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mayo 11, 2020 · gramatica ingles
¿CÓMO SE USAN LAS WH-QUESTIONS: WHAT, WHEN, WHOM, WHO, WHICH, WHERE, WHY, WHOSE Y HOW?
¿CÓMO HACER PREGUNTAS EN INGLÉS?
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Existen dos tipos de preguntas:
Las que se responden yes/no
Las “WH-“
WH- questions son aquellas como: what, when, whom, who, which, where, why, whose y how. Éstas, se utilizan para preguntar cuestiones específicas en inglés, por ejemplo: lugares, personas, características, horarios, cosas, etc. A continuación, te dejamos una serie de preguntas y respuestas como ejemplo:
WH- QUESTIONS
Usages (Usos)
Examples (Ejemplos)
What? | ¿Qué? Used to ask about things | Uso: preguntar por cosas – What do you want? – What is going on? – What is her name? – What have you done?
When? | ¿Cuándo? Used to ask about time | Uso: preguntar por horarios – When is this show ending? – When did you say hello? – When did he say he was going to leave?
Where? | ¿Dónde? Used to ask about places | Uso: preguntar por lugares – Where is her cat? – Where are his manners? – Where were we supposed to meet? – Where are we?
Who? | ¿Quién/es? Used to ask about people | Uso: preguntar por personas – Who did you pick? – Who isn’t alright? – Who wasn’t respectful? – Who doesn’t want to go?
Whom? | ¿A quién/es? Used to ask about people (object of verb) | Uso: preguntar por personas (sujeto de la oración) – Whom did you see in the park? I saw Mrs. Geller, my English teacher. – Whom was Rose talking to? Rose was talking to Chandler, his new boyfriend.
Which? | ¿Cuál/es? Used to ask about choices | Uso: preguntar por alternativas – Which one do you love the most? – Of all the beautiful places you’ve been to, which one would you like to go back to?
Whose? | ¿De quién/es? Used to ask about belongings | Uso: preguntar por posesiones – Whose baby is this? – Whose toothbrush is this? Is it yours?
Why? | ¿Por qué? Used to ask about reasons, causes | Uso: preguntar por razones, posibles causas – Why did this happen? – Why is he such a sweety? – Of all people, why her?
How? | ¿Cómo? Used to ask about manner, process | Uso: preguntar por formas de procedimiento – How did you end up in there? – How can you take us home? – How does it become easier?
¿CÓMO CREAR UNA WH- QUESTION?
a. with an auxiliary | con un verbo auxiliar:
Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
Wh-__ + verbo auxiliar + sujeto + verbo principal …?
Algunos de los verbos auxiliares más comunes son: be (ser/estar), do (hacer), have (tener/haber).
También se pueden usar los verbos modales: will, shall, would, can, could, must, should, may, might, etc.
What do you do for a living?
Why should we read books?
When is her birthday?
b. without any auxiliary | sin verbo auxiliar:
(esto es posible cuando las palabras que comienzan con WH- sustituyen al sujeto de la oración)
Wh-word + main verb …?Wh-___ + verbo principal …?
Ejemplos:
What happened to Peter today?
Well, something exciting happened to him today: he was promoted.
Who won the game?
Luke won the game.