Asking Simple Questions

What are we learning today?

You will learn how to ask simple questions to get information. You will choose the right question word.

Explanation

• Who asks about a person.
• What asks about a thing.
• Where asks about a place.
• When asks about time.
• Why asks about a reason.
• How often asks about frequency.
• How much asks about price.
• Word order: question word, then do or does, then the subject, then the verb.
• With to be: How much are they?

Examples

1. When do you go there?
2. What size are you?
3. Where is the nearest chemist?

Remember!

• Do not forget do or does.
• End a question with a question mark.

Check yourself

1. Which question word asks about price?
2. Make a question: you / go / to the library / how often.