The difference between how and what questions?

How:
How do you verb can be asking about two things:
1) The person wants to know a way/instructions to do something
Example: How do you make pancakes?
Lets practice with the following questions:
How
How
How
How
How

do you quit smoking?

does a person find a good job?
can a shy person make friends?
do you usually get to school or work?
should I dress for my friends wedding?

2) The other way is when you are asking for an adverb or adjective:
Example: How do you feel?
How do you do?

I feel great.
I am fine thank you.

Can you think of anymore how questions that asks for an adjective or
adverb
1.______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
3. .______________________________________________________________
What do you notice about the verbs in these questions.
Answer: They are usually _____________________ verbs

The next form of a how question asks about an adjective. It

wants details about the adjective.
Form: How (adj) (to be verb) (noun)?
Example: 1) I bought a new house
square feet

2) How big is it?

3) It is 1200

Fill in the blanks:

How _______________is your son?
How _______________ is your car?
How expensive is your __________________?
When you were younger, how nice __________ your parents?
I heard youre going to Japan; how long __________ your plane ride
__________?
How _______________is your dog?

How late has he ________________?

How angry ________ he been, before you told him the good news?
Write 5 of your own sentences: (past, future, present, present perfect,
past perfect)
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________
Fill in the right words in the blanks:
Been
Are

Can
Old

Was
Get

Will
unhappy

How _________ you today?

How _________ you fix an old car?
How __________is your husband?
How __________ he yesterday?

How will he __________ to school tomorrow?

How slow had he ___________ driving, before you yelled at him?
How big _______your house be when it is finished?
How _____________ will Jim be when he finds out he lost the contract?
Look at the following sentences find the mistakes and rewrite:
How big are Steve? ________________________________________________
How have you being? ______________________________________________
Yesterday, most your team was sick. How does your team win the game?
(2)
_______________________________________________________________
How can a blind man drew such beautiful painting? (2)
_________________________________________________________________
How would he finish the work by tomorrow?
_______________________________________________________________

Other common forms of how: (ask me a sentence using all of these

common forms)
How much: amount (non

How many: amount

countable)

(countable)

How often: frequency

How far: distance

How long: time/duration

How come: why

Other forms:
How could (noun) + verb

Example: How could he call her that

rude name
When you use this form, it often means you are disgusted or surprised by an
action or an event.
Respond to these events with disgust:
1. A father left his family for a 19 year old stripper.
2. Your teacher said that you were the laziest student she had ever met.
3. Your friend bought a 10 million dollar house; however, she always says
she doesnt have any money.

How (adj) is (noun)

With the right pronunciation, this becomes a statement that equals the noun
is very adjective. When you say this, you are usually looking for someone to
agree with you.
How hard is the test = This test is so hard
Turn these statements into how statements:
This movie is so boring = How ______________________________________________
Daves dad is very strict =
How____________________________________________________
It takes him so long to clean the bathroom =
____________________________________________________________________________

Jim always complains = __________much ___________one person

_____________________
Make up two of your own examples:

What:
What wants an action/object/idea in return when the question is asked:
Example: What did you do last night?
I watched TV at my apartment. (action)
What did you watch last night?
I watched Die Hard 3. (object)
What did you think about the movie?
I thought it was good. (idea)
Turn these questions into future and present tense:
What did you do last night?
What ______________________________________________tomorrow night?
What _______________________________________________right now?

What did you watch last night?

What ________________________________________________tomorrow night?
What _________________________________________________right now?

What did you think about the movie?

What __________________________________________________so far?
What ____________________________________________________when its over?
Forms of what questions:
Look at the examples and then make up your own questions?

A) What was that noise? =

What + to be + noun?

1. (now) ________________________________________________________
What is Jim doing? = What (auxiliary/modal verb) + noun + verb?
1. (past) _____________________________________________________
2. (future) ____________________________________________________
B) What time will you arrive = What noun + (auxiliary/modal) + noun
+ (verb)?
What movie did you see?
1. (future)________________________________________________________________
_
2. (now)
__________________________________________________________________
C) What is Steve like? = What to be + noun + like
This is asking for a comparison/description.
Example: What is Steve like?

He is like his older brother Mark or He

is a little aggressive
Note:
Answer the following questions

3. What was your father like when you were young?

4. How was your weekend?
5. What was your weekend like?
6. How did you find your last vacation?
7. What was your last vacation like?
Ask me 3 questions using this form:

D) What does Steve ski like?

verb like?

= What (auxiliary/modal) + noun +

Example: What will I look like when Im older?

You will look like your

father
Create 3 questions using this function:
1.____________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________

Note: Is it okay to ask, How will I look like when Im older? If not, how
would I say it correctly:
________________________________________________________________?
So, what does it look like becomes how_______________________________________
And what does it taste like becomes how
______________________________________

Write a how or what question for the following answer

(a) I will arrive by nine

(b) Steve

(c) fine thank you

(d) I think its good

(e) first you take it to the post office, then you buy a stamp, then you send it.

(f) You will die.

(g) like a popsicle

Final, I will ask you a bunch of what/how questions youre job it to answer
them properly?
1. How do you feel?
2. What do you feel like doing?
3. What do you see right now?
4. How did you come to Canada?
5. What was the reason you came to Canada?
6. How come you live in your current neighborhood?
7. What makes you nervous?
8. How do you shop?
9. What store do you shop at?