QUESTION WORDS AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

WH-WORDS

WHAT…? ¿qué? What do you like? What type of films…?

WHICH…? ¿qué + sust? ¿cuál? Which is better? Which car do you prefer?
WHICH ONE/ONES…? ¿cuál? (pronombre) “I like this car”
“Which one?”
“The blue one”.
WHO…? ¿quién, a quién? Who have come? Who did he see?
WHOM…?/ prep + WHOM…? ¿a quién? / prep + quién? Whom did he see? With whom have you…?
WHOSE…? ¿de quién? Whose coat is this? Whose is this coat?
(TO) WHERE…? WHERE … TO? ¿dónde? ¿adónde? Where do you live? Where do you go?
FROM WHERE…? / WHERE … FROM? ¿dé/desde dónde? From where does the train leave?
Where are they from?
WHEN…? ¿cuándo? When is the party?
SINCE WHEN…? ¿desde cuándo? Since when have you been living here?
UNTIL WHEN…? ¿hasta cuándo? Until when will you be annoying me?
WHY…? ¿por qué? Why have you come here?
HOW…? ¿cómo? How can I get to the airport?

COMPLEX QUESTION WORDS

(AT) WHAT TIME…? ¿a qué hora? What time did they arrive?
WHAT KIND/SORT/TYPE OF…? ¿qué tipo de? What kind of books do you like?
WHAT COLOUR…? ¿(de) qué color? What colour is your dress?
WHAT ABOUT…? ¿y si..? ¿y…? ¿qué sobre…? What about you? What about going to…?
WHAT FOR…? / WHAT … FOR? ¿para qué? What for is this? What is this for?
WHAT … LIKE? / WHAT … LOOK LIKE? ¿cómo? What is the weather like?
HOW MANY…? + countable noun ¿cuánto/a/os/as? How many books are there on the table?
HOW MUCH…? + uncountable noun ¿cuánto/a? How much time does it take to go to….?
HOW OFTEN…? ¿con qué frecuencia? How often do you go to the gym?
HOW MANY TIMES…? ¿cuántas veces…? How many times have you been to Rome?
HOW LONG…? ¿cuánto tiempo…? How long will you need to…?
HOW LONG AGO…? ¿hace cuánto tiempo…? How long ago did you arrive to Spain?
HOW FAR…? ¿cuán lejos? ¿a qué distancia? How far are the Canary Islands?
HOW OLD…? ¿qué edad…? ¿cuántos años? How old is she?
HOW SOON…? ¿cuándo? ¿cómo de pronto? How soon will I receive my order?
HOW BIG/SMALL/TALL/HIGH...? ¿cómo de + adj? How big is your hand!
HOW DEEP/EARLY/LATE/HEAVY/THICK…? ¿cuán + adj? How deep is your love?
HOW + ADJ? How tall is your father?
FOR WHAT REASON…? ¿por qué razón/motivo…? For what reason did he do it?
FOR WHAT PURPOSE…? ¿para qué…? For what purpose have you done this?

SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

Subject questions are the ones we ask to find out about the subject. When what, which, who or whose refer to the
subject, the verb doesn´t need an auxiliary:

Who gave Peter a book? Who loves you? What happened? Whose pencil is this?

Object questions ask about the object of a sentence. The word order of the question must be changed and the
question requires the use of an auxiliary verb (AUXILIARY-SUBJECT-VERB):

Who(m) did Peter give a book? Who do you love? What are you looking?