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PART 0 WHAT TO BE
1. Whats the date (today)?
2. Whats the weather like in your city?
3. Whats this called in English ?
4. Whats your favorite color?
5. Whats your favorite season?
6. Whats your friend wearing today?
7. Whats your house or apartment like?
8. Whats your teacher like?
9. Whats your telephone number?
10.What are some old traditions that have changed in Turkey?
11.What is the function of a family?

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PART 1 WHAT SIMPLE PRESENT - JOB

A: What does a skater do?
B: He/She skates.
What does a singer do?
What does a climber do?
What does an actor do?
What does a smoker do?
What does a runner do?
What does a driver do?
What does a cook do?
What does a swimmer do?
What does a diver do?
What does a conductor do?
PART 2 WHAT SIMPLE PRESENT ANIMAL/THINGS
A: What does a dog do?
B: It barks.
What does a bird do?
What does a baby do?
What does a fish do?
What does a knife do?
What does a thief do?
PART 3 WHAT GENERAL
What do you write your homework with?
What do you have for breakfast?
What do you carry your books in?

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PART 4 - WHAT TIME

What time do you get up?
What time do you have breakfast?
What time do you leave for school?
What time do you arrive at school ?
What time do you stop for coffee ?

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What does a lecturer do?

What does a bather do?
What does a gardener do?
What does a typist do?
What does a writer do?
What does a worker do?
What does a painter do?
What does a traveller do?
What does a builder do?
What does a cyclist do?

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What does a student do?

What does a bell do?
What does the sun do?
What does a fire do?
What does the wind do?

4. What do you bring to school with you?

5. What do you clean your teeth with?

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What time do you eat lunch?

What time do you have tea?
What time do you begin your homework?
What time do you have dinner?
What time do you go to bed?

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What kind of shopping do you usually do? (do online shopping, use credit card, shop at the mall)
What kind of (brand) jeans do you like?
What kind of clothes do people wear at weddings?
What kind of food do you like?
What kind of movies do you dislike? Why?
What kind of movies do you like?
What kind of music do you listen to to cheer you up?
What kind of music do you usually listen to?
What kind of music do your parents listen to?
What kind of music you like the most?
What kind of people do you like to meet?
What kind of people do you like?
What kind of people do you not like?
What kind of songs do you like to sing?
What kind of TV programs do you usually watch?
What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?
What kind of volunteer work have you done?
What kind of woman/man would you like to marry?
What kind of work do you do?
What kind of work do you want to do in the future?
What kinds of information can you get from the newspaper?
What kinds of music do people listen to in your country?
What kinds of music do you dislike?
What kinds of music dont you like?
What kind of books do you read?
What kind of records do you buy?
What kinds of things can you buy at www.supermall.com?

PART 5 WHAT NOUN.

1. What bus do you get to school?
2. What changes would you like to make to your home?
3. What colour shoes do you wear for school?
4. What countries have you visited?
5. What countries would you like to visit? Why?
6. What countries would you most like to visit?
7. What countries would you not like to visit? Why?
8. What country are you from?
9. What culture do you think is the most polite? Explain.
10. What factors may result in the breakdown of a good friendship?
11. What game do you play?
12. What hobbies do you have?
13. What languages do you speak?
14. What movie star would you most like to meet?
15. What new sports would you like to try?
16. What problems does the Internet create? What problems does it solve?
17. What qualities do you think are important in a friend?
18. What singer would you most like to meet?
19. What sort of restaurant do you go to ?
20. What sport do you think is the most dangerous?
21. What sport do you think is the most expensive?
22. What sports did you do in junior high school? How about high school? How about now?

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What sports do you follow? What sports do you watch?

What sports do you hate to watch?
What sports do you like to play?
What sports do you like to watch live?
What sports do you like to watch on TV?
What sports do you like to watch?
What sports do you think are the best?
What things should friends never do?
What TV commercials do you like? Which ones do you hate?
What two things could you not do when you were a child, but you can do now?

TOPICS
CITY
What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?
What are some of the advantages of living in a city?
What are some of the disadvantages of living in a city?
What aspects of life in the city would you complain about?
What city do you live in?
What part of this city do you like the best?
What size city is best to live in? Why?
What's your favorite city? Why?
ACCIDENTS AT HOME
1. What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less dangerous?
2. What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be made less dangerous?
3. What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?
4. What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents?
5. What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents?
6. What can be done to prevent yard accidents?
AIRPLANES
1. What are some movies you remember seeing on the plane?
2. What are the advantages of traveling by airplane? What are the disadvantages?
3. What are three things you're supposed to do before the flight takes off?
4. What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?
5. What do you do when you experience turbulence?
6. What do you like to do during the flight? Does the plane provide anything to do to pass the time?
7. What is a charter flight?
8. What is a group rate?
9. What questions do they ask you when going through immigration and customs at the airport?
10. What questions do they ask you when you check-in at the airport?
11. What seat do you prefer: window, center or aisle?
12. What should be done with obese people who practically take up two seats?
13. What things can you see in an airport?
14. What was the longest flight you have ever taken?
CLASSROOMS
15. What are five things you don't like about your classroom?
16. What are five things you like about your classroom?
17. What are five things you would like to change in your classroom?
18. What do you like about your classroom?
19. What is the ideal seating plan or arrangement in a classroom?
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Objectives: * Practice changing sentences to questions. Use WHAT question words.
Example: She studies chemistry at the university.
(What) What does she study?
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The house is red. (what color) ?

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2. I get up at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesdays. (what time) ?
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3. She studies English and French. (what) ?
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4. He is working right now. (what) ?
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5. They study grammar every day. (what) ?
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6. My sister usually listens to jazz. (what) ?
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7. The milkman comes at 7.30. (What time)
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8. My brother runs every morning. (What)
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9. He buys a newspaper every day. (What)
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10. He doesn't like chocolate. (What)
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11. He doesn't drink coffee in the morning. (What)
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WH QUESTIONS Answer / Question

Ask questions.
Example:

Writing poems.
What do you like doing in your free time?

1. What are you doing at the weekend?

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2. What are you responsible for?
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3. What can't a student do on schooldays?
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4. What can't you afford to buy? Why? (too)
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5. What can't you do without a dictionary?
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6. What caused you to get excited a few minutes ago?
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7. What caused you to go back home? (gerund)
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8. What causes a student to fail an exam?

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9. What causes the traffic accidents in the world most? (gerund)
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10. What couldn't you do when you were five years old?
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11. What did they buy for the party? (passive)
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12. What did you have for dinner last night?
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13. What did you use to do when you were five years old?
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14. What did your father give you this money for? (infinitive of purpose)
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15. What do they make a carpet from? (wool)
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16. What do you hate doing on Saturdays?
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17. What do you need to make a cake?
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18. What do you think how your parents felt when they got married?
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19. What do you think is the best hobby for a housewife?
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20. What do you want your parents let you do? (in passive)
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21. What does the board in the classroom need?
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22. What does your best friend look like?
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23. What does your mother stir the soup with while cooking?(ladle)
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24. What does your teacher say to you before he starts the lesson?
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25. What excites you? (gerund)
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26. What happened to your sister? ( in passive)
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27. What have you been doing at this school for a long time?

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28. What haven't you done for a long time?
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29. What if the police didn't come on time?
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30. What if you forgot the address you want to write on the envelope?
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31. What if you learn English well?
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32. What if you were alone on an island?
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33. What is a cat's biggest pleasure?
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34. What is a dentist's? (relative)
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35. What is a fork? (relative)
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36. What is a hijacker? (relative)
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37. What is a lift used for? (in active)
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38. What is a waiter? (relative)
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39. What is an aquarium? (relative)
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40. What is an orchard? (relative)
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41. What is difficult for your grandfather to do?
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