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Beginner 📝 Grammar
Question words
Ask questions with what, where, when, who, why, how, which, how much / many.
1Learn
Goal: Ask questions with what, where, when, who, why, how, which, how much / many.
Question words go at the start: What (thing), Where (place), When (time), Who (person), Why (reason), How (way), Which (choice), How much (amount), How many (number), How old / How long / How often. After the question word comes the helper: is / are / do / does / did.
2Examples
What is your name?
Where do you live?
When does the bus come?
Who is that?
Why are you late?
How much is this?Price
How many brothers do you have?Number
How old are you?
3Common mistakes
What you want?
What do you want? — add do
Where he is?
Where is he? — verb before subject
How much people?
How many people? — countable → many
4Practice quiz
Question 1 of 5Multiple choice
___ is your birthday?
5Speaking challenge
Speaking challenge
Interview an imaginary new friend: ask 8 questions using 8 different question words.
0:30
Say it out loud. Nobody is listening — that’s the point. Mistakes are allowed.
Finish this lesson
Do the practice quiz above, then mark it complete.