Plusieurs questions se forment avec le mot interrogatif how.
1 How employé seul
How sert à interroger sur la manière.
How do you make an apple pie?
Comment fais-tu une tarte aux pommes ?
2 How + adverbe ou adjectif
► How peut être combiné à des adverbes ou à des adjectifs.
How often does she play tennis?
Est-ce qu'elle joue souvent au tennis ?
How often do you go the gym?
Tu vas souvent à la gym ?
How difficult is this exercise?
Cet exercice est-il difficile ?
► Selon le cas, how sert à interroger sur :
| la quantité (+ indénombrable), le prix ▶ how much | How much money did you spend? How much is this vase? |
| la quantité ▶ how many | How many friends came to the party? |
| la distance ▶ how far | How far is the bus station? |
| la durée, la longueur ▶ how long | How long does the play last? How long is the table? |
| la fréquence ▶ how often | How often do you go to London? |
| l'âge ▶ how old | How old will he be? |
| la dimension ▶ how big | How big is your house? |
| la largeur ▶ how wide | How wide is the avenue? |
| la profondeur ▶ how deep | How deep is the lake? |
| la taille ▶ how tall | How tall is your sister? |
| le poids ▶ how heavy | How heavy is the bag? |
| la hauteur ▶ how high | How high is Mount Rushmore? |
