USE OF HOW



How means “in what way”.

Statement: I came by bus.
Wh-Question: How did you come?

Statement: I start the engine by pressing the button.
Wh-Question: How did you start the engine?

Statement:  The accident happened when the driver was overtaking the truck.
Wh-Question: How did the accident happen?

Statement: She is a woman of fifty years old.
Wh-Question: How old is she?

Statement: It is 200 miles from Dhaka to Chittagong.
Wh-Question: How far is it from Dhaka to Chittagong?

Statement: Cox’s Bazar sea beach is 120 kilometers.
Wh-Question: How long is the Cox’s Bazar sea beach?

Statement: I will stay here for four hours.
Wh-Question: How long will you stay?

Statement: I want Tk.500.00.
Wh-Question: How much (money) do you want?

Statement: I bought ten pictures.
Wh-Question: How many pictures did you buy?

Statement: One hundred people are coming to the party.
Wh-Question: How many people are coming to the party?

Statement: It is ten taka per K. G.
Wh-Question: How much is it?

Statement: It costs me taka fifty.
Wh-Question: How much does it cost you?

Statement: I am well, by the grace of Allah.
Wh-Question: How are you?

Statement: He drives car at 50 miles per hour.
Wh-Question: How fast does he drive?

Statement: I have been waiting here for six hours.
Wh-Question: How long have you been waiting here?

Statement: It takes two hours to reach Comilla from Dhaka.
Wh-Question: How much time does it take to reach Comilla from Dhaka?

Statement: The boy stood first by dint of merit.
Wh-Question: How did the boy stand first?

Statement: She smokes forty cigarettes a day.
Wh-Question: How many cigarettes does she smoke a day?

Statement: The box can be opened by a screw driver.
Wh-Question: How can the box be opened?

Statement: The pot contains two liters of water.
Wh-Question: How much water does the pot contain?

Statement: This parcel weighs 5 kgs.
Wh-Question: How much does this parcel weigh?

Statement: Thank god. My father is coming round.
Wh-Question: How is your father?

Statement: A book is like a living person.
Wh-Question: How is a book like?

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