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             L i s t e n i n g  5  Listen o three conversations.  Write he obs  y o u hear for each  person
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                           1   Ahmed:                               Rob:
                           2   Tariq:                               Pierre:
                           3   Jacek:                               Kim:
                           4   Luis:                            8   Antonio:
             L a n g u a g e

       Wh-  q u e s t i o n s
       Wh- questions begin  with  a uestion  w o r d  (e.g.  What,  Where,  How).
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        We use  what  when  we  want  to know about  something.  What's  your  name?
                                                       What  do  you  do?
        We use  where  to ask  about  places.          Where  do you  work?
        We use  h o w  to ask about the way  to do  something.  How  do you spell  that?

       Questions  w i t h  b e
        We reverse the order  of the verb be  to form  a  question.  He  is on site  today.  • Is he  on site  today?


                       6   Read he three conversations  in udio  script 5 n page  72  and nderline he
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                           questions n he conversations.
                       7   Complete  these  sentences  with  What,  Where  or  How.
                                   -  do  y o u live?                     time is it?
                                   _  do  y o u do?                       old  are you?
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                                   _ are you?                            . is he site?
                                   _'s  your  address?                   . are  y o u  from?
                       8   Put he  words n 1-6 n he orrect  order  to make questions.  Then  match he
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                           questions  to answers  a-f.
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                           1  •  what  / he / o / does / ?
                           2   n c a n / y o u / h e l p / I / ?
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                           3  O  how / spell  / o u / hat  / do / ?
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                           4  Q  where  / w o r k  / o u / o / ?
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                           5  O  what  / o u / o / o / ?
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                           6  Q  are / he / manager  / site  / o u / ?
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                           a)  He's a crane  operator.
                           b)  I'm a plumber.
                           c)  On a uilding  site.
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                           d)  C-H-E-S-T-E-R-T-O-N-S.
                           e)  I'm ooking for  Kim.
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                           0  Yes, I  am.
              Speaking  9  Work n pairs. Take urns o ask and answer  questions  about he people  in 5.
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                           What does  Kim do?
                                                        She's a site  manager.
                           What  about  Tariq?
                                                        Tariq  is a
                           OK. Your  turn.
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