English Grammar Drills

Questions and Negatives 227
Noun phrase
Which book do you want?
Where Adverb of place Where are you going?
When Adverb of time When will you get there?
Why Adverb of reason Why do you want to go there?
How Adverb of manner How will you get there?
In addition, there are a number of interrogatives compounded with how. All of these are
adverbs. For example:
How often Frequency How often do you go there?
How long Length in time/space How long will you stay?
How far Distance How far is it?
How much Quantity How much does it cost to go there?
How soon Quickness How soon can you get there?
Sometimes these adverbs are called interrogative adverbs, and sometimes they are merely
lumped together with the other interrogative pronouns, as we will do here.
Exercise 13.7
Underline the interrogative pronouns and label their part of speech: noun, possessive noun, or
type of adverb.
Adv of
frequency
How often do you come here?
1. Who are you?
2. Whom did you say you were?
3. How much gasoline do we need to buy?
4. Whose advice should we take?
5. When shall we three meet again?
6. Why do we want to do that?
7. Whom did they finally pick?
8. How did your team do this weekend?
9. Whose dog is that in the backyard?
10. How much longer do we have to wait?