Questions with be (A1 Grammar)

For a where / what / who question with be, the question word goes first, then the be-word. Each question word asks about one thing: where asks about a place, what asks about a thing, who asks about a person.

Start with the question word

How are you?

How asks about the way someone is. The answer is a word like fine or good, not a place and not a thing.

Answering with be

Your answer needs is, are or am too. Pick the one that matches who or what the answer is about: It is… / They are… / I am…