LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

13.6 Question-word questions (2): 'When?', 'Where?', 'Which?', 'Whose?'13.6CStudy:F*1'Whose?' [> LEG 13.39]1 Whose?asks about possession. The possessor is always a person and we expect the answerto be somebody's name + 's (Kate's) or a possessive pronoun (mine).2 When the possession is a thing or a substance, we can omit the noun after Whose:Whose (umbrella/coffee) is this?- It's mine.3 When the 'possession' is a person, we normally use a noun after Whose:Whose son/daughter is he/she?- Kate's. Whose children are they? - The Lakers'.4 We can also phrase questions with Whose in the following way:Whose is this umbrella? (Compare: Whose umbrella is this?)Whose are those children? (Compare: Whose children are they?)Write:Fill in the blanks with Whose?or Who?.1 .W.ttë does this pen belong to? - It's John's.2 pencil is this? - It's Kate's.3 do those books belong to? - They're both mine.4 are those socks on the floor? - They're Karl's.5 book is this? - It's Maria's.6 gloves are these? - They're Suzanne's.7 children are they? - My neighbour's.8 son is he? - He's John and Jean's.9 's at the front door?10 are these children? - They're Mike and Shona's from next door.13.6D ContextWrite:Put in When?, Where?, Which?, Who?or Whose?.WHO DID WHAT AND WHEN?What we believe depends on our view of the world. For example, if weask, ' 1was America discovered?', most of us would think ofChristopher Columbus in 1492. But Chinese children learn that HuiShen, a Buddhist monk, got to America 1000 years earlier thanColumbus. 2 was printing invented by and 3year was it invented? You immediately think of Gutenberg in 1436, butChinese children learn that it was invented by Bi Shen in 1041.4invention is spaghetti? It's the invention of the Italians, youwill say. Wrong again. The Chinese had it before them. 5and 6 was the compass invented? Answer: in China in 200B.C. 7was silk-making invented? Not in Persia, as youmight think, but in China. 8was the first country to put aman into space and 9was he? The Soviet Union, you willsay and the man's name was Yuri Gagarin. But according to theChinese, Wan Hu made an attempt long before Yuri. 10doyou think? - In A.D. 1500! He sat in a chair attached to 47 rockets,holding a giant kite which would help him return to earth. He never cameback!He never came back!199