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How long? How far? How often? — English questions
How joins another word to ask about an amount. Which word you pick decides what you are asking about.
The shape
How + long / far / often / much / many / old
Ask about time, distance, price and frequency.
In Hindi
how दूसरे शब्द के साथ मिलकर मात्रा पूछता है। कौन-सा शब्द चुना, उसी से तय होता है कि क्या पूछा जा रहा है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
How much time you are working here? | How long have you been working here? For a period up to now, English asks "how long" with a perfect tense. |
How long? How far? How often? examples
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
How much is this?
यह कितने का है?
How far is the station?
स्टेशन कितनी दूर है?
How much time do you have?
तुम्हारे पास कितना समय है?
How many brothers do you have?
तुम्हारे कितने भाई हैं?
How much money do you have?
तुम्हारे पास कितने पैसे हैं?
How often do you exercise?
तुम कितनी बार व्यायाम करते हो?
How often do you eat out?
तुम कितनी बार बाहर खाते हो?
What time do you get up?
तुम कितने बजे उठते हो?
How many people are there in your family?
तुम्हारे परिवार में कितने लोग हैं?
How many chairs are there in the room?
कमरे में कितनी कुर्सियाँ हैं?
Learn these first
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Questions people ask
- What is the how long? how far? how often? used for?
- How joins another word to ask about an amount. Which word you pick decides what you are asking about. In practice: ask about time, distance, price and frequency.
- How do you form the how long? how far? how often??
- How + long / far / often / much / many / old.
- What is the most common mistake with the how long? how far? how often??
- Saying “How much time you are working here?” instead of “How long have you been working here?”. For a period up to now, English asks "how long" with a perfect tense.
Where how long? how far? how often? fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
How long? How far? How often? is a CEFR A2 structure — the everyday band — and it belongs to questions. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
Reading it is not the same as saying it.
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