Interrogative Adverbs
Asking questions with why, where, when and how. Plus how much, how many, how often and how long.
ප්රශ්න අහන්න පාවිච්චි කරන adverbs: why (ඇයි), where (කොහෙද), when (කවදද / කීයටද), how (කොහොමද). how එක්ක තව වචන එකතු කරලා ගොඩක් ප්රශ්න හදන්න පුළුවන්: how much, how many, how often, how long.
Questions and short answers
- Why are you so late? — There was a lot of traffic.
- Where is my passport? — In the drawer.
- When does the train arrive? — At 11.15.
- How are you? — I'm fine, thanks.
The word order
Question word + helping verb (do / does / did / is / are / can…) + subject + main verb?
How + another word
How joins with other words to make lots of useful questions:
| Question | Asks about | Example |
|---|---|---|
| how + adjective | how big, old, tall… | How old is your grandmother? |
| how much | an uncountable amount, or a price | How much sugar do you want? / How much is this? |
| how many | a countable number | How many people are coming? |
| how often | frequency | How often do you go to the gym? |
| how long | length of time | How long does it take to get to Kandy? |
| how far | distance | How far is the station? |
| how + adverb | how fast, how well… | How fast can you type? |
how + …
- How much are these tomatoes?
- How many people are there in your family?
- How often do you visit your village?
- How long does it take from Colombo to Galle?
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Where staying in Ella?
" is a kilo of rice?"
" do you go to the temple?" — "Every Poya."
Why leave so early?
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