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Which question word to use?
We use who to ask questions about people:
Who is that?
Who lives here?
Who did you see?
We use whose to ask about possession:
Whose coat is this? [or] Whose is this coat?
Whose book is that? [or] Whose is that book?
Whose bags are those? [or] Whose are those bags?
We use what to ask questions about things:
What is that?
What do you want?
We use which to ask someone to choose something:
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
I’ve got two books. Which do you want?
We can also use what and which with nouns:
What subjects did you study at school?
What newspaper do you read?
Which newspaper do you read – the Times or the Guardian?
Which book do you want?
Which one is yours?
Questions with prepositions:
Questions ending in prepositions are very common in English. After Who, Which or What we often have a preposition at the end of the sentence:
Who does this book belong to?
What are you looking for?
Which university did you go to?
What country do you come from?
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Hello!
I have a question.
I want to know the different between 'I have got' and 'I have' because in my language 'I have got' would sound like ' I have to have ' two time the verb 'to have'?.
When should i use 'I have' and ' I have got'?.
For example in the phase 'I’ve got two books' it's same that 'I have two books'?
And in the questions is it same 'Do you have two books' and 'Have you got two books?'
Thanks!
team
Hello Gerpad!
The main difference is that have got is used in British English but is not usually used by Americans - although we both use just have. Other than that, have got is mostly identical to have, so all your sentences are correct. If you type have got into our online dictionary, you'll see that almost all the definitions are have (got) to show that both are OK.
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
hello ! sorry to bother you ! i have a question , i think it's not difficult but i need to understand exactly more :
if somebody ask me : " Don't you love me ? " ( go anywhere ) , so then how i should reply if i agree :
A :no, i don't ! i really love you (use "no")
B: yes , i do ! i love you (use "yes ")
and if simply is that :
C: no , i don't
D: yes ,i don't
or E : yes ! i don't love you
F : no ! i love you
i think i can answer in a simple way is :.yes, i do ! but sometimes if i want to use one of the ways above , then are they true or wrong ?? which ones are wrong ? please give me details or something to use clearly . thanks a lot .
regards !
team
Hello again louder!
You are correct - B is the best answer. If you love the person, then C, D, and E are all wrong. The second part of F is correct, but we wouldn't say No.
For these negative questions, say yes if you want to agree with the main verb, and no if you want to disagree - exactly like a normal question!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
I have a doubt, hope, it will be clarified here.
You have used if clause in your above reply to Louder...
The sentence goes this way, 'if you love the person, THEN .....'
My difficulty is with the use of THEN in if clauses.
I have referred to numerous grammar books most of them being published by Oxford Press, including the latest English Grammar book that takes into account the contemporary use of the language from the same press, I have never come across this use of adding THEN in if clause.
Suppose an ex: If you keep walking, (THEN) you will reach the office in 10 minutes.
The typical grammar should be,...without the THEN.
Can you help me understand this pattern please?
Thanking you
Ravi S
team
Hello Ravi!
Here, I'm using then to show a logical relationship - that is If this is true, then these other things must be true - or must not be true in the example I gave! This is a less common use of an if clause, but still grammatically fine. It is more common in formal scientific or mathematical argument, and when we speak the then is often dropped, even if we are making a logical argument.
The example you give is predictive, saying something about the future. Here, as you say, we do not usually use then.
Regards,
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
britishcouncil it 's a great website and you got an excellent way to teaching...and somone could tell me why the exercises can't be displayed on ipad...i got an ipad and i want practicing on it but i haven't could..
team
Hello,
The reason is that iPads don't have a technology called Flash. Almost all of our games and activities use Flash and so the exercises don't appear on iPads. We are working on finding a solution to this, so don't give up!
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
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