50 Examples of Interrogative Adverbs

Interrogative Adverbs

The interrogative adverbs make up a special category of adverbs whose distinctive function is to act as heads of interrogative sentences. For example: what how when.

It is a category very similar to that of exclamatory adverbs, which act as exclamatory sentence headers.

In both cases it is about the morphological aspect of the same kind of word, pronouns relative, which in the graph come to bear accent mark for its emphatic character.

Interrogative adverb or interrogative adjective?

According to the sentence structure that follows in the question, the same pronoun acquires the syntactic function of interrogative adverb or from interrogative adjective.

The adverbs They are invariable morphemes that, in the context of the sentence, can modify a verb, an adjective, an adverb or a whole proposition. For example: ¿How much did you run / ¿How much ran?

The adjectivesOn the contrary, they are variable and must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. For example: ¿How many years did you meet? / ¿How much salt do I add?

Direct or indirect questions

We could say that every time a question is formulated other than those that expect a 'yes' or 'no' answer, interrogative adverbs or interrogative adjectives are used.

It should be borne in mind, on the other hand, that the question should be asked directly and there should be no antecedent. For example: ¿Where is my phone ("Where" is an interrogative adverb) 

In the questions in indirect speech, on the other hand, the same word has an interrogative intention but does not function as an interrogative adverb but as pronoun. For example: QI want to know where there is my phone. ("Where" is an emphatic pronoun) 

Examples of interrogative adverbs

1. Who
2. How
3. Why
4. How
5. When
6. Which
7. What
8. Who is it
9. How much
10. How many

Examples of sentences with interrogative adverbs

1. ¿Who play forward at Arsenal?
2. ¿How do you live in a city as populous as Mexico City?
3. ¿Why did they leave the party so early?
4. ¿How intense is the pain you feel in that knee?
5. ¿How Would you feel if you were suddenly assigned to another branch?
6. ¿Where could criminals escape in that isolated prison?
7. ¿When will you understand that this is not a way to live?
8. ¿What so far from home is work?
9. ¿Which of all those documents is the original?
10. ¿When will I get a new job?
11. ¿Who will be the new forward of Barcelona?
12. ¿What better than a house on the beach, to spend the summer?
13. ¿How make him see that he is about to make a big mistake?
14. ¿Who but can Paul make them see reason?
15. ¿Why decided to fire him?
16. ¿How can you think that
17. ¿How do you think they played?
18. ¿Which is the language more difficult?
19. ¿What how difficult will the exam be?
20. ¿Which will be richer?
21. ¿Why Mondays do not work?
22. ¿Who he said you couldn't?
23. ¿Where will it be Juan's birthday?
24. ¿How much more will I have to wait for you?
25. ¿What does it matter what José thinks?
26. ¿Who want to take over a place that is so down?
27. ¿Where will the holidays happen this year?
28. ¿Which Will blue or green suit me better?
29. ¿How will we get to the airport?
30. ¿How much would you pay for one of his oil paintings?
31. ¿How is this situation resolved?
32. ¿What have to add to these comments?
33. ¿How much do you know the new intern?
34. ¿How much did you learn in the marketing course?
35. ¿Where are your grandparents alive?
36. ¿What Did you think of the movie we saw yesterday?
37. ¿Where did you leave the car parked?
38. ¿When will the guests arrive?
39. ¿Who is the current president of Colombia?
40. ¿Who is it are they responsible for this situation?
41. ¿How did you do in the exam?
42. ¿What role do bees play in the ecosystem?
43. ¿What do your parents have in common?
44. ¿What did they give you for your birthday?
45. ¿What ice cream flavor are you going to ask?
46. ¿How much long does a giraffe live?
47. ¿How is your nephew's name?
48. ¿How much will this concert last?
49. ¿What did you order for lunch?
50. ¿Who is the doctor who takes care of your child?

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