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Wh questions
In english, there are six important question words that ask about things, time, people,
places, reasons and feelings. Five of them start with
Wh
, and the last is
how
, which
is why we call them
Wh
words. Take a look at Grammar Box 5 for an example of
each of them.
Grammar Box 5
Wh
questions
Question
Answer
Example
What
Thing
What
is that?
When
Time
When
is the game?
Who
Person
Who
is that beautiful girl?
Where
Place
Where
do you live?
Why
Reason
Why
are you happy?
How
Directions/
Feelings
How
do I arrive to the school?
How
are you?
When you want to make a question with the
Wh
words, you have to use the auxiliary
verb
To Do
, unless the verb of your sentence is
To Be
. See Grammar Box 6 for
examples.
Grammar Box 6
Wh questions structure
Wh questions with “do”
Wh +
do
+ subject + verb
Wh +
does
+ subject + verb
Where
do
you work?
When
does
she wake up?
Wh questions with “be”
Wh +
be
+ subject
Where
are
you from?
Who
is
that man?