Question Words: Who, What, Where, When, How Old

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For the teacher: Guide learners through the table and let them complete the 12 questions in 12 minutes. Check answers together by having students read each question aloud.

For the learner: Read the table rules and examples first. Next, answer the questions one by one and check your answers.

Question Words with Friends

Word	Rule	Example
Who	Who asks about a person.	"Who is your best friend?"
What / Where	What and Where ask about things and places.	"Where do you meet your friends?"
When	When asks about time.	"When do you play together?"
How old	How old asks about age and goes with is or are.	"How old is your friend?"

1. Choose the correct question. [Hint: (person)]

____ a. Who is that tall boy? ____ b. Where is that tall boy kind? ____ c. What is that tall boy doing a person?

2. Choose the correct question. [Hint: (place)]

____ a. When do you meet after class together? ____ b. Who do you meet after class the park? ____ c. Where do you meet after class?

3. Choose the correct question. [Hint: (age)]

____ a. How many years your two friends? ____ b. How old are your two friends? ____ c. How old do your two friends have?

4. Fill in the question word. [Hint: (thing)]

"___ color are her eyes?"

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5. Fill in the question word. [Hint: (time)]

"___ do you and Sam play together?"

____

6. Fill in the helping verb. [Hint: (action)]

"Where ___ your shy friend live?"

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7. Fill in the verb be. [Hint: (description)]

"Who ___ that funny girl with short hair?"

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8. Rewrite the sentence as a question. [Hint: (age)]

Sentence: "Your kind friend is twelve."

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9. Rewrite the sentence as a question. [Hint: (person)]

Sentence: "Ben is your best friend."

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10. Rewrite the sentence as a question. [Hint: (place)]

Sentence: "You meet your friends at school."

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11. Correct the error in this message. [Hint: (action)]

"Hi Tom! Where are you meet your tall friend after school?"

____ a. Change 'Where' to 'Who'. ____ b. Change 'are' to 'do'. ____ c. Change 'meet' to 'eyes'.

12. Correct the error in this message. [Hint: (time)]

"Hey Anna! Where do we play funny games together? At five o'clock?"

____ a. Change 'Where' to 'When'. ____ b. Change 'play' to 'short'. ____ c. Change 'do' to 'is'.

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