When you ask a question in Spanish, you not only need a regular question mark at the end of the question, but also an upside-down and backward question mark at the beginning, like this: ¿Cómo? (What?) The same thing happens with exclamations: ¡Caramba! (Wow!)

Look at the phrases below. Decide which ones need a ¿ and a ?, and which ones should have a ¡ and a ! Add the punctuation, and practice saying these simple phrases. Do any sound familiar?