In Your Words...

Friday, September 14, 2012

Question Words Explained

Question words are used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people, etc. Study the question words, understand the uses and then look at the examples.


Who - Asking about people
Who do you like?
Who studies Russian?
What - Asking about things or activities
What does he do at weekends?
What is that?
What kind of / type of - Asking about specific things or characteristics
What type of car do you drive?
What kind of person is he?
What time - Asking for a specific time
What time is it?
What time does the show begin?
What ... like - Asking about characteristics
What was the weather like?
What is Mary like?
When - Asking about general or specific times
When do you like going out?
When does the bus leave?
Where - Asking about places
Where do you live?
Where did you go on vacation?
How - Combined with many words to ask questions about specific characteristics, qualities, quantities, etc. For example: How much (price, quantity), How long (length), How often (frequency)
How often do you go to the movies?
How long was the film?
How much does it cost?
Which - Asking to specify a thing or person from a number of things or people
Which book did you buy?
Which boy won the race?