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Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didn't want to go out in the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcom and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the living room, sat on the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they already watched the movie last year and they didn't want to watch it again "Now what?" asked Mr. Rojas. "Let's play cards!" answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr. and Mrs. Rojas started to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out to drive in." said Mr. Rojas. "You're right," said Mrs. Rojas, "but I'm bored. Let's play some music and dance." the window. The rain changed to snow and the trees were covered in beautiful white snowflakes. s "I'm happy we stayed home tonight. It looks beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous Mr. Rojas was surprised. "Dance? But really don't...." "Oh come on!" Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic CD and they both started to dance. They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the music stopped and the lights went out. Mrs. Rojas laughed. "We're just not very lucky tonight, are we?" she said. Mr. Rojas said, "Of course we're lucky! We are together!" He kissed her and continued to dance with her, in the dark and without music. a) Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay home last night?
b) What did Mrs. Rojas make?
c) What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when it started to snow?
d) Why was Mr. Rojas happy they stayed home? e) What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when the lights went out?

Respostas

respondido por: MadalenaBR

The complete answers using ''wh-questions'' are:

a) Because it was cold and rainy and they didn't want to go out in the bad weather.

b) Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea.

c) They were playing some music and dancing.

d) Because the weather was dangerous.

e) When the lights went out they were dancing.

Wh- questions

Em inglês, há perguntas que só podem ser respondidas com ''yes'' ou ''no''. São perguntas simples, que podem usar o verbo ''to be'' , os auxiliares ''do'' - ''does'' - ''did'' - ''will'', entre outros.

Exemplos:

a. Are you a dancer? >> Yes, I am.

b. Is Bob an actor? >> No, he isn't.

c. Does Helen study English? >> Yes, she does.

d. Did you go to school last Tuesday? >> No, I didn't.

e. Will John travel to Paris? >> Yes, he will.

Mas há outras perguntas que não aceitam ser respondidas com ''yes'' nem ''no''. Para essas perguntas, usamos palavras que começam com ''wh-'', as question words e que sempre vão pedir uma resposta completa.

Todas as perguntas da tarefa foram feitas usando ''Wh-'', ou seja, exigem uma resposta completa, e não apenas ''yes'' ou ''no''.

As wh- questions mais usadas são:

What - What are you doing?

Who - Who is that man?

When - When are you going to move?

Why - Why is Hellen sad?

Whose- Whose car is this?

Where- Where did you leave the keys?

How* - How are you?

* Observação: Apesar de ''how'' não começar com ''wh-'' também é considerado uma ''question word''. Veja abaixo alguns exemplos usando ''how''

How much does it cost? - Quanto custa?

How many books did you buy last month?