Question words
Question words
General structure
Wh- question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb + complements + ?
Wh-question Auxiliary Subject Main verb complements ?
Word
What is your name ?
What Do You Want ?
What Are You Doing ?
What Did She Study ?
What Made That noise ?
Which book Will You Read ?
Which Is Your favourite ?
colour
Which colour Is Your favourite ?
Question words
General structure
Wh- question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb + complements + ?
Wh-question Word Auxiliary Subject Main verb complements ?
Where Are You going ?
Where Is Joe ?
Where Do You Work ?
When Is Our next class ?
When Will They Visit You ?
Why Is The car wet ?
Why Did You Do This exercise ?
Who Called You this morning ?
Who Did You Call This morning ?
Who Is Your teacher ?
Question words
Question words
What
To ask about subject or object (not a person) (Qué)
What is your name? My name is Paul
What do you want? I want chocolate
What made that noise? A cat (subject)
What are you doing? I’m cooking dinner
What did she study? She studied Economics
We use what when the possible answers are infinite or many.*
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Which
To ask about subject or object from a closed group of alternatives (Cuál)
Which is her name, Anna or Lisa?
Which book do you want, this one or that one?
Which is your favourite day of the week?
Which car do you prefer, the red one or the blue one?
We use which when the possible answers are limited.*
Question words
Where
To ask about place. The place where an action happens or something
or someone is. Direction.
Where is Joe? Joe is in Leganés
Where do you work? I work in a school (Dónde)
Where does she go? She goes to the bank
Where is it flying to? It is flying to Hong Kong (Adónde)
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When
To ask about time. (Cuándo)
When is our next class? It is at half past six
When did Peter arrive? He arrived yesterday
When will they visit you? On Monday
Question words
Why
To ask about reason, motivation. The answer starts with because. (Por
qué)
Why is the car wet? Because it is raining
Why don’t you eat lunch? Because I had breakfast late.
Why did you do this exercise? Because I wasn’t lazy
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Who
Asking about people.
Option 1: asking about subject (Quién)
Who discovered America? Christopher Columbus
Who called you this morning? My cousin Albert
Option 2: Asking about object (A quién)
Who did Joe visit? He visited his aunt
Who did you call this morning? My cousin Albert
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How
To ask about manner (cómo) or intensity
How can I make ice-cream?
How do I get to the library?
How + adjective or adverb: (cómo de)
How tall is Joe? Joe is 1.87 m tall
How old are you? I’m 47 years old
How fast is her car? Her car is very fast
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Whose
Asking about ownership, property (De quién?)
Whose is this computer? It’s mine
Whose book is this? It’s Peter’s
Whose are those desks? They’re theirs
Annex: possesive pronouns
Pronoun Possessive adjectives Possessive pronoun
I My Mine
You Your Yours
He His His
She Her Hers
It Its Its
We Our Ours
You Your Yours
They Their Theirs
Annex: possesive pronouns
Pronoun Possessive adjectives Possessive pronoun
I run My book is blue This book is mine
You study Your computer is here This computer is yours
He works His car is fast That car is his
She reads a book Her house is big This house is hers
It jumps Its legs are strong That nest is its
We have coffee Our classroom is big That classroom is ours
You enter the room Your dog is beautiful This dog is yours
They play tennis Their rackets are nice Those rackets are theirs
Annex: ‘s possessive (saxon genitive)
We add ‘s to indicate ownership
This is the house of Peter This is Peter’s house
That is the daughter of Sarah That is Sarah’s daughter
Plurals ending -s: add ‘
This is the car of my neighbours This is my neighbours’ car
Plurals not ending –s: add ‘s
This is the park of the children This is the children’s park
Annex: ‘s possessive (saxon genitive)
We add ‘s to indicate ownership
Proper nouns ending –s: add ‘s and we pronounce it
The car of Charles Charles’s car
The school of James James’s school
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