1. What [question word and determiner]: What’s on you nose?; What did Cheryl say? [Relative pronoun]: What I like about you is you smile. Grammar patterns 1. What + NP + verb +? e.g. What happened? 2. What + NP + is/was etc. + NP + ? e.g. What’s jour job? 3. What + NP+ auxiliary + subject +verb + ? e.g. What did Dan say? 4. Question + what + NP + clause +? e.g. Do you know what time it is? 5. Question + what + (NP) + to-infinitive +? e.g. Did you understand what to do 6. What + clause + is/was etc. + NP. e.g. What I really need is another bank card 7. What + adjective + NP + ! e.g. What a lovely day! What a change!

2. what Collocations As a determiner what is followed by these words: kind of, type of, sort of. e.g. What kind of contact lenses do you wear? like is frequently uses with what. e.g. What does she look like? What is often followed by do you think to form indirect questions..eg. What do you think the time is? The verbs that most frequenty follow in patterns 2 and 3 are: know, see, tell,wonder, ask, understand, show and remember. e.g. I know what you must be thinking

3. what Set phrases Guess what!.. e.g. guess what! I passed my driving test. I know what … e.g. I know what. We could borrow dad’s car. What’s more … = moreover What about. e.g. What about Friday? What if …? e.g. What if your boyfriend finds out? So what? e.g. You’re blocking my view! So what?