Prepositions in Wh-questions
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She can't hear very well, and she sometimes gets confused. Complete her questions.
Exercise 4. Harriet is visiting her grandmother, Mrs Evans. It's Mrs Evans's birthday.
| Harriet | Mrs Evans |
| 1. So ten people have sent cards. | Pardon? How many people have sent cards? |
| 2. I met David's friend yesterday. | What? Whose____________________________? |
| 3. You can keep these photos. | Photos? Which ___________________________? |
| 4. Those flowers look lovely. | Do they? Which __________________________? |
| 5. Fifty pounds went missing. | Missing? How much_______________________? |
| 6. I passed Mark's house earlier. | Pardon? Whose___________________________? |
| 7. The doctor has four children. | Really? How many _______________________? |
1. Who are youwaitingfor? – Rachel.
What's Nick laughingat? – Oh, one of Tom's jokes.
Where are you from?/Where do you comefrom? – Bombay.
2.What… for?/Why? (Äëÿ ÷åãî?/Çà÷åì?)
What did you buy this computer magazinefor? – To read about business software.
What are these bricks for? – We are going to build a wall.
Why are they digging up the road?
3. What … like? What was the party like? What's the place like where you live?
What does your friend look like? –She's very tall and blond.
4. How …? (asking about someone's well-being)
How are you? How are you getting on in your new job? How are you getting on at school/college?
Exercise 5. Put in the question. Use What? and put the preposition in brackets at the end.
1. Tom is smiling. He's pleased. (about)
- Yes, he is. What is he pleased about?
2. I am busy today. I'm getting ready. (for)
- ____________________________________
3. I've done something awful. I'm ashamed. (of)
- ____________________________________
4. Haven't you heard of Kitty Beamish? She's famous. (for)
- No, I haven't .__________________________
5. Mark is annoyed. He's going to complain. (about)
- ____________________________________
6. Emma's in a hurry. She's going to be late. (for)
- ____________________________________
- I don't feel very relaxed. I feel nervous.
- ____________________________________
Exercise 6. Trevor has just come home from work. Complete the conversation. Put in for, how, like, what.
- Hello, my love. ______ are you?
- Hello. I'm all right, but I'm in a bit of a rush getting ready for the barbecue.
- Er, I forgot to tell you that I invited two more people.
- ________________ are you telling me now? ___________? I've bought all the food. I just hope there's enough. Anyway, who are these people? ___________ are they? _________?
- They're friends of Harriet's. They're very nice people. And after all, _____________ are parties _______? To meet new people.
- It isn't a party. It's a barbecue. __________'s the weather going to be ________?
- The forecast said it's going to be perfect. Warm and dry.
- Good. And _______________ was your day?
- Oh, not too bad. Busy as usual.
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