Grammar Focus

Question Words (Ερωτηματικές λέξεις)

We use question words to ask for information about people, things, places, time, reasons and ways.

1. Main Question Words

Question wordGreekUseExample
Who?Ποιος;personWho is your teacher?
What?Τι;thing / informationWhat is this?
Where?Πού;placeWhere do you live?
When?Πότε;timeWhen is your birthday?
Why?Γιατί;reasonWhy are you sad?
How?Πώς;way / mannerHow are you?

2. Question Structure

Most questions need an auxiliary verb like do / does / did / is / are / can.

StructureExample
Question word + be + subject?Where is Maria?
Question word + do/does + subject + verb?What do you like?
Question word + did + subject + verb?Where did you go?
Question word + can + subject + verb?What can you do?

Careful: In Past Simple questions, use did + base verb: Where did you go? not Where did you went?

3. More Question Expressions

ExpressionGreekExample
How old?Πόσο χρονών;How old are you?
How many?Πόσα;How many pencils have you got?
How much?Πόσο;How much water do you drink?
How often?Πόσο συχνά;How often do you play football?
What time?Τι ώρα;What time do you wake up?

4. Practice

A. Choose the correct question word.

  1. ___ is your name? — My name is Anna.
  2. ___ do you live? — I live in Thessaloniki.
  3. ___ is your birthday? — It is in May.
  4. ___ are you sad? — Because I lost my pencil.
  5. ___ is your best friend? — Maria.

B. Complete the questions.

  1. ___ old are you?
  2. ___ many books have you got?
  3. ___ time do you go to school?
  4. ___ often do you watch TV?

C. Make questions.

  1. you / live / where → __________________________
  2. she / like / what → __________________________
  3. they / go / where / yesterday → __________________________
  4. you / can / do / what → __________________________
✅ Show answers

A

  1. What
  2. Where
  3. When
  4. Why
  5. Who

B

  1. How
  2. How
  3. What
  4. How

C

  1. Where do you live?
  2. What does she like?
  3. Where did they go yesterday?
  4. What can you do?