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wh question



windflora
Turkey

wh question
 

In this clause;

"Your first job is tidying your room".
 
How can i ask "first" with a wh question???

14 Oct 2010      





adriennesmiles
Australia

What is your first job?
Why is your first job to tidy your room?

Don �t know if there are more?

14 Oct 2010     



franknbea
United Kingdom

which is your first job?
where is your first job?
why don �t you start on your first job?
who do you think is going to do your first job?
 
hope this helps

14 Oct 2010     



ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

"Your first job is tidying your room".

How can i ask "first" with a wh question???

 

�What is the first job you must do?�

�Who is helping you with your first job?�

�Why are you doing this as a first job?�

�Where are you doing your first job?�

�When do you intend doing your first job?�

�How do you intend doing your first job?�

"Which of the jobs is your first job?"

�How soon do you intend doing your first job?�

�What time do you intend taking to do your first job?�

�How long will it take you to do your first job?�

Etc.

Les

14 Oct 2010     



inciska
Turkey

I guess what she asks is something different from what you thought :) As I am also from Turkey, I think I got what she meant. We have got a very common question type for tests here. If a word in a sentence is underlined and we are asked to make up a question for that word, it means the answer must be that word. In this case, we are supposed to ask such a question that the answer will be "first". Is there a "wh" question to elicit this answer? :)

14 Oct 2010     



Aline37
Turkey

What �s your priority?
I am not sure this is what you are looking for but if you can �t use the word first in your question as it should be the answer ....
Not sure it helped but ....
Have a good evening!
Aline

14 Oct 2010     



korodi4
Hungary

Hi
I �m not a native so my answer is just speculation. I know we ask for ordinal numbers with Which ....? in a simple sentence. See an example:
Which is the correct answer? The first one.
But your example is a complex sentence where the first part of the statement -- Your first job is --functions as one lexical unit with the meaning �the most important �. I think the only meaningful question: What priority has tidying your room (in your rank)? or How do you rank tidying your room? Here you can answer: the first one.
Hope, some of our native colleagues will see my solution and confirm or abandon my idea. I think we only can trust them.

14 Oct 2010     



windflora
Turkey

I haven �t got the right answer yet:((

14 Oct 2010