¿Cómo? (How?)

• ¿Cómo estás? - How are you?
• ¿Cómo llego a la estación? - How do I get to the station?

¿Cuál? / ¿Cuáles? (Which?)

• ¿Cuál es tu libro favorito? - Which is your favorite book?
• ¿Cuáles son tus colores favoritos? - Which are your favorite colors?

¿Cuánto/a/os/as? (How much? / How many?)

• ¿Cuánto cuesta? - How much does it cost?
• ¿Cuántos años tienes? - How old are you?
• ¿Cuántas manzanas hay? - How many apples are there?

Forming Questions

To form questions in Spanish, you can start with the interrogative word and follow with the verb and subject. Note that Spanish questions are marked with inverted question marks (¿) at the beginning and regular question marks (?) at the end.

1. ¿Dónde vives tú? - Where do you live?
2. ¿Qué estudian ellos? - What do they study?
3. ¿Cuándo llega ella? - When does she arrive?

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Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blanks with the correct interrogative word.

1. ___ es tu nombre? (What)
2. ___ está el restaurante? (Where)
3. ___ años tienes? (How many)
4. ___ es tu hermano? (Who)
5. ___ no vienes a la fiesta? (Why)

Exercise 2: Match the Questions and Answers

Match each question with the appropriate answer.

1. ¿Dónde vives?
2. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
3. ¿Por qué estudias español?
4. ¿Quién es tu mejor amigo?
5. ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?

a. Vivo en Madrid.
b. Mi cumpleaños es el 5 de mayo.
c. Porque me gusta el idioma.
d. Juan es mi mejor amigo.
e. Cuesta diez euros.

Exercise 3: Translate the Questions

Translate the following questions from English to Spanish.

1. What are you doing?
2. Where do you work?
3. How much is the ticket?
4. Who is calling?
5. When is the meeting?

Exercise 4: Form Questions

Form questions in Spanish using the following prompts.

1. Estás / cómo? (How are you?)
2. Tu casa / dónde? (Where is your house?)
3. El examen / cuándo? (When is the exam?)
4. El libro / cuál? (Which is the book?)
5. Vas / por qué? (Why are you going?)

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