Rules - True or False
"Who" is the subject of a question to ask about a person.
True
What cookie do you prefer: chocolate chip or peanut butter?
Which cookie do you prefer: chocolate chip or peanut butter?
The conference will start at 10:00AM.
When will the conference start?
_______ brought these chocolates to the office?
Who
who / eat / cake / yesterday
Who ate cake yesterday?
"Which" is used when there is a limited number of possible answers.
True
For what are you going to Mexico?
Why are you going to Mexico?
Sarah is well - she has recovered from her cold.
How is Sarah?
_______ is the closest post office?
Where
whose shoes / those
Whose shoes are those?
How + adverb is used to ask about the condition, degree or extent of a noun.
False - a verb
Who's car is this?
Whose car is this?
John was only 20 when he moved to London.
How old was John when he moved to London?
__________ car is this? It is getting towed!
how fast / Mireille / run
How fast does/can Mireille run?
"Whose" is always used with a noun after it.
False - almost always
To who it may concern:
To whom it may concern:
Oh, that is my bag!
Whose bag is this?
_________ kind of music do you listen to?
What
which one / buy / black / white (future)
Which one will you buy: the black one or the white one?
"Whom" is very common in conversation to ask about the object of the verb.
False - we almost never use it in conversation
Which is your favourite city?
What is your favourite city?
I am speaking with my boss on the phone.
With whom are you speaking on the phone? / Who(m) are you speaking on the phone with?
_______ does this cost?
How much
how ______ / hamsters / in that cage
How many hamsters are (there) in that cage?