Question words

Teaching English in Thailand for more than 15 years

Mr. Bill

Phone: 086 – 050 – 0379E-mail: [email protected] site: www.englishwithmrbill.com

Question Words

WhatWhenWhereWhichWho

WhoseWhyHow

Question WordsWhat

If you want to know about a thing:Use – what

What is it?

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

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

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 WordsWhich

If you want to know about a choice:Use – which

Which one do you like?

Question WordsWhich

If you want to know about a choice:Use – which

Which one do you like?

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

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

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?

Question WordsHow

How + adjective? How big How heavy

How far refers to distance How old/young refers to age How long refers to time How tall refers to height (people) How high refers to height (things)

refers to size, weight