- •Oxford Practice Grammar
- •1 What kind of word? (b)
- •2 What kind of word? (b)
- •3 Words in sentences (c)
- •1 Subject Verb
- •1 Parts of the sentence (a)
- •2 Sentence structure (a)
- •3 Word order (a)
- •4 Adverbials (b)
- •Indirect object or to? (a)
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Form (b)
- •2 Forms (b-c)
- •3 Forms (b-c)
- •1 Present continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •2 Present continuous or simple? (a-c)
- •3 Always (d)
- •I like/I'm liking etc
- •1 States and actions (a)
- •3 The verb be (b)
- •1 Positive forms (b)
- •2 Positive forms (b)
- •3 Negatives and questions (c)
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Form (b)
- •1 Past continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •2 Past continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •3 Past continuous or simple? (a-c)
- •B Form
- •C Irregular forms
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Irregular forms (c)
- •3 Review (a-d)
- •1 Just (a)
- •2 Just, already and yet (a)
- •3 For and since (b)
- •4 For and since (b)
- •B Ever and never
- •C First time, second time, etc
- •1 Gone to or been to? (a)
- •6 I've done it. I did it yesterday.
- •2 I've done it. I did it yesterday. (b)
- •3 Structures with for, since and last (c)
- •It hasn't rained today.
- •1 I've been or I was? (a)
- •4 Present perfect or past simple? (Units 14 and 15)
- •23 Will and shall
- •24 Be going to
- •27 When I get there, before you leave, etc
- •28 Will be doing
- •29 Will have done and was going to
- •1 Will have done (a)
- •2 Will have done (a)
- •3 Was going to (b)
- •4 Was going to (b)
- •39 Who, what or which?
- •1 What or which? (a)
- •2 What or which? (a)
- •3 Who, what or which? (b)
- •43 So/Neither do I and I think so
- •3 I think so, etc (b)
- •49 Should, ought to, had better and be supposed to
- •52 Will, would, shall and should
- •53 It may/could/must have been, etc
- •1 I was given ... (a)
- •2 It is said that... (b)
- •3 He is said to... (c)
- •58 Have something done
- •1 Have something done (a-b)
- •2 Have something done (a-b)
- •3 Get something done (c)
- •59 To be done and being done
- •63 Like, start, etc
- •64 Remember, regret, try, etc
- •1 It is easy to drive the car (b)
- •2 The car is easy to drive (c)
- •3 Certain, sure and likely (d)
- •71 Afraid to do or afraid of doing?
- •1 Afraid (a)
- •2 Afraid (a)
- •3 Afraid, anxious, ashamed and interested (a-b)
- •4 Sorry (c)
- •72 Used to do and be used to doing
- •74 See it happen or see it happening?
- •1 See it happen (b)
- •2 See it happening (c)
- •3 See it happen or see it happening? (d)
- •77 A carton of milk, a piece of information, etc
- •1 A carton of milk (a)
- •2 A man/he and the man/someone (c)
- •85 A/an, one and some
- •4 Some (d)
- •86 Cars or the cars?
- •87 Prison, school, bed, etc
- •1 Prison or the prison? (a)
- •88 On Friday, for lunch, etc
- •89 Quite a, such a, what a, etc
- •2 So and such (c)
- •4 What (d)
- •91 This, that, these and those
- •92 My, your, etc and mine, yours, etc
- •94 Some and any
- •95 A lot of, lots of, many, much, (a) few and (a) little
- •96 All, half, most, some, no and none
- •97 Every, each, whole, both, either and neither
- •3 Each other (b)
- •103 Everyone, something, etc
- •106 The old, the rich, etc
- •107 Interesting and interested
- •Interesting.
- •1 Less (a)
- •2 Much faster (b)
- •3 Faster and faster (c)
- •4 The faster, the better (d)
- •114 Yet, still and already
- •3 Very cold, really hurting, etc (b-d)
- •116 Quite and rather
- •3 Quite or rather? (c)
- •117 Too and enough
- •121 For, since, ago and before
- •122 During or while? By or until? As or like?
- •1 During or while? (a)
- •2 By or until? (b)
- •3 As or like? (c)
- •71 Afraid, anxious, ashamed, interested, sorry 72 Used to
- •2 Good, bad, etc (c)
- •1 Tell/ask someone to do something (a)
- •148 If, when, unless and in case
- •1 If or when? (b)
- •2 If and unless (c)
- •3 If and unless (c)
- •4 In case (d)
- •5 If, when, unless and in case (b-d)
- •149 Wish and if only
- •150 But, although and in spite of
- •2 Although (b)
- •3 In spite of and although (e)
- •4 But, although, even though, in spite of and despite (a-e)
- •5 Although, even though, in spite of and despite (a-e)
- •151 To, in order to, so that and for
- •Verbs with prepositions and adverbs
39 Who, what or which?
A What or which?
We can use what or which before a noun.
WHAT WHICH
What sport do you play? Which way do we go here?
What books do you read? Which finger did you break?
We use what when there is a wide choice of We use which when there is a limited number of
possible answers. We ask What sport? because possible answers. We ask Which way? because
there are lots of different sports. there are only two or three ways to go.
What sport? Which way?
(Tennis or golf or football or hockey or ... ?) (Right or left?)
After which we sometimes say the possible answers.
Which cafe did you go to, Snoopy's, the Coffee Pot or the Tea Gardens?
Which phone shall I use, this one or the one in the office? Sometimes what and which are both possible.
What day/Which day is your evening class? What train/Which train will you catch?
What platform/Which platform does the train go from? What part/Which part of Italy are you from?
B Patterns with who, what and which
We can use who, what and which without a noun.
Who sent the fax? What do you think of our plan? Which is quicker, the bus or the train? We can use what and which before a noun, but not who.
Which
secretary sent
the fax? not
Who-secretary-sent
the-fax?
We can use which with one or ones, or with of.
You can have a photo. Which one would you like?
You can have some of the photos. Which ones would you like?
Which of these photos would you like? But we cannot use who or what before of.
Which
of the
secretaries? but
not
Who-of
the secretaries?
Who always means a person.
Who did you see? (a person) What usually means a thing. It can mean a person only when it comes before a noun.
What did you see? (a thing) What doctor/What film did you see? (a person or a thing) Which can mean a person or a thing.
Which doctor/film did you see? (a person or a thing)
102 One and ones
39 Exercises
1 What or which? (a)
The questions you are asking have a number of possible answers.
If the list of answers is incomplete, ask a question with what. If the list is complete, use which.
(Do you play the piano, or the violin, or the guitar, or ...?) What musical instrument do you play ?
(Did you go to the Little Theatre or the Theatre Royal?) Which theatre did you go to ?
(Did you take the morning flight or the afternoon flight?)
(Did you stay at the Grand Hotel or the Bristol?)
(Do you like classical music, or jazz, or rock music, or ...?)
(Did you buy 'Time' magazine, or 'Newsweek', or a computer magazine, or ...?)
(Do you work for EuroChemicals, or ICM, or SenCo, or ...?)
(Are you learning English, or Spanish, or Arabic, or Japanese, or ...?)
2 What or which? (a)
Rita is moving into a new flat. Trevor has come to see the flat and help her move in. Complete his questions. Put in what or which. ► Trevor: What number is this building? Rita: Forty-two.
Trevor: I didn't realize there were only three floors…………….. .. floor is your flat on? Rita: The first floor.
Trevor: It's a very nice flat room will be your living-room?
Rita: This one here, I thought.
3 Trevor: colour are you going to paint it?
Rita: Oh, I don't know yet.
4 Trevor: time is your furniture arriving?
Rita: Three o'clock, they said.
5 Trevor: I'll need some petrol. way is the nearest petrol station?
Rita: Turn left at the end of the street.