Asking and Answering Questions
Forming intelligible Spanish questions and answering the precise interrogative with relevant, developed information.
How to prepare for GCSE Spanish
Connect sound, spelling, grammar and meaning; practise receptive and productive use; then rehearse the precise timings, task sequence and thematic contexts of the learner's current specification.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Spanish questions use interrogative intonation and opening and closing question marks; question words carry written accents and subject placement varies naturally.
Exam cue: Match quién, por qué, dónde, cuándo, cómo and cuánto to the information requested.
Concept 2
The interrogative word identifies the required information category: person, reason, place, time, manner or quantity.
Exam cue: Build one reliable question frame for spontaneous use before adding structural variety.
Concept 3
An effective answer begins with a direct response and can then add a reason, example or time frame.
Exam cue: Answer first, then extend; do not hide the response behind a long preamble.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using statement word order with no questioning intonation in a context where meaning becomes unclear.
Guardrail: Do not substitute an English spelling habit, memorised paragraph or another board's task convention for the current Spanish evidence and rubric.
Answering por qué with a place or cuándo with a reason.
Guardrail: Do not substitute an English spelling habit, memorised paragraph or another board's task convention for the current Spanish evidence and rubric.
Preparing an answer so rigidly that the actual question is ignored.
Guardrail: Do not substitute an English spelling habit, memorised paragraph or another board's task convention for the current Spanish evidence and rubric.
Memory anchors
Interrogative
A question word that identifies the type of information being requested.
Question Marks
Spanish direct questions use both opening ¿ and closing ? marks in writing.
Accented Interrogative
A question form such as qué, cómo, cuándo or dónde whose written accent distinguishes its interrogative use.
Direct-Then-Develop
Give the answer immediately, then support it with a reason, detail or example.
Question Ownership
The learner's required question in a task, distinct from questions asked by the examiner.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Which question correctly asks “Where do you live?”
The question is «¿Por qué aprendes español?». Which answer matches the interrogative?
Answer all questions to submit.
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