Interrogative Adjectives

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• How are they different from the rest of the adjectives?
• Interrogative adjectives and interrogative pronouns
• Interrogative adjectives and exclamatory adjectives
• Examples of interrogative adjectives
• Other kinds of adjectives

The interrogative adjectives are those adjectives that are used to formulate an open question. They have no meaning by themselves and many of them do not vary in gender and number. For example: ¿What color do you like ¿Which is your dog

Interrogative adjectives are among the determinative adjectives, which also encompass demonstrative, possessive, numeral, and indefinite adjectives.

• See also: Exclamatory adjectives

How are they different from the rest of the adjectives?

• All adjectives are characterized by modifying a noun, expressing its characteristics or properties. Interrogative adjectives have no meaning by themselves but change the meaning of the sentence by turning it into a question. For example: I'm sorry a lot. / ¿How much time do you have
• Most of the adjectives are found next to the noun they refer to. Interrogative adjectives are at the beginning of the sentence. For example: His eyes huge. / ¿Which glass do you like?
• Most of the adjectives are modified to achieve agreement with the noun, both in number and gender. Some interrogative adjectives are invariable. For example: ¿What did you have any idea? Others vary according to the noun they refer to. For example: ¿Which It is your house? /Which are your houses?

• It can help you: Interrogative sentences

Interrogative adjectives and interrogative pronouns

The same words can function as interrogative pronouns or as interrogative adjectives. In order to distinguish one from the other, it is necessary to observe if they modify a noun or if they replace it.

• Yes modifies to a noun, it is an interrogative adjective. For example: ¿What flavor do you prefer?
• Yes replaces to a noun, it is an interrogative pronoun. For example: ¿What let's do?

• See also: Interrogative pronouns

Interrogative adjectives and exclamatory adjectives

Many interrogative adjectives are also used to formulate exclamations. In the written language, the difference is marked by the signs (exclamation or question marks). In spoken language the difference is marked by the intonation and intention of the sentence.

Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives always carry an accent. For example: ¿What you want to eat? /What good!

• More in: Exclamatory adjectives

Examples of interrogative adjectives

WHAT

1. ¿What countries do you know?
2. ¿What song are we going to sing?
3. ¿What flavor do you prefer?
4. ¿What hour is?
5. ¿What could we do this afternoon?
6. ¿What proposals does the candidate have?
7. ¿What wine do you prefer?
8. ¿What varieties of oil have?
9. ¿What offers have arrived?
10. ¿What requests made?
11. ¿What music do you like
12. ¿What doubts they have left?
13. ¿What disciplines were applied in the work?
14. ¿What options offer?
15. ¿What meals were left out of the diet?
16. ¿What clothes did you bring?
17. ¿What hair color would you like to have?
18. ¿What watch did you buy?

HOW MUCH / HOW MUCH / HOW MANY / HOW MANY

1. ¿How much rice do you need?
2. ¿How much is there snow on the hill?
3. ¿How many invited confirmed their presence?
4. ¿How many flowers will need for decoration?
5. ¿How many waiters in the lounge?
6. ¿How much flour takes the preparation?
7. ¿How much people can you take in the car?
8. ¿How many books does the library have?
9. ¿How many hours per week work?
10. ¿How many people know of its existence?
11. ¿How much time do you plan to wait?
12. ¿How many volunteers showed up?
13. ¿How many girlfriends have you had?
14. ¿How much long since we met?
15. ¿How many chairs need?
16. ¿How many classmates come today?
17. ¿How many spelling mistakes did you find?
18. ¿How many problems came up this week?

WHICH, WHICH

1. ¿Which of these doors should I knock?
2. ¿Which trails have we traveled?
3. ¿Which instruments should i tune?
4. ¿Which entry was forced?
5. ¿Which employees filed complaints?
6. ¿Which products are out of stock?
7. ¿Which solution is correct?
8. ¿Which of your friends come to visit?
9. ¿Which of these dressings do you prefer?
10. ¿Which were the mistakes made?
11. ¿Which tree bears better fruit?
12. ¿Which path is safer?
13. ¿Which students went to the next stage?
14. ¿Which application do you recommend me to take a trip?

Other kinds of adjectives