WH-questions are the questions started with WH-letters such as: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how.
Question Words
Usages
Examples
What
Used to ask about things
– What do you need? – What is your name?
When
Used to ask about time
– When is your birthday? – When are you leaving?
Where
Used to ask about places
– Where is my book? – Where do you live / Where are you from?
Who
Used to ask about people
– Who are you? – Who is your best friend?
Whom
Used to ask about people (object of verb)
– To whom should we send the invitation? – To whom did she throw the ball?
Which
Used to ask about choices
– Which one do you choose? – Which one is yours?
Whose
Used to ask about possession
– Whose pencil is this? – Whose books are these?
Why
Used to ask about reasons/ causes
– Why do you like Pizza? – Why is she crying?
How
Used to ask about condition, quality, manner/ process
– How was the party? – How can I go there?
How to form WH-Questions?
1. With an auxiliary verb
Wh- question word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
- When is she coming?
- What do you need?
- Why did you cry?
2. without any auxiliary
Wh-question word + main verb …?
- What happened to him?
- Who won the game?
- Who talks to him?
3. With a modal verb
Wh-question word + modal verb + Subject + main Verb…..?
- Why should we help him?
- How can I get his number?
- When will you meet her?
What
- What is this?
- This is a pencil.
- What are you doing now?
- I am reading a book.
- What did you eat?
- I ate an apple.
When
- When is your birthday?
- My birthday is on 14th of May.
- When will you leave?
- I will leave around 3.30 p.m.
- When did she come?
- She came on last week.
Where
- Where does she live?
- She lives in France.
- Where are you going?
- I am going to school.
- Where did you keep my bag?
- I kept it on the table.
Who
- Who are you?
- I am John Cooper.
- Who was your best friend in the school?
- My best friend was Sam.
- Who helped him?
- His best friend helped him.
Whom
- Whom do you want to meet?
- I want to meet Mr. Alex.
- Whom does he call?
- He calls Jenny.
- Whom did Sam meet?
- He met Alexandra.
Which
- Which do you like more, reading novels or watching movies?
- I like to watch movies.
- Which TV series is your favorite?
- My favorite TV series is Game of Thrones.
- Game of Thrones is my favorite TV series.
- Which bag is yours?
- The black color one is mine.
Whose
- Whose parents did they meet?
- They met Lila’s parents.
- Whose phone does Alex use?
- He uses his mother’s phone.
- Whose pencil is this?
- This is my pencil.
- This pencil is mine.
Why
- Why doesn’t he study?
- He doesn’t like to study.
- Why did she cry?
- She cried because her mother blamed her.
- Why is he angry?
- He is angry because of his girlfriend.
How
- How is she now?
- She is fine.
- How was the party?
- It was fun.
- How can I help you?
- Can you help me to find the blue color one in this dress?
- Please help me to find the blue color one in this dress.
