What and which can be followed by a noun.
What colour are your eyes? What size shoes do you take?What sort of music do you like? What kind of town do you live in?Which way do we go? Which one do you want?We use which when there is a limited choice.
Which one do you want, the red one or the blue one?Which restaurant shall we go to?We use what when there is (almost) unlimited choice.
What language do they speak in Brazil? What car do you drive?Sometimes there is no difference.
What/Which newspaper do you read? What/Which channel is the football on?Whose can be followed by a noun.
Whose book is this? Whose is this book?How can be followed by an adjective or adverb.
How tall are you? How big is the hotel? How far is it to the station?How often do you go to the cinema? How long does it take to get ready?How can be followed by much or many.
How many rooms are there? How much money do you have?What … like? asks about the permanent nature of people and things. It asks for a general description.
What's Indian food like? — Really tasty.What's Pete like? — He's a great guy.How … ? asks about the present condition of something. This condition can change.
How's work these days? — It's better than last year.How was the traffic this morning? — It was worse than usual.To ask about the weather, we can use both questions.
| where you are? | |
|---|---|
| How's the weather | |
| What's the weather like |
How … ? also asks about people's health and happiness and can ask for reactions and feelings.
How's Peter? — He's fine. How's your meal? — How's your new job?