Ask About Photos

  • 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

  • 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

  • 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Ask and Answer Questions

Find a photo you like. Choose a photo of your family or friends or a photo from a magazine. Trade photos with a partner.

Look at your partner’s photo. Decide what questions to ask. Make a chart to record your ideas. Use the four question words as headings.

Question Chart

Who?What?When?Where?
Who is the woman in red?What is in her hand?

Now ask your partner the questions about the photo. Listen to the answers. Then change roles. Remember:

How to Ask and Answer Questions

  • 1. To find out something, ask a question. You can start a question with Am, Is, Are, Who, What, When, or Where.

  • 2. To answer a question, give a Yes or No statement or give information.

Who is the girl?

The girl is my friend Ayaka.

Use Questions and Statements

When you answer a question about your photo, think about what the question word asks. Then form your statement.

    Examples

  • Is this your mother?

    No, that is my aunt.

  • Who is the man?

    He is my uncle.

Where are they? They are in Morocco.

Where are they? They are in Morocco.