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QUESTION WORDS. How to make questions in English? We need something essential, the auxiliary verb, (do, does, did, didn´t, is, are, etc.), and the structure is the next: Interrogative pronoun auxiliary subject verb complement. (Always at first of the sentence) Example: Who did homework has an extra point. We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions in which we demand information about a place, a person, an object, etc. So this interrogative pronouns will depend of what we want to know. In the next chart (below), we´ll find out how to use them: PRONOUN INTERROGATIVE WHEN TO USE IT WHO To ask for a person WHAT To ask for a thing or an idea WHICH To ask for something (normally we use this when there are more than one option WHEN To ask for a specific time WHERE To ask for a place WHY To ask for a reason HOW To ask for the manner of somebody or something HOW MUCH/ HOW MANY To ask for quantity WHOSE To ask for possession of something Exercise. Fill in the gaps to complete the question, taking into count the answer underlined __________ is this? - It is a pencil. __________ are you today? - I´m wonderful, thanks! __________ is in the classroom? - Two of my classmates. __________ are my glasses? - They are over the table. __________ are you so sad? - Because I failed my exam. __________ is the next long weekend? - It´s until July.

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QUESTION WORDS.

How to make questions in English? We need something essential, the auxiliary verb, (do, does, did, didn´t, is, are, etc.), and the structure is the next:

Interrogative pronoun auxiliary subject verb complement.

(Always at first of the sentence)

Example: Who did homework has an extra point.

We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions in which we demand information about a place, a person, an object, etc. So this interrogative pronouns will depend of what we want to know.

In the next chart (below), we´ll find out how to use them:

PRONOUN INTERROGATIVE WHEN TO USE ITWHO To ask for a personWHAT To ask for a thing or an ideaWHICH To ask for something (normally we use this

when there are more than one optionWHEN To ask for a specific timeWHERE To ask for a placeWHY To ask for a reasonHOW To ask for the manner of somebody or

somethingHOW MUCH/ HOW MANY To ask for quantity WHOSE To ask for possession of something

Exercise.

Fill in the gaps to complete the question, taking into count the answer underlined

__________ is this? - It is a pencil.

__________ are you today? - I´m wonderful, thanks!

__________ is in the classroom? - Two of my classmates.

__________ are my glasses? - They are over the table.

__________ are you so sad? - Because I failed my exam.

__________ is the next long weekend? - It´s until July.

__________ place is better? - In my opinion, Cancun is the best!

__________ is this truck? - It´s my cousins’

Using the sentences from the exercise before, talk with a partner and ask each other those questions, remember you have to use the pronoun interrogative