At around 42-48 months of age, typically developing children begin to understand “how” questions. But many people – including people learning English as a second language and people with communication disorders – struggle to understand “how” questions.

Of all the question words, “how” is one of the trickiest adverbs to understand and to use. That’s because we use “how” in at least three different ways:

1. “How” can mean – “In what manner?”
2. “How” can be used to ask questions about the condition of something or someone.
3. “How” can be used to ask about the extent or degree of something.

In this 18-page no-prep resource pack, we provide 42 scaffolded sentences to help people understand and to use “how” in questions.