Question words

1. Mr.
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2. Question Words
What
When
Where
Which
Who
Whose
Why
How

3. Question Words
What
If you want to know about a thing:
Use – what
What is it?

4. Question Words
What
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?

5. Question Words
What
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

6. Question Words
What
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

7. Question Words
When
If you want to know about time:
Use - when

8. 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

9. Question Words
Where
If you want to know about a place:
Use - where

10. Question Words
Where
If you want to know about a place:
Use – where
If you want to know about a position:
Use – where

11. 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

12. Question Words
Which
If you want to know about a choice:
Use – which
Which one do you like?

13. Question Words
Which
If you want to know about a choice:
Use – which
Which one do you like?

14. Question Words
Who
If you want to know about a person:
Use – who
Excuse me, who are you?
Who is your friend?

15. Question Words
Whose
If you want to know about ownership:
Use - whose

16. Question Words
Whose
If you want to know about ownership:
Use - whose
Whose brain has decided that this is
not always easy?

17. Question Words
Why
If you want to know a reason for
something:
Use – why

18. Question Words
Why
If you want to know a reason for
something:
Use – why
Or you can ask, “what is it for?”

19. 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?’

20. 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?’

21. Question Words
How
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 …

22. Question Words
How
How much?
Often used when shopping
How much?
How much money do I need?
How much is the doggie in the window?

23. Question Words
How
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 nouns
How much time do you need?
How much rice do you eat?

24. Question Words
How
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?

25. Question Words
How
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?

26. Question Words
How
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