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Question Words

As Question Words são pronomes interrogativos utilizados para fazer perguntas em inglês.

Elas são empregadas antes dos verbos auxiliares e modais.

Com exceção do how, todas as palavras começam com –wh e por isso, são chamadas de wh-words.

Confira abaixo uma tabela com cada uma das question words, a tradução e alguns exemplos.

Question WordsTraduçãoExemplos
Who (função de sujeito)quemWho are you? (Quem é você?)
Whom (função de objeto)quemWhom did you call? (Quem te ligou?)
Whosede quemWhose pens and books are these? (De quem são essas canetas e esses livros?)
Whypor queWhy do you say that? (Por que você diz isso?)
Whichqual, quaisWhich do you want? (Qual você quer?)
Whato que, que, qualWhat do you do? (O que você faz?)
WhereondeWhere is Jonas? (Onde está Jonas?)
WhenquandoWhen do you arrive? (Quando você chega?)
HowcomoHow are you? (Como você está?)

Pay Attention! (Atenção)

Importante destacar que o how pode vir acompanhado de algumas palavras, por exemplo

ExpressãoTraduçãoExemplos
How oldquantos anosHow old is he? (Que idade ele tem?)
How manyquantos, quantasHow many cats do you have? (Quantos gatos você tem?)
How muchquantoHow much money do you need? (Quanto dinheiro você precisa?)
How longquanto tempoHow long will it take? (Quanto tempo isso vai durar?)
How farquão longeHow far is the hotel from hospital? (Quão longe está o hotel do hospital?)

Obs: O how many é utilizado para substantivos contáveis (countable). Já o how much, para os substantivos incontáveis (uncountable).

Exercises (Exercícios)

1. (USF) A questão abaixo refere-se ao diálogo apresentado a seguir:
A: I didn’t pay the bill
B: _________ not ?
C: Because ________ was incorrect

a) which – you
b) where – we
c) how – they
d) why – it
e) who – me

2. (PUC – PR) “ _________ did you buy that book?” “I bought that book two weeks ago”

a) how
b) where
c) why
d) what
e) when

3. (FAC. DIREITO DE CURITIBA – PR) Uma das alternativas preenche corretamente os espaços em branco. Assinale-a:
I. ______ did you stay here ? Six hours
II. ______ milk do you drink a day ? 4 glasses
III. ______ is your house ? It’s six miles from here.
IV. ______ glasses of water do you drink a day ? Eleven glasses

a) How far – how long – how much – how often
b) How long – how many – how far – how often
c) How often – how many – how far – how long
d) How long – how much – how far – how many
e) How many – how far – how long – how much

respostas:

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