IELTS series-7: WHAT and WHICH?
“WHAT DO YOU WANT?” She asked me in the overcrowded mall. We
came here to select a cotton shirt for me. Hundreds of shirts just opposite to
us inside the shop!
I knew well that I
could not choose any one on my own because she was ready with her choice from
among the 20 shirts hanging colorfully
in front of us. If I chose anyone, surely it was going to be rejected at the
first instance. So, I kept mum.
“Don’t you know what your taste is?” she continued with her
AK47.
At last, she came with two-one with long stripes and another
with plain light blue color.
“WHICH...ONE DO YOU
LIKE?” Again the same nagging question! Please, go through the second paragraph
above. I need not repeat the same words.
Then, in a low voice I told “The blue one.”
“NOoo...it won’t suit you. You take the stripes.” Like any
wife, her preference was just the opposite. But, here I know, she wants me to
look younger.
Points to IELTsians:
You can use “WHAT” when there are many choices before you.
For example, there
are hundreds of shirts when my better half asked me “What do you want to
choose?”
You can use “which” when there are only a few options in
front of you.
There are only three flowers. Then, “Which one do you
prefer?” is the correct usage.
