Interrogative Pronouns

1. HOW?
Asks in what way.
E.g.: How did he escape?
WHAT?
Normally asks about things.
E.g.: What´s your favourite toy?
WHEN ?
Asks about time.
E.g.: When did it happen?
WHERE ?
Asks about place
E.g.: Where do you live?
WHY ?
Asks about reason.
E.g.: Why was he late?
WHO ?
Asks about the subject (person)
E.g.: Who is that person?
WHOSE ?
Asks about possession.
E.g.: Whose pen is this?
1. Match the elements from column A with those in
column B
A
· When
· why
· what
· what time
· where
· who
· how
B
· by plane
· in 1971
· Lisbon.
· a spacecraft
· because there´s no
oxygen
· at 12.30 p.m.
· in Russia
2. Complete with the following interrogative
pronouns: who, what, how, mach / many,
where, why or when.
· ___________ are you?
· ___________ are you from?
· ___________ does she live?
· ___________ is your birthday?
· ___________ is your favourite actor?
· ___________ are your hobbies?
· ___________ is she in a hurry?
· ___________ does it cost?
· ___________ pupils are in the classroom?
3. Complete with who or whose.
· ___________ is playing the piano?
· ___________ is with your brother?
· ___________ cat is it?
· ___________ is talking on the phone.
· ___________ book is this?
· ___________glasses are these?
· ___________ pen are you writing with?
· ___________ is that man?

2. .4. Make questions for the underlined words.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· The Russians sent a man into space in 1961.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· American astronauts landed on the moon.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· A space shuttle is traveling in space.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· a space craft travels billions of miles.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· Astronauts usually travel to Mars three times a years.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.
5. Write the questions for the following statements.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· My favourite computer Game is Sonic.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· I only play it at Sundays.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· Because my mum doesn´t want me to get addicted.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· That man is professor Kent the expert on video games.
· ___________________________________________________________________________ ?
· Professor Kent is forty years old.