Question words
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Teaching English in Thailand for more than 15 years
Mr. Bill
Phone: 086 – 050 – 0379E-mail: [email protected] site: www.englishwithmrbill.com
Question WordsWhat
If you want to know about a thing:Use – what
What is it? If you did not hear, believe: What? What did you say? You did what?
Question WordsWhat
If you want to know about a thing:Use – what
What is it? If you did not hear, believe: What? What did you say? You did what?
If you do not know which word to use:Use – what
Question WordsWhat
If you want to know about a thing:Use – what
What is it? If you did not hear, believe: What? What did you say? You did what?
If you do not know which word to use:Use – what
What for … = Why
Question Words When
If you want to know about time: Use - when
When do you wake up? – time When do you go shopping? – day When is Songkran? – month When were you born? – year
Question Words Where
If you want to know about a place: Use – where
If you want to know about a position: Use – where
Question Words Where
If you want to know about a place: Use – where
If you want to know about a position: Use – where
If you want to know about a position:Use – where
Question Words Who
If you want to know about a person: Use – who
Excuse me, who are you? Who is your friend?
Question Words Whose
If you want to know about ownership: Use - whose
Whose brain has decided that this is not always easy?
Question Words Why
If you want to know a reason for something:
Use – why Or you can ask, “what is it for?”
Question Words Why
If you want to know a reason for something:
Use – why Or you can ask, “what is it for?”
The easy answer to ‘Why?’ is ‘Why not?’
Question Words Why
If you want to know a reason for something:
Use – why Or you can ask, “what is it for?”
A wife’s answer to ‘Why?’ is ‘BECAUSE?’
Question WordsHow
If you want to know the way something is done:
Use – how
How does it work?How can I cook Thai food?How do you do your job?
Grammar: How do you…+ verb …
Question WordsHow
How much?Often used when shopping
How much?How much money do I need?
How much is the doggie in the window?
Question WordsHow
How much?Often used when shopping
How much?How much money do I need?
How much is the doggie in the window?
‘How much’ is also used with uncountable nounsHow much time do you need?
How much rice do you eat?
Question WordsHow
How many?
‘How many’ is used with countable nouns.
How many people are in the crowd?How many brothers do you have?
How many goals did Chiang Mai score last week?
Question WordsHow
How often?
‘How often’ refers to frequency.
How often do you visit your mother?How often do you brush your teeth?How often do you go to Lamphun?