GROUP 3

QUESTION (WHEN)
LAURA GAMBOA
DAYAN PEREZ
DIANA VARGAS
DIEGO CORREDOR
HEIDY TOVAR
 USE
• When is a wh-word. We use when to ask questions, as
a conjunction and to introduce relative clauses.
 When as a question word
We can use when to ask for information about what time something
happens; For Example:
When did you leave?
• When are you going on holiday?
Also, We can use when in indirect questions:
• I wonder when the new computers will arrive.
 When as a conjunction
The clause with when is a subordinate clause and needs a main
clause to complete its meaning. If the when-clause comes before the
main clause, we use a comma; for example:
• Talking about the past
• Talking about the present
• Talking about the future
 When as a relative pronoun
We can use when as a relative pronoun in relative clauses:
• That was the week when we booked our holiday.
• Since when? We can use since when to ask at what time something
began.
• We often use it as a response when we are surprised that
something has begun
 Since when?
We can use since when to ask at what time something began.
We often use it as a response when we are surprised that something
has begun Warning:
• Using Since when at the start of a question can express anger or
sarcasm
 When or if?
We use when to refer to a future situation or condition that we are
certain of, whereas we use if to introduce a possible or unreal
situation.
• Compare - When I see Gary, I’ll tell him that you said hello.
• - If I see Gary, I’ll tell him that you said hello.
 When or since?
We use when to mean ‘(the time that’.
We use since to refer to a particular time in the past until another
time or until now:
• I had a great time when I went to the coast.
 when adverb
I used to ask a question about when something happens when
• When is the next train?
• When is the next train?
• When did you cut your hair?
• When did you cut your hair?