Welcome to your Question Words lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Important Information
• “Who”, “Which” and “Whose”
• “How” and “What”
• “How”
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Important Information
Closed questions (which can only be answered by “yes” or “no”) are constructed like this: Auxiliary (2) Subject (1) Verb (3)
“Are you coming?”
“Do you eat meat?”
Open questions start with a question word, followed by Auxiliary (2) Subject (1) Verb (3) :
“What are you doing?”
If the verb is accompanied by a preposition, it is put at the end of the question:
“What are you playing with?”
“Who”, “Which” and “Whose”
With “Who”, “Which” and “Whose”, you have to think of two possibilities :
- When “Who” or “Which” are the subjects, or when “Whose” is followed by a noun that is the subject, the order of the words are that of an affirmative sentence:
“Who lives here?”
“Which of them is talking?”
“Whose book is on the table?”
- When “Who”, “Which” or the noun that follows “Whose” are the compliments of the objects, then the form Auxiliary (2) Subject (1) Verb (3) is possible :
“Who are you talking to?”
“Which do you want?”
“Whose hat are you wearing?”
“How” and “What”
Do not confuse questions starting with “How” and “What … like” (Where “like” is an adverb, not the verb “love”).
When we want to find out the description of someone or something we use “What … like”.
“What’s the weather like?”
“What is she like?”
“What is she like?” is very different to “How is she?”
“How”
There are several question types that start with “How…” :
“How much” (price)
“How much” / “How many” (quantity)
“How old” (age)
“How far” (distance)
“How long” (duration)
“How often” (frequency)
Vocabulary“Once a week.” |
