QUESTION WORDS

Lic. Jackeline Morales Sandoval.

 WH Question Words
 We use question words to ask certain types of questions
(question word questions). We often refer to them as WH
words because they include the letters WH (for example
WHy, HoW).
Question word Example

where Where do you live?

who Who are you?

when When do is your birthday?

what What are you doing?

why Why do you smoke?

whose Whose book is this?

which Which bus do you take to the university?

how How old are you?

Asking questions
1. If you ask about the subject of the sentence, simply add the question word at the
beginning:
Example:

James writes good poems. — Who writes good pems?

2. If you ask about the predicate of the sentence (the part of a sentence which
contains the verb and gives information about the subject), there are three options:

 If there is a helping (auxilary) verb that precedes the main verb ( foe example, can,
is, are, was, were, will, would...), add the question word and invert the subject and
the helping (auxilary) verb.
Examples:

He can speak Chinese. — What can he speak?

They are leaving tonight. — When are they leaving?
 If you ask about the predicate and there is no helping (auxilary) verb and the verb
is "to be", simply add the question verb and invert the subject and the verb.

Example:

The play was interesting. — How was the play?

 If there is no helping (auxilary) verb in the the predicate and the main verb is not
"to be", add the auxilary "do" in the appropriate form.

Examples:

They go to the movies every Saturday. — Where do they go to the movies?

He wakes up early. — When does he wake up

They sent a letter. — What did they send?
 The Question words

what How
who long Which

whe
What time n when

How long

How many why How much

Where
Put in What, Where, Why, When, How into the gaps and
form meaningful questions.

 1) _______ do you like best?

 2) _______ does Bill get up in the morning?
 3) _______ don't you go by bus, Max?
 4) _______ hobbies does Andrew have?
 5) _______do they go to every week?
 6) _______old is Mike?
 7) _______ is Susan's birthday?
 8) _______are my exercise books?
 9) _______are you doing at the moment, Sally?
 10) _______ do the Robinsons live?
Fill in who, why, what, how, how much, how many,
how old, when, where, whose.
 1._____ are you so happy? because I
have a birthday party.
2. ._____ is is sitting behind you? Rita.
3. ._____ do you go to school? by bus.
4. ._____ does the first lesson begin? at
8.00 o'clock.
5. ._____ is the police-station? in front
of the park.
6. ._____ is the weather like in Israel? It's
hot.
7. ._____ do the tickets cost? I don't
know. Maybe 15
 8. ._____ does your mom go to work in the
morning? by taxi.
9. ._____ does he usually have for
lunch? rice and fish.
10. ._____ wants to sing this song? Tamara
.
11. ._____ book is that? It's Maria's.
12. ._____ do you have the longest
holidays? in summer.
13. ._____ can translate this word in
English? I can.
14._____ s your address? Main Street 16.

 15. ._____ are you crying? because I lost
my
keys.