13 December 2017
Question words in English enable us to make a more extended question, to learn some details about a person, an event or an object. Here we will discuss the types of question words, what they mean and how they are used.
Question word |
Function |
Example |
What |
1. We learn information about something new; 2. We ask again or clarify what we’ve heard. |
1. What is it? What is her name? 2. Sorry, what did you say? |
What … for |
We find out the cause of an action or the purpose of the thing |
What did you go there for? What is it for? |
When |
We learn about time |
When does the movie start? When in the flight? |
Where |
We learn about a place |
Where does he work? Where do they go for a holiday? |
Where … from |
We learn about an origin |
Where are you from? Where is this picture from? |
Which |
We learn about preferences or choice (one out of many) |
Which car do you want? (There are several cars to choose) |
Who |
We learn about a person (a question to the subject) |
Who is that? Who wrote that book? |
Whom |
A question to an object |
Whom did you meet? |
Whose |
We learn about belonging |
Whose is this bike? Whose are those books? |
Why |
We learn about a reason |
Why did you buy that car? Why do the watch TV? |
Why don’t |
We make an offer / suggestion |
Why don’t we go to the cinema? |
How |
1. We learn about way how smth happens 2. We learn about quality and conditions |
1. How can I do it? 2. How was your trip? |
How + adj/adv: |
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How far |
We learn about distance |
How far is your school? |
How long |
We learn about the length of time or space |
How long is the exam? How long is the way? |
How many |
Learn about the number of countable nouns |
How many brothers do you have? |
How much |
Learn about the number of uncountable nouns |
How much sugar do we have? |
How old |
Learn about the age |
How old are you? How old is your car? |
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