PREGUNTAS PARA RESPUESTAS

GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS:

She found Steven’s wallet on the table
Solución: WHOSE wallet did she find on the table?
 CONCEPTOS BÁSICOS
• Los verbos modales se rigen por sus propias
normas.
• Hay preguntas llamadas totales (cuando se
pueden responder sí o no) y preguntas
parciales (cuando se solicita más información).
También puedes encontrar otras preguntas
especiales llamadas ‘question tags’.
 ESQUEMA PRINCIPAL
(WH-) VERBO SUJETO VERBO COMPLEMENTOS ?
AUXILIAR PRINCIPAL (OD+ OI + MODO-LUGAR-
TIEMPO)

Are you studying ?

Where have you played football ?
How long Will you visit us ?
Did you see her ?

 SIEMPRE que no preguntemos por el sujeto nos hará falta un auxiliar.

 El verbo principal puede encontrarse en infinitivo, gerundio o participio, pero la
tercera del persona del singular NUNCA se refleja aquí.
 DE AFIRMATIVAS A PREGUNTAS…
TIEMPOS SIMPLES
TIEMPO VERBAL AFIRMATIVA PREGUNTA

PRESENTE SIMPLE I paint DO I paint?

She painted DOES she paint?
PASADO SIMPLE They painted DID they paint?
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS (CON AUXILIARES)

TIEMPO VERBAL AFIRMATIVA PREGUNTA

PRESENTE CONTINUO We are painting ARE we painting?
PASADO CONTINUO You were painting WERE you painting?
PRESENTE PERFECTO I have painted HAVE I painted?
He has painted HAS he painted?
PASADO PERFECTO We had painted HAD we painted?
FUTURO SIMPLE You will paint WILL you paint?
¡RECUERDA!
 ¿SOBRE QUÉ PODEMOS PREGUNTAR?
INFORMACIÓN EJEMPLO RESPUESTA
SOBRE..
WHO QUIÉN PERSONAS Who did you see? I saw Kevin.
(SUJETO Y OBJETO) Who came? Kevin.
WHAT QUÉ COSAS Y CIRCUNSTANCIAS What happened? Nothing.
(SUJETO Y OBJETO) What have you found? I have found a dog.
WHICH QUÉ / CUÁL COSAS (A ESCOGER) Which car do you prefer, That one, please.
this one or that one?
WHEN CUÁNDO TIEMPO When will you arrive? I’ll arrive tomorrow.
WHERE DÓNDE LUGARES Where are you staying? We’re staying here.
WHOSE DE QUIÉN POSESIÓN Whose box is this? It’s Frank’s box.
WHY POR QUÉ CAUSA O RAZÓN Why do you like it? Because I find it cool.
HOW CÓMO MANERA, ESTADO, How are you? Fine, thanks.
CALIDAD, CANTIDAD…
EJEMPLO DE COMBINACIONES CON HOW
INFORMACIÓN EJEMPLO POSIBLES RESPUESTAS
SOBRE…
HOW LONG CUÁNTO TIEMPO How long have you been From… to…
waiting? (From.. until…)
HOW FAR A QUÉ DISTANCIA. How far is it from London to 475 kilometres.
Paris? Not far.
HOW OFTEN CON QUÉ FRECUENCIA How often do the buses run? Every hour.
Twice a week.
HOW MUCH CUÁNTO + How much is a return ticket? 50 pounds.
INCONTABLE How much bread is there? Not much.

HOW MANY CUÁNTOS + CONTABLE How many students are there? Fifteen.
PLURAL
HOW+ ADJ CÓMO DE… / CUÁN… How old are you? I am 15 years old.
Ejercicio:
1. He’s my brother.
2. Jack drinks coffee in ther morning.
3. I’m going to see a film tomorrow.
4. They are playing cricket.
5. I prefer the blue book.
6. She likes Peter.
7. He bought the small car.
8. I stayed there for six months.
9. It’s about 200 metres.
10. It cost 20 dollars.
 ¿CÓMO TRADUCIMOS “CÓMO”?
How is Julie?
She is feeling much better. // She was very friendly.
SALUD O ESTADO TEMPORAL
What is Julie like? (≠ What does she like?)
She’s very pretty and she’s very kind, but not clever.
APARIENCIA FÍSICA Y CARÁCTER
What does she look like?
She’s very pretty
APARIENCIA FÍSICA
Ejercicio:
1. I like rock music.
2. She is very amusing.
3. She likes a boy in ther class.
4. I think she is very generous.
5. He is like her mother.
6. New York is a very modern city.
7. He is well, thank you.
8. It is very interesting. There are lots of things to
see.
¿DE QUIÉN…?
WHOSE car is that? = Who does that car belong to?
It’s John’s. = It belongs to John.

WHOSE shoes are those? = Who do those shoes belong to?

They’re mine. = It belong to me.
ATENCIÓN:

• WHOSE NUNCA CAMBIA

• NO CONFUNDAS WHOSE CON WHO’S
• WHOSE VA SEGUIDO DE UN SUSTANTIVO
WH- + PREPOSICIÓN
• ¿DE DÓNDE VIENES?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
• ¿CON QUIÉN QUIERES HABLAR?
WHO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO?
• ¿DE QUÉ DEPENDE?
WHAT DOES IT DEPEND ON?

Recuerda:
La preposición va al final, aunque en un lengua formal puede
admitirse WHOM precedido de una preposición.
TO WHOM do you want to speak?
Ejercicio:
1. ¿A quién le compraste la casa?
2. ¿Con quién está casada?
3. ¿A quién esperas?
4. ¿A quién le vendieron el coche?
5. ¿Con quién vas?
6. ¿Para qué sirve eso?
7. ¿De qué habláis?
 WHO/WHAT. ¿SUJETO U OBJETO?
WHO told you?  James told me.
WHO lives there?  My aunt lives there.
- Cuando who actúa de sujeto, el orden de la oración es igual que si se
tratara de una afirmativa y se conjuga como tercera persona del singular.
WHO did you tell?  I told my brother.
WHO did you meet?  I met a couple of friends.
- Cuando who actúa como objeto, la pregunta necesita un verbo auxiliar.

WHAT is in this dish?

WHAT did you buy?
Ejercicio:
1. Somebody ate tha last piece of cake.
2. Somebody wants some more coffee.
3. Something happened at the end of the story.
4. He had something for breakfast.
5. Their letter said something.
6. She is phoning somebody.
7. They saw something.
 QUESTION TAGS
Los tag questions son pequeñas frases o preguntas (mini-questions) que se
colocan al final de una oración afirmativa o negativa y que generalmente
tienen como objetivo confirmar o negar el contenido de la frase misma. Es el
equivalente al ¿verdad?español o al ¿no? más utilizado en países de América.

DOS REGLAS BASICAS QUE DEBES RECORDAR

1. Los question tags utilizan siempre los verbos auxiliares y el
sujeto es siempre un ponombre.
2. Con oraciones afirmativas utilizamos un tag question en
NEGATIVO. Con oraciones negativas utilizamos un tag
question en AFIRMATIVO.
Ejemplos básicos
• It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
• I'm not late, am I?
• It wasn't a beautiful day, was it?
• You went to Costa Rica in 1990, didn't you?
• Elena has traveled a lot, hasn't she?
• Ann will be here soon, won't she?
• Tom should pass his exam, shouldn't he?
• You can play the violin, can't you?
• He could find a job, couldn't he?
EXCEPCIONES
• I'm late, aren't I?
• Let's go out for a walk, shall we?
• Open the door, will you?
• Have another piece of cake, won't you?
• Don't smoke in this room, will you?
• We´ll never forget that day, will we?
• Nobody knows what happened, do they?
• Everything is all right now, isn't it?
EJERCICIO
1) She is collecting stickers, ?

2) We often watch TV in the afternoon, ?

3) You have cleaned your bike, ?

4) John and Max don't like Maths, ?

5) Peter played handball yesterday, ?

6) They are going home from school, ?

7) Mary didn't do her homework last Monday, ?

8) He could have bought a new car, ?

9) Kevin will come tonight, ?

10) I'm clever, ?

ENTONACIÓN
• EL significado va a depender de la entonación de la question tag:
a) Entonación descendente: se pide al interlocutor confirmación de lo
que uno ha dicho (no es una pregunta, no se pide información).
You have been to Paris. Haven't you? (bajando el tono de voz)
El emisor está plenamente convencido de que su interlocutor ha estado
en París. Le pide (y espera) que se lo confirme.

b) Entonación ascendente: se pide información.

You haven't seen my brother . Have you? (subiendo el tono de voz)
El emisor no sabe si su interlocutor ha visto o no a su hermano. Espera
que le responda y que le facilite alguna información.
Por ejemplo:
- Yes, I have seen him one hour ago in the street
- No sorry, I haven't seen him