1. self-introduction

If the question has ‘first person’ pronoun, it should be changed to ‘second person’ pronoun in the answer.

Example: Question : Am I tired? (I- first person)
Answer : Yes, you are tired. (you – second person)
As the subject is ‘I’, the verb ‘am’ is used in the first sentence.
As the subject is ‘you’, the verb ‘are’ is used in the second sentence.

2. 
   ‘Wh’ Questions and Answers / Statements:
   

Specific / Open - ended questions begin with the interrogatives such as ‘who, what when, where, why, which, whose, whom, how’ etc…

	‘Wh’ Questions	Statements
1	Who is standing there?	1. Ravi is standing there
2	What is your father?	2. My father is a teacher
3	When did you go home?	3. I went home at 4.30 p.m
4	Where is he living?	4. He is living at Allampatti
5	Why are you sad?	5. I am sad because I lost my pen
6	Which is your native place?	6. Sivakasi is my native Place
7	Whose bag is this?	7. This bag is mine.
8	Whom do you want to meet?	8. I want to meet my English madam
9	How old are you?	9. I am nineteen.
10.	How far is your house from here?	10.My house is half-a-kilometre from here.
11	How long were you waiting?	11. I was waiting for one hour.
12	How many brothers do you have?	12. I have two brothers.
13	How much is the cost of 1kg of apples?	13. The cost of 1kg of apples is Rs.200.
14	How much does 1k.g apples cost?	14. 1kg apple costs Rs.200.
15	How tall is your friend?	15. My friend is 6 feet tall.
16	How high is the Eiffel tower?	16. The Eiffel tower is 986 feet.

Model: Complete the following dialogue: (The first one is done for you)

1. 
   Between a tourist and a guide:
   

Tourist: 1. …………………………….?
Guide: Hotel Janakiram is the best hotel in this locality.
Tourist: 2. …………………………..?
Guide: No, the charges are moderate.
Do you need a single bed room or a double one?
Tourist: 3. …………………………………. as I have come alone.
Guide: 4……………………………………………….?
Tourist: Yes, I can pay hundred rupees per day.
5. ………………………………….. ?
Guide: Yes, it is a bath attached room.
Answers: Let’s practice questioning and answering now. Go through the dialogue and understand the idea.

1. 
   For framing question 1: Read the answer of that question. As the answer starts with the name of the place ‘Hotel Janakiram’, use ‘which’ to start the question.
   

Question 1: Which is the best hotel in this locality?

2. 
   The answer for the question 2, starts with ‘No’. So, the second question should start with the auxiliary verb ‘Are’.
   

Question 2: Are the charges very high?

3. 
   The third sentence has answer ‘partly’ i.e. ‘as I have come alone’ already.
   

So, you should guess the remaining part only from the question. As the question starts with auxiliary verb, the answer should start with yes or No.
Answer 3: (Yes) I need a single bed room.
As the question has choice with or’ there is no need to write ‘yes or No’.

4. 
   For the question 4, again start it with auxiliary verb ‘ can’ as the answer has the verb ‘can’ and ‘yes’.