Question word
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Examples
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Required answers
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Explanations
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WHEN
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When
did they arrive?
When
will you come?
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Yesterday.
Next Monday.
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Questions portant sur
le temps, une date précise.
(Quand)
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WHERE
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Where
is she?
Where can
I find a pen?
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At
home.
In
that drawer.
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Questions portant sur
le lieu.
(Où)
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WHY
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Why
did
he leave early?
Why
aren’t you coming with us?
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Because he’s ill.
I’m
tired.
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Questions sur
une
cause, une raison.
(Pourquoi)
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HOW
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How
did you come to school?
How
does
he drive?
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By
bus.
Carefully.
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Questions sur
la
manière.
(Comment)
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How much
money does it cost?
How many
people came?
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Ten
dollars.
Fifteen.
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Questions sur
la
quantité.(Combien)
How much :
indénombrables
How many:
dénombrables
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How old
are you?
How cold
is it?
How soon
can you get here?
How fast
were you driving?
How
long has
he been here?
How often
do you write home?
How far
is it to Miami
from here?
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Twelve.
3°C
In ten
minutes.
50
miles an hour.
Two years.
Every week.
500 miles.
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How +
adjectifs et adverbes.
How
long
=
durée
How often
=
fréquence.
How far
=
distance.
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WHO
(a)
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Who can
answer that question?
Who came
to visit you?
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I
can.
Jane and Eric.
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Who =
sujet d’une question. Se réfère aux personnes.
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Who is
coming to dinner tonight?
Who wants
to come with me?
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Ann, Bob, and Al.
We
do.
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Who
est suivi
d’un verbe au singulier meme si le locuteur demande après
plusieurs personnes.
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WHOM
(b)
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Who(m)
did you see?
Who(m)
are you visiting?
Who(m)
should I talk to?
To whom
should I talk? (formal)
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I
saw John.
My
relatives.
To
the secretary.
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Whom est
employé comme complément d’objet du verbe ou la préposition.
A
l’oral, on emploie who au lieu de whom.
Whom est très formel.
Note: Whom, et non
who est utilisé s’il est précédé d’une préposition.
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