Question Words
The Question Words are interrogative pronouns used to ask questions in English. They are used before auxiliary and modal verbs. With the exception of how all words begin with – wh and are therefore called wh-words. In this article we will describe you the Question Words in English with illustrations.
What
The most used of all for being the most general. Isolated use it whenever we want that we repeat something or we explain more clearly and accompanied by some other word for information about them.
What dress will you choose?
On the other hand, what has two forms that serve specific questions.
What kind
What kind of movies you like?
What time
What time is it?
Where
If you get lost in an English-speaking place , you will only have to remember where you were staying or a nearby street to accompany it with this word. Anyone with a minimum knowledge of English and the place where you are, will be able to help you.
Where is your car?
Why
A simple Why will get you out of trouble to receive an explanation of a situation. It will make your interlocutor understand that you do not understand why what has happened has happened . Unlike the rest of the words to ask, this one is answered with because .
Why did you do that?
When
If we are going to accompany it with something that we want to place on a timeline , we will have to be very attentive to the way in which we conjugate the verbs in the sentence so that everything agrees on the same line.
When you wake up?
Which
When we have several answer options and we want to know which one is correct for our interlocutor.
Which one do you like the most?
Who
To ask about the person who performs an action mainly, but it is also used for the one who receives it or, simply, is present .
Who is the most beautiful girl?
Whose
In order to know the owner of something , both of an object and an action or a thought .
Whose car is this?
How
And we come to the last one, but the one with the most variations. Its use serves to find out the characteristics of something and that is why it has so many different uses.
How are you?
How much
How much milk will you need?
How many
How many boys were there?
How long
How long did you live there?
How often
How often do you go shopping?
How far
How far is your home?
How old
How old are you?
How come
For what purpose did you come to my house?
We hope that you have understood the the Question semantic unit of a text. In other Words in English with illustrations.
