHAT and replace the verb with ‘’do’’ taking its form. Usually
the rest of the sentence is deleted.
When the rest of the sentence contains clause (a purpose, conditional, time clause clause, etc.) you should keep it
in the question.
Sentence: She must write her number correctly, if she wants her requested to be handled in time.
Question: What must she do, if she wants her requested to be handled in time.
Grammar in application
Task 1: Write questions to the underlined words in the following sentences
1. Ceren is reading a book.
What is Ceren reading?
2. Tuba walks to school every day.
Who walks to school every day?
3. The students are sitting in the cafeteria.
Where are the students sitting?
4. She has an exam tomorrow.
When does she have an exam?
5. Eren likes music because it relaxes him.
Why does Eren like music?
6. He shouted at him.
What did he do?
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7. They may go to Bali on Holiday.
Where may they go on Holiday?
8. Daryl asked David to write the report.
Who did Daryl ask to write the report?
9. Faith wrote a letter last week.
What did Fatih write last week?
10. He cooked a meal.
What did he cook?
Task 2: Write the questions to the answers highlighted in the following paragraphs.
Text 1: Most Interesting Animal Facts
1. Giraffes:
1. Giraffes and humans have the same number of bones in their neck.
Who has the same number of bones in their neck?
2. Giraffe age can be calculated from its spots. The darker the spots, the older the giraffe.
How can giraffe age be calculated? From where can giraffe age be calculated?
3. A giraffe’s tongue is so long that it uses it to clean its ears. The color of the tongue is black.
What color is the tongue?
4. They rarely lay down; they even sleep and give birth standing up.
How often do they lay down?
5. Giraffes are the only animals born with horns.
With what are the giraffes born?
2. Sun Bear:
1. The Sun Bear has the longest tongue of all bear species – 8 to 10 inches long.
How long is the Sun Bear’s tongue?
2. Sun bear is also known as “Dog Bear” due to its glossy fur, short snout, and small size.
Why is Sun Bear also known as “Dog Bear”?
3. They bark to scare away predators and to declare territory.
What do they do to scare away predators and to declare territory?
4. A sun bear claws grow throughout its lifetime and the length of its claws can show the age of sun
bears.
What can its claws show?
Adapted from: John David. "Most Interesting Animal Facts." Words I Seek. N. p., 1533. Web. 4 Sept. 2018.
http://www.wordsiseek.com/interesting-cool-animal-facts/
Adapted from: John David. "Interesting Facts About World’S Different Countries." Words I Seek. N. p., 1533. Web. 4
Sept. 2018. http://www.wordsiseek.com/facts-about-worlds-different-countries/
1. How is coffee grown in Hawaii?
2. How much did it cost for the U.S to own Alaska?
How much money did the U.S pay to own Alaska?
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3. Who has more money than the U.S. treasury?
4. When did the U.S. Air Force have 18 pilots and 5 to 12 airplanes?
5. With what have more people been identified?
6. Who has the highest divorce rates in the world?
7. Where do approximately 200 million people in America live?
8. What doesn’t the U.S. have?
Adapted from: "15 Best Inspirational Short Stories That Will Motivate You." Livin3. N. p., 2015. Web. 5 Sept. 2018.
https://www.livin3.com/5-motivational-and-inspiring-short-stories
Indirect Questions
Grammar presentation
Embedded/Indirect questions:
2. Reverse the positions of the verb and subject. Delete does/do/did if used and revert the tense to the
main verb.
Direct question: What did he say?
Indirect question: Can you tell me tell me what he said?
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Indirect question: I wonder what he said.
4. Use WHETHER, WHETHER OR NOT, or IF when the direct question is a YES/NO question.
Direct question: Will he be there?
Indirect question: Do you know if he will be there?
Indirect question: Do you know whether or not he will be there?
Indirect question: Do you know whether he will be there or not?
Grammar in application
Task 1: Write indirect questions using the phrases provided
3. Did Benjamin Franklin write 'Poor Richard's Almanac'? (I can't remember ....)
5. Who did you meet at the party? (I'd like to know ...)
6. How long have you been waiting for me? (I wonder ...)
8. How important is that meeting to the company? (Can you tell me ...)
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Can you tell me how important that meeting to the company is?
12. Should people be allowed to smoke in public places? (I'd like to know ....)
I’d like to know if people should be allowed to smoke in public places.
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