Question phrases

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Question phrases
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When do we use question phrases?
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In Book 1B, we learnt to ask about quantities of
countable nouns with How many, and about
quantities of uncountable nouns with How much.
countable
How many legs does the animal have? How much
water does the animal drink?
uncountable
What kind of noun is water?
What kind of noun is legs?
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We can also ask questions with ? How an
adjective.
How tall is the tree? How big are its leaves?
singular
plural
How do you know if you should write is or are
after the adjective?
? How an adverb.
How quickly can Xishun walk? How well can he
speak English?
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Practice
Complete the conversation using the correct
question phrases.
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May Hi, Joe. I see youre reading your favourite
book again. do
you read it? Joe I read it every day! Look,
this is the worlds biggest mobile
phone. May The person in the picture is smaller
than the phone!
is it? Joe Its two metres long and almost
one metre wide. And look, this man pulled a huge
aeroplane all by himself. May Wow! did
he pull it and did he do it? Joe He
pulled it ninety-one metres. He was really fast
he did it in twenty-eight seconds! Heres
something on Hong Kong the worlds largest rice
dumpling was made in Metro City in 2005.
How often
How big
how quickly
How far
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May was it? Joe 600 kg! And
look, this is the oldest piece of cake in the
world. May It looks gross.
is it? Joe 4,200 years old! May This
really is a great book. have you had it?
Joe About a year. May And was
it? Joe About a hundred dollars. Why dont you
get a copy of Guinness World Records too?
How heavy
How old
How long
how expensive
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The end