WH QUESTIONS AND Possessive Adjetives

WH Questions and Possessive Adjective

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WH QUESTIONS

THEY ARE QUESTIONS THAT IN GENERAL BEGIN WITH WH (EXCEPT HOW)

WHEN THE MAIN VERB OF THE QUESTION IS THE VERB TO BE, THE STRUCTURE IS:

STRUCTURE OF A QUESTION WITH VERB TO BE

WH QUESTION

TO BE

COMPLEMENT

SUBJECT

for example

WH QUESTION

TO BE

SUBJECT

IS

DANIELA

WHERE

TODAY

QUESTION MARK

COMPLEMENT

WHEN THE MAIN VERB OF THE QUESTION IS NOT THE VERB TO BE IT'S NECESSARY TO USE THE AUXILIAR VERB , THE STRUCTURE IS:

STRUCTURE OF A QUESTION WITHOUT VERB TO BE

WH QUESTION

COMPLEMENT

VERB

SUBJECT

DO

for example

WH QUESTION

AUXILIAR VERB

SUBJECT

DO

WHAT

YOU

TO EAT

WANT

QUESTION MARK

VERB

COMPLEMENT

THE WH QUESTIONS ARE:

QUÉ

WHAT

CUÁL

What are you doing?

¿Qué

estas haciendo?

WHEN

CUÁNDO

When is the trip?

¿Cuándo es el viaje?

WHERE

DÓNDE

Where is my jacket?

¿Donde esta mi chaqueta?

WHICH

CUÁL

we use which when there is a very limited number of possible answers.

which is your pencil? green or red?

¿Cuál es tu lapiz? ¿El verde o el rojo?

WHO

QUIÉN

Who is your sister?

¿Quién es tu hermana?

WHOM

A QUIÉN

whom do I call for the party?

¿A quién llamo para la fiesta?

WHOSE

DE QUIÉN

¿De quién es esta pelota?

whose ball is this?

the structure changes, now the object is between the wh question and the verb to be

WHY

POR QUÉ

WHY ARE YOU ON THE STREET?

¿Por qué estas en la calle?

to answer this WH question we use: Because

because I was in the store

HOW

CÓMO

It is the only one that doesn't start with Wh

HOW ARE YOU?

¿Cómo estas?

POSSESSIVE ADJETIVES

They are words that modify a noun to show a form of possession or ownership to a specific person, animal or thing.

STRUCTURE OF A SENTENCE WITH POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE

POSSESSIVE ADJETIVE

NOUN

Our House

My Cat

Each personal pronoun has a possessive adjective

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

MY

to indicate that I am the owner of something

FOR EXAMPLE

I WASH MY HANDS

This is my piano

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

They are my parents

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

YOU

YOUR

to indicate that you are the owner of something

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

can i borrow your pencil?

This is your toy

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

HE

HIS

to indicate that he is the owner of something

is used for the gender man

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

HE RIDES HIS BICYCLE

This is HIS TIE

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

SHE

HER

to indicate that she is the owner of something

is used for the gender woman

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

HE IS HER BOYFRIEND

ThESE ARE HER RINGS

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

IT

ITS

to indicate that an animal, thing or place is the owner of something

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

THE PARK HAS ITS TREES

its name is zeus

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

WE

OUR

to indicate that we are the owner of something

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

THE EARTH IS OUR HOME

OUR DOG IS PLAYFUL

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

YOU

YOUR

to indicate that you are the owner of something

in this case it is plural

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

I LIKE YOUR VOICES

your COMPUTERS ARE GOOD

NOUN

Possessive Adjective

Personal Pronoun

THEY

THEIR

to indicate that they are the owner of something

FOR EXAMPLE

POSSESIVE ADJETIVE

THEY HAVE THEIR DOGS

EMILY AND LUIS ARE EATING THEIR FOOD

NOUN

Thanks!