Palabras interrogativas. Preposiciones y adverbios de lugar. Verbos "to be" y "to have". Términos referenciales.

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What do you know about...

Questions?

What are questions? Questions are used to get information from someone. Questions are different from statements in two ways. A statement is used to give information, questions are used to get information. The grammar of a question is different, and voice inflection is different.(Inflection is how you say the words in a sentence.)

What are question words?

Question words are what we put at the start of the sentence so that the person we are speaking to knows what kind of information we want.
For example:
We are going to make some more questions about the IT meeting.

What is asking for information about a thing.
Question:What is happening on Saturday night?
Answer: An IT meeting..

Which is asking for information about one of many.
Question:Which Saturday is the IT meeting on?
Answer: The Saturday at the end of next week.

Who is asking for a person or many people.
Question:Who will be at the meeting?
Answer All of the IT students at Manuel Belgrano.

Why is asking for a reason.
Question:Why is there a meeting?
Answer: Because an expert is presenting a new software.

Where is asking for a place.
Question:Where is the meeting?
Answer: At Manuel Belgrano school.

When is asking for a time.
Question:When is the meeting?
Answer: At nine o'clock in the evening.

How is asking for a method.
Question:How do I get to the meeting?
Answer: I will take you in my car.

Prepositions

Use the prepositions in the box to fill in the blanks:

with since at through about on under

by for of from to without in

* This article refers ................multimedia.

* The use ...................several different media.

* .................the Arts you can talk about a multimedia artist.

* The user can go ....................a series of presentations.

* You can access information .......................a non-linear fashion.

* You can do this exercise ................effort. It is easy.

* You should go ................Section A ................... Section F.

* The doctors can get trained .................. experts in Information Technology.

* You can solve the problem easily ................this tool.

* This text is ..................a very important topic.

* This experiment must be done ...................... strict supervision of experts.

* ...................the beginning of this class we have been working with multimedia.

Verbs: "be" - "have got"

Use the appropriate verb in the blanks:

a. We ..........................a new multimedia kit in our lab.

b. That ........................ the new version of Interactive Multimedia.

c. Those techniques ................... quite new.

d. I .................. not an expert in this field.

e. The new molecular model ....................... very interesting features.

Words that refer to something in the text

Give a Spanish version of the following sentences:

a. Multimedia can be used for modelling and simulation. These are two research techniques.

b. Multimedia games, which are software programs are a popular passtime.

c. The method that we are using in the lab is not quite new.

d. This is Computer Aided Design. It lets an engineer view his product from various perspectives.

e. Those are the CD-ROMs where all the relevant information was loaded.

f. Those are the IT experts who were in charge of the Powerpoint presentation last week.