How many times have you been here in Miami? It is asking someone if they are visiting this city for a certain amount of time before they go back home! How many days has John been in Miami? Here are several: How long have you been playing guitar? How long have you been working as a translator? How long have you been writing this blog? How long have you been learning English? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard?
Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than? Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern?
Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine?
Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled?
Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home?
How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt?
No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite?
Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? How long. How often. How long does it take to get there? How often do you go swimming? Position of prepositions. I gave the book to John, becomes: Who did you give the book to? She sent the letter from India , becomes: Where did she send the letter from? What or which? We use what when the choice is open. We use which when there is a limited choice:.
What colour do you like? Which colour do you prefer, red or blue? What countries have you visited? Which countries in South America have you visited? Ask a question about the information brackets in each of the following sentences using who, what, how, which or another question word. Example: There 's a litre of milk left.
Question words 1 Question words Questions about the subject When we ask questions about the subject of a sentence, the word order in the question and the answer is the same: Ben designed this house. Questions about the object Questions about the object need an auxiliary verb do, have, is, etc. Here is a summary of question words with examples: Question word Example: subject question Example: object question Who Who is teaching you?
What What caused the problem? What kind of What kind of people live here? Which Which book sold most? Whose Whose book won the prize? How many How many pupils came to the lesson? Why Why did you get up so late?
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