lunes, 12 de noviembre de 2012

W Questions !!!!


Questions
WH - QuestionsYES/NO - QuestionsTAG QuestionsEMBEDDED
WH - QUESTIONS
What ? - ¿Qué? ¿Cuál? ¿Cuáles?How often ? - ¿Con qué frecuencia?
What else? - ¿Qué más?How long ? - ¿Cuánto tiempo? ¿Qué longitud?
Which ? - ¿Qué? ¿Cuál? ¿Cuáles?How long ago? - ¿Hace cuánto tiempo?
How ? - ¿Cómo? ¿Cuán?How old ? - ¿Qué edad? ¿Cuán viejo?
How else ? - ¿De qué otra manera?How soon ? - ¿Cuán pronto?
When ? - ¿Cuándo?How big ? - ¿Qué tamaño? ¿Cuán grande?
Where ? - ¿Dónde? ¿Adónde?How far ? - ¿A qué distancia? ¿Cuán lejos?
Where else ? - ¿Dónde más?How tall ? - ¿Qué estatura? ¿Cuán alto?
Why ? - ¿Por qué? ¿Para qué?How deep ? - ¿Qué profundidad?
Who ? - ¿Quién? ¿Quienes?How early ? - ¿Cuán temprano?
Who else? - ¿Quién más?How late ? - ¿Cuán tarde?
Whom ? - ¿A quién? ¿A quiénes?How heavy ? - ¿Qué peso? ¿Cuán pesado?
Whose ? - ¿De quién? ¿De quiénes?How thick ? - ¿Qué espesor? ¿Cuán grueso?
How much ? - ¿Cuánto/a?What time ? - ¿Qué hora? ¿A qué hora?
How many ? - ¿Cuántos/as?What kind ? - ¿Qué clase ? ¿Qué tipo?

In this video, you'll find a better explanation :)


We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW)



Question WordFunctionExample
whatasking for information about somethingWhat is your name?
 asking for repetition or confirmationWhat? I can't hear you.
You did what?
what...forasking for a reason, asking whyWhat did you do that for?
whenasking about timeWhen did he leave?
whereasking in or at what place or positionWhere do they live?
whichasking about choiceWhich colour do you want?
whoasking what or which person or people (subject)Who opened the door?
whomasking what or which person or people (object)Whom did you see?
whoseasking about ownershipWhose are these keys?
Whose turn is it?
whyasking for reason, asking what...forWhy do you say that?
why don'tmaking a suggestionWhy don't I help you?
howasking about mannerHow does this work?
 asking about condition or qualityHow was your exam?
how + adj/advasking about extent or degreesee examples below
how fardistanceHow far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how longlength (time or space)How long will it take?
how manyquantity (countable)How many cars are there?
how muchquantity (uncountable)How much money do you have?
how oldageHow old are you?
how come (informal)asking for reason, asking whyHow come I can't see her?

Question WordFunctionExample
whatasking for information about somethingWhat is your name?
 asking for repetition or confirmationWhat? I can't hear you.
You did what?
what...forasking for a reason, asking whyWhat did you do that for?
whenasking about timeWhen did he leave?
whereasking in or at what place or positionWhere do they live?
whichasking about choiceWhich colour do you want?
whoasking what or which person or people (subject)Who opened the door?
whomasking what or which person or people (object)Whom did you see?
whoseasking about ownershipWhose are these keys?
Whose turn is it?
whyasking for reason, asking what...forWhy do you say that?
why don'tmaking a suggestionWhy don't I help you?
howasking about mannerHow does this work?
 asking about condition or qualityHow was your exam?
how + adj/advasking about extent or degreesee examples below
how fardistanceHow far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how longlength (time or space)How long will it take?
how manyquantity (countable)How many cars are there?
how muchquantity (uncountable)How much money do you have?
how oldageHow old are you?
how come (informal)asking for reason, asking whyHow come I can't see her?