Answering Questions
Four
How many steps are there to answering questions?
Look for a Question Word
Step 2 to Answering Questions
Second Person Questions get First Person Answers
Step 3 to Answering Questions
Third Person Questions get Third Person Answers
Step 4 to Answering Questions
The verb in the answer.
The verb used in the question is usually...
Contestar Preguntas
To Answer Questions
An Accent
What do all Spanish question words have in common?
An Interrogative
What is another name for a question word?
Respond with "yes" or "no."
If you don't see an interrogative in a question...
Add new information to your answer.
If you see an interrogative in a question...
¿Cómo se llama usted?
Rewrite the second-person question into a third-person question using the second-person formal "you": ¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cuántos años tiene él?
Rewrite the second-person question into a third-person question using the word for "he": ¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿De dónde es?
Rewrite the second-person question into a third-person question using the word for "it": ¿De dónde eres?
¿Cómo está ella?
Rewrite the second-person question into a third-person question using the word for "she": ¿Cómo estás?
Find the Verb
Step 1 to Answering Questions