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WORKSHEET: QUESTION WORDS.

Name:__________________________________________Grade_____________ 

OBJETIVOS ESPERADOS: Escribir, siguiendo la ortografía y redacción de un modelo de

textos muy simples y muy breves. Comprensión de “question words” usando verbos de

uso diario en sus tres formas; afirmativa e interrogativa.

BEFORE READING:

Find the meaning of the following words:

Take place:

Carry:

Ox:

Begin:

Help:

Ago:

Want:

Ask:

Neighbor:

Get together:

Answer the question in SPANISH:

- ¿Sabes lo que es una minga ?

- _______________________________________________________ 

- ¿Has estado alguna vez en una minga?

- _______________________________________________________ 

- ¿Dónde se celebra las mingas?

- _______________________________________________________ 

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“THE MINGA”

The Minga is a celebration that takes place in the south of Chile, especially in theChiloe Island. In the Minga People join to help other people to move the houses,

using oxes. They carry the house many kilometers from one place to another.

This celebration began many years ago when the Inca Empire arrived in the south.

The Minga starts when a person wants to move out, then this person asks for help

to move the house. All people go to help to their neighbors. After they move the

house, people dance, eat and drink to celebrate.

Today, the Minga is celebrated in many parts of Chile, people get together to

help…

1. Answer the following questions from the text:

a) What animals do people use to carry the houses?

_______________________________________ 

b) When did the Minga start?

_______________________________________ 

c) What do people do after the minga?

_______________________________________ 

d) Where is the minga celebrated, today?

 _______________________________________ 

LANGUAGE FOCUS: QUESTIONS WORDS

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question words). We

often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH: for example:

who, where, when, why.

Where: it is used to refer to a _________________ (lugar)

Eg: where are you from? : ¿de donde eres?

Calama is where I live: Calama es donde yo vivo

When: it is used to refer to __________________ (tiempo)

Eg: when is the mother’s day in Chile?: ¿cuando es el dia de la madre en chile?

I liked the milk when I was a child: me gustaba la leche cuando era niño

What: it is used to refer to __________,__________or _____________ (cosas,

eventos, actividades)

Eg: what do study now? : ¿que estudias ahora?

  What celebration is there in Calama?: que celebraciòn hay en Calama?

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EXERCISES

1.- Relate the words from Column 1 with the column 2:

1 2

What =________ September 18th, 2001

Where =_________ Break dance

when = _________ City

what = _________ in San Antonio

2.- Complete the question according to the answer:

1. - _____________ sport do you like to practice after school?

- I like to practice golf 

2. - _____________ does your mom live?

- she lives in Italy

3. - _____________ kind of music do listen?

- I listen Punk music

4. - _____________ is your birthday?

- it is on January 24th.

3.- Match the meaning of the following words in Spanish with the English

meaning:

Where: _________ que

When: _________ donde

What: _________ cuando

4.- Give the pronouns and their pronunciation:

Pronoun pronunciation meaning (Spanish)

Eg: I ( ai ) yo

_________ __________ __________ 

_________ __________ __________ 

_________ __________ __________ 

_________ __________ __________ 

_________ __________ __________ 

_________ __________ __________ 

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