LOTE Spanish 613 Practice Test

Qué used as an interrogative pronoun asks directly for information about identity or choice. In the sentence ¿Qué libro te gusta más?, the word qué stands in for “what” and is asking which book the speaker prefers, with libro serving as the noun being identified. This is a direct question about a specific item, so qué functions as an interrogative pronoun. In the other sentences, qué or que serve different roles. El libro que leí es interesante uses que as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause that describes el libro, connecting it to leí. Le pregunté que sí uses que as a conjunction meaning “that,” introducing content of what was asked, not asking a question about a noun. No sé qué hacer presents qué in an indirect question after saber—the content of the unknown action—again not a direct request about a noun, and it’s the interrogative word functioning inside a subordinate clause rather than introducing a direct interrogative. The key clue is the accent and position: unaccented qué in relative or conjunction functions shows up in the other sentences, while the direct interrogative use with qué signaling “what” occurs in the direct question.