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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #106922: How and What ... like
    > Other English exercises on the same topics: Speaking | Direct/Indirect speech | Introducing someone [Change theme]
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    How and What ... like


     When to use : 'How' or 'What ...like ? '

     

     

     

     

          

     

     

    1)  ‘How’ is used to ask somebody's news, or ask information about somebody's health or the condition of something.

     

    ex : How’s Mary, your sister ? She’s much better now. She has totally recovered.

     

    2) On the contrary : ‘What ….. like ?’ asks a  question about somebody's  physical aspect or about  the description of something.

     

    ex : What’s your sister Mary like ? She’s tall and slim, she has big blue eyes !

     

    - 'To be ...like' …refers to somebody's physical appearance or character. We're asked an opinion about somebody's appearance.

     

    ex : What's Tom like ? /What does Tom look like ?  He’s big and tall, with muscles : a real athlete !

     

     

    Beware of the different meanings of :

     

     - What’s your sister like ? Wonderful ! She’ small and brown-haired.

     

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     - What does your sister like ? She likes pizzas and French fries, but she hates vegetables … (here, 'like' is a verb) 

     

     

    B E W A R E !  In a  direct interrogative clause (a normal question ) the words order is  : Interrogative word + verb + Subject + ?    ex : How is he ? 

     

    ON THE CONTRARY :  in an indirect  interrogative clause, introduced  by  : 'She asks him...' : the words order becomes  : Introduction + interrogative word + subject + verb.

    ex : She tells me what he is like.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

         

     

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