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Asking questions: question words
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In the speaking exam you answer questions, and in listening and reading you must spot what is being asked. This lesson recaps the question words from KS3.
Making a question
Write ¿ at the start and ? at the end. In speaking, raise your voice at the end.
¿Tienes un gato? = Do you have a cat? Spanish has no extra word for "do".
After a question word, the verb usually comes before the person: ¿Dónde vive tu hermano?
¿Tienes un gato? = Do you have a cat? Spanish has no extra word for "do".
After a question word, the verb usually comes before the person: ¿Dónde vive tu hermano?
Question words
Answering well
Use the verb from the question, but change it to yo: ¿Dónde vives? Vivo en Leeds.
Answer ¿Por qué? with porque (because).
Cuánto agrees with its noun: ¿Cuántos libros? (m pl), ¿Cuántas clases? (f pl).
¿Cómo es...? asks what something is like: ¿Cómo es tu ciudad? Es grande y bonita.
Answer ¿Por qué? with porque (because).
Cuánto agrees with its noun: ¿Cuántos libros? (m pl), ¿Cuántas clases? (f pl).
¿Cómo es...? asks what something is like: ¿Cómo es tu ciudad? Es grande y bonita.
Ask a friend: Do you go to the beach on Saturdays?
- Do you go: vas (ir, tú). No word for do.
- To the beach: a la playa.
- On Saturdays: los sábados. Add ¿ and ?
Answer: ¿Vas a la playa los sábados?
Use ¿ and ?, and raise your voice. Question words all have accents: qué, quién, dónde, cuándo, cómo, por qué, cuánto, cuál. Answer por qué with porque. Cuánto agrees: cuántos, cuántas.
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