Oraciones interrogativas

'be'/verbo auxiliar + sujeto

¿Vienes mañana? Are you coming tomorrow?
¿Han terminado? Have they finished?
¿Estará en casa? Will he be at home?
¿Ella puede hablar inglés? Can she speak English?
Importante
Si hay dos o más verbos auxiliares, el sujeto va ubicado después del primer verbo auxiliar.
¿Ellos han estado trabajando? Have they been working?
¿Ella me habría ayudado? Would she have helped me?

Poner los verbos en forma interrogativa

Margaret es dentista.
No saldrán esta noche.
Ella ha limpiado la casa.
Peter no puede tocar la guitarra.
Se va a reunir con Ann a las 4.
Usaría la computadora.
Había usado la computadora.
Han estado viviendo en París.
Margaret's a dentist.
They won't go out tonight.
She's cleaned the house.
Peter can't play the guitar.
She's meeting Ann at 4.
He'd use the computer.
He'd used the computer.
They've been living in Paris.
Is Margaret a dentist?
Will they go out tonight?
Has she cleaned the house?
Can Peter play the guitar?
Is she meeting Ann at 4?
Would he use the computer?
Had he used the computer?
Have they been living in Paris?

¿Fumas? Do you smoke?

¿Mary vive en Oxford? Does Mary live in Oxford?
¿[Él] vio al gerente ayer? Did he see the manager yesterday?

Poner los verbos en forma interrogativa

Ellos viven en Manchester. They live in Manchester. Do they live in Manchester?
Ella disfrutó la película. She enjoyed the film. Did she enjoy the film?
Le gusta el fútbol. He likes football. Does he like football?
Jugaron bridge ayer. They played bridge yesterday. Did they play bridge yesterday?
Ya sabes Robin Hood. You know Robin Hood. Do you know Robin Hood?
Él habla alemán. He speaks German. Does he speak German?
Ella fue al club. She went to the club. Did she go to the club?
Se levanta a las 6 en punto. He gets up at 6 o'clock. Does he get up at 6 o'clock ?
Ella le dio a Sally un libro. She gave Sally a book. Did she give Sally a book?
Prefieren el jazz. They prefer jazz. Do they prefer jazz?
Él está lavando su auto. He's washing his car. Is he washing his car?
Lo arrestaron ayer. They arrested him yesterday. Did they arrest him yesterday?
Él fuma 2 paquetes al día. He smokes 2 packets a day. Does he smoke 2 packets a day?
Cuesta £ 10. It cost £ 10. Did it cost £ 10?
Llamarán a sus amigos. They'll phone their friends. Will they phone their friends?
Ella trabaja en la ópera. She works at the opera. Does she work at the opera?
Jack ha leído el periódico. Jack's read the newspaper. Has Jack read the newspaper?
Puso la pluma allí. He put the pen there. Did he put the pen there?

‘Where' suele ser usado con la preposición 'to' para indicar movimiento, dirección. En ambos casos, nótese que las
Ejemplo: Where are you going (to)? preposiciones están al final de la
'Where' suele usarse con la preposición 'from' para indicar origen. oración.
Ejemplo: Where do you come from?
‘Whose’: se usa para preguntas de posesión

Combinaciones con ‘what’

‘What’ ‘What kind of…’ What kind/sort of sport do you practice? Football.
‘What sort of…’
 ‘What time’
‘What about’
(se usa para obtener
nformacion concerniente a
algo o alguien)
‘What about (+ing)’
(se usa para hacer una
sugerencia)
What time does your train leave? At two pm.
(otra forma posible es usando ‘when’: When does your train
leave?)
What about your trip? Oh, it was fantastic!
I'm tired. What about you? Yes, me too
What about having a drink?

Combinaciones con ‘how' (‘How’ = en que forma)

How long (pregunta ¿Cuánto tiempo viviste en África? Diez How long did you live in Africa? Ten years.
por un periodo de años.
tiempo) ¿Cuánto tiempo has estado trabajando How long have you been working here? For twenty years
aquí? Por veinte años ahora now
How long ago ¿Hace cuánto tiempo la conociste? How long ago did you meet her? Six months ago.
(pregunta por un Hace seis meses. (otra forma posible es usando ‘when’: When did you meet
punto fijo en el her?)
tiempo)
No confundir ‘How long’ y ‘How long ago’ con 'since when': éste último se utiliza para preguntar por el punto de inicio de
cierto periodo. Ejemplo: Since when have you known her? Since the beginning of September.

HOW OFTEN 'How often' asks about the FREQUENCY of an action.
How often do you play tennis? Twice a week.
How often do you travel by plane? Every month.
HOW MUCH 'How much' asks about QUANTITY for UNCOUNTABLE (or
mass) NOUNS, for example 'coffee, milk, sugar, butter, courage,
energy, pleasure,...'.
*We always use 'how much' to ask about MONEY too
How much coffee is left? Not much, I'm afraid.
How much is that T-shirt? Ten pounds.
HOW MANY 'How many' asks about a NUMBER of things or people. It
is used with COUNTABLE NOUNS in the PLURAL, for example 'chairs,
tables, cars, pencils,...'
How many children do you have? Two.
How many bottles of wine are left? Only three.
HOW OLD
How old are you? I am 20 (years old).
HOW FAR 'How far' asks about DISTANCE.
How far is the station from here? Only one
kilometre.
HOW TALL 'How tall' is used for PEOPLE.
How tall is he? He is almost two metres tall.
HOW HIGH 'How high' is used for THINGS.
How high is Mount Everest? It is more than 8,000
metres high.
HOW BIG
How big is his flat? Very big, I think.

Object pronouns: Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

Who
What
Where
‘be (o verbo
Why (+ noun) + ’ auxiliar) + sujeto
Which
Whos
e

¿A quien estas llamando? Who are you calling?

¿Lo que ha sucedido? What has happened?
¿A dónde puedo ir ahora? Where can I go now?
¿Por qué debería decirle? Why should I tell him?
¿Cuándo es el último autobús? When is the last bus?
¿Qué vestido has elegido: el azul o el rojo? Which dress have you chosen: the blue or the red one?
¿De quién es este carro? Whose car is this?
¿Cuándo naciste? When were you born?
¿Por qué él ha comprado esa casa? Why has he bought that house?
¿De quién es el auto que debo lavar? Whose car should I wash?
¿Cuál bolígrafo puedo llevar? Which pen can I take?
¿Qué te gustaría beber? What would you like to drink?

Question word
(Who
What DO/
verb
Where (+ noun) + DOES + sujeto +
(without 'to')
Why / DID
Which
Whose)

¿Dónde vives? Where do you live?

¡Qué significa esto?
¿A quién [él] llamó esa noche?
¿A qué hora te levantas usualmente?
¿Qué [cual] tren tomaste esta mañana?
¿A quién ama Terry?
¿A quien viste?
¿A quién [él] llamó?
¿Como deletreas tu nombre?
¿Dónde vive Peter?
¿Por qué rompiste mi jarrón?
¿Qué significa esa palabra?
¿Qué color prefieres?
¿De quién fue el auto que él robó?
¿Cuándo [él] juega tenis?
¿A quien ama Terry? (Terry ama a alguien)
¿A quien viste? (viste a alguien)
¿Como viniste esta mañana?
¿Como [él] maneja?
Romeo ama a alguien.
Alguien ama a Romeo.
Romeo ama a alguien.
Invitas a alguien todos los sábados.
Simon llamó a alguien.
What does it mean?
Who did he phone that night?
What time do you usually get up?
Which train did you take this morning?
Who does Terry love?
Who did you see?
Who did he phone?
How do you spell your name?
Where does Peter live?
Why did you break my vase?
What does that word mean?
Which colour do you prefer?
Whose car did he steal?
When does he play tennis?
Who does Terry love?
Who did you see?
How did you come this morning? By train.
How does he drive? Badly!
Stephen saw an accident last night. What did Stephen see last night?
She took the 8 o'clock train. Which train did she take?
Romeo loves someone. Who does Romeo love?
You invite someone every Saturday. Who do you invite every Saturday?
Simon phoned someone. Who did Simon phone?

Casos en que no se usa DO, DOES, DID

Cuando ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘why’, ‘which’, ‘whose’ son el sujeto (es decir, el que realiza la acción), no debe usarse DO/
DOES/ DID
¿Quién ama a Terry? (alguien ama a Terry) Who loves Terry?
¿Quién te vio? (alguien te vio) Who saw you?
¿Quién te dijo eso? Who told you that?
¿Qué [cual] autobús va a Piccadilly Circus? Which bus goes to Piccadilly Circus?
¿El hijo de quién ganó el campeonato? Whose son won the championship?
Alguien llamó a Simon. Someone phoned Simon. Who phoned Simon?
Alguien quiere algo de beber. Someone wants something to drink. Who wants something to drink?
Simon llamó a alguien. The 8 o'clock train left on time. Which train left on time?
Un accidente ocurrió anoche. An accident happened last night. What happened last night?
Alguien ama a Romeo. Someone loves Romeo. Who loves Romeo?

Todas estas preguntas empiezan con el pronombre interrogativos, y las

preposiciones (to, for, with, at, about, in) van al final
¿A quién se lo diste? to give to Who did you give it to?
¿A quién estás esperando?
¿Con quién bailaste?
¿Qué estás mirando?
¿De qué estás hablando?
¿En que estas interesado?
¿Qué es lo que ella está mirando?
¿Qué autobús estás esperando?
¿En que está interesada tu hija?
¿A quién [ella] le dio el libro?
¿De qué depende?
¿A quién [él] ha estado esperando?
¿De qué estás asustado?
¿Con quién hablaste?
¿En qué oficina estás trabajando?
¿Qué estás buscando?
Traducir y luego transformar estas
oraciones en preguntas acerca de las
palabras en negrita
Él está buscando sus llaves
Depende del clima
Él ha estado esperando a Deborah
Ella está buscando aquel extraño carro
Ella le dio el libro a su amigo
Ellos están hablando de ti
A ella le asustan las arañas
Me gustaría hablar con el sr. Jones
to wait for Who are you waiting for?
to dance with Who did you dance with?
to look at What are you looking at?
to talk about What are you talking about?
to be interested in What are you interested in?
to look at What is she looking at?
To wait for Which bus are you waiting for?
To be interested in What is your daughter interested in?
to give to Who did she give the book to?
to depend on What does it depend on?
to wait for Who has he been waiting for?
to be afraid of What are you afraid of?
to speak to Who did you speak to?
to work in Which office are you working in?
to look for What are you looking for?
He's looking for his keys. What is he looking for?
It depends on the weather. What does it depend on?
He's been waiting for Deborah. Who has he been waiting for?
She's looking at that strange car. What is she looking at
She gave the book to her friend. Who did she give the book to ?
They're talking about you. Who are they talking about?
She's afraid of spiders. What is she afraid of?
I'd like to speak to Mr Jones. Who would you like to speak to ?