Questions of adverbs and adjectives.

How long ? How far ? How old? How + adjectives / adverbs How long? To ask about a period of time How long does it take to get to London? How long will the journey take? R= About two hours. How far? To ask about the distance from one place to another. How far is your house from the library? R= Two blocks. How far is it from Santander to Madrid? R= More than a thousand miles. How often? To ask about the number of times something happen. How often do you go to the cinema? R= Twice a month How often does your brother play tennis? R= Three times per week. How much? To ask about the price of something. How much did you pay for that computer? R= I paid $ 3,000. With an uncountable noun to ask the amount of something. How much milk is there in the fridge? R= Only half a gallon. How many? With a plural noun to ask about numbers.

How many are in your class? R= they are twenty-two. How many people went to the party? R= Thirty-seven people went to the party. How old? To ask about someones age. It also includes the age of monuments or art master pieces, etc. How old are you? R= My 47th birthday is next Saturday. How old were you when you went to live in Edinburgh? R= I was twelve years old. How + adjectives / adverbs To ask about the degree of a quality that someone or something has. Almost any adjective can follow the question word How to express the quality. How tall How well How wide How good How big How hot How deep How long How high

Exercise 1. Complete the next questions with one of the adverb question words. Then answer each question with information on your own. 1. __________ is John? He is nearly two meters. 2. __________ is the Mediterranean Sea? 3. __________ is the surface of the Sun? 4. __________ do you know about Spanish History? 5. __________ does the Amazon River get? 6. __________ is Mount Everest? 7. __________ can you run the 100 meters trail? 8. __________ is this brand new car? 9. __________ does your teacher goes to the gym? 10. __________ is your uncles house from this school?

Answer key. Exercise 1. 1. How tall, 2. How deep, 3. How hot, 4. How much, 5. How wide, 6. How high, 7. How fast, 8. How much, 9. How often, 10. How far. Adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/joseanis/how-6738075
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