WH Questions Structure

STRUCTURE
Wh questions and H question : who, what, where,when, why and how.

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questions begin with a question word, such as who, what, when or where. The rest of
the word-order pattern is the same as in yes/no questions : do, does, or some other
auxiliary ( can/might, may/might, shall/should, will/would, must/had to) is placed before
the subject.
Who .. a noun phrase refering to a person.

What . a noun phrase referring to a thing/object/idea/action.
When an adverbial referring to time/date.
Why .. a reason.
Where .. an adverbial which refers to place.
How a direction/feelings/manner.
Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information:
Which (one) .. choice of alternatives
Whose .. possession
How much. price, amount (non-countable)
How many quantity (countable)
How long .. duration
How often ........ frequency
How far distance
What kind (of).. description
WH questions in simple present : WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT

Examples:
Where do you work?
Where does she live?
When do you wake up?
WH Questions with "be" : WH + BE
Examples:
Where are you from?
Who is that man?
When is your class?
SUBJECT
+ VERB1
WH Questions are similar to Yes/No question except they have WH words at the start.
Examples:
Yes/No Question . Are you from Canada?
WH question .
Where are you from?
Exercise 1. Change the statement into a yes/no question. Then make a wh-question
beginning with the word what.
Present tense :John likes milk.
Does
Does John like milk?
What
What does John like?
1.
Mary likes coffee. Does _____________________? What ________________________?
2.
Paul practices pronunciation. ______________________? _______________________ ?
3.
Mark studies English.______________________ ? _____________________________ ?
4.
Bryan repeats the new words. __________________ ? __________________________ ?
5.
John likes hamburger. _____________________ ? _____________________________ ?
WH-questions in past tense : WH + DID + SUBJECT
+ VERB1
Past tense : Paul practiced English.

Did
Did Paul practice English?
What
What did Paul practice ?
1.
Mary studied chemistry. Did ____________________? What ______________________?
2.
John drank milk. _______________________ ? ____________________________ ?
3.
He studied English. _______________________ ? _____________________________ ?
4.
They learned new words. _______________________ ? ________________________ ?
5.
The kids ate pancake. ______________________ ? ___________________________ ?
Exercise 2. Practice the use of when/where in questions.

WH + DOES + SUBJECT + VERB1 .. present tense
WH + DID + SUBJECT + VERB 1 . Past tense
WH + AUX + SUBJECT + VERB 1 Future tense
WH + HAVE/HAS + SUBJECT + VERB 3. Perfect tense
WH + be + SUBJECT + VERB ing . Present Progressive

Examples :
1.
John has breakfast at the restaurant. Where does John have breakfast ?
2.
Paul studied a year ago. When did Paul study ?
3.
Mary will go to Paris next year. Who will go to Paris ?
4.
The children have bought ice cream. Wht have the children bought?
5.
They are going to school by bus. How are they going to school ?
6.
He has to go to the hospital because he is sick. Why does he have to go to the hospital ?
7.
The children have gone to school. _____________________________ ?
8.
The children are swimming at Park Royal Hotel. ___________________________ ?
9.
Mr Miller teaches English. Who teaches English? ___________________________ ?
10. They arrived yesterday. ______________________________________ ?

11. I am carrying a glock pistol. ______________________________________________ ?
12. I left the scene of the crime at 9 pm after my commanding officer.
________________________________________________________ ?
13. SGT. Sudiyono was the last officer to see the prisoner alive? ______________________
__________________________________________________ ?
14. I was at the HH Hotel with my boyfriend on the night my husband died.
____________________________________________________________ ?
15. I climbed up the fire escape in the alley way and went to the roof of the building.
______________________________________________________________________ ?
16. We allowed him to call his lawyer as soon we arrived at the police station.
______________________________________________________________________ ?
17. He said: I think my wife has poisoned me, were his last words before he died.
_____________________________________________________________________ ?
18. Im sweating and trembling during the interrogation because I had a flu.
_______________________________________________________ ?
19. I could have three billion rupiahs in my bank account as I am only a supervisor in the
taxation department because it is a gift from a friend of mine.
__________________________________________________________________ ?
20. Joseph was responsible for printing the fake rupiah bank notes.
___________________________________________________________________ ?

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What are WH questions and how are they structured?

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What are the different types of WH questions and their uses?

What are the different types of WH questions and their uses?

STRUCTURE

Wh questions and H question : who, what, where,when, why and how.

Who .. a noun phrase refering to a person.

WH questions in simple present : WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT

Where are you from?

Does John like milk?

What does John like?

Mary likes coffee. Does _____________________? What ________________________?

Paul practices pronunciation. ______________________? _______________________ ?

Mark studies English.______________________ ? _____________________________ ?

Bryan repeats the new words. __________________ ? __________________________ ?

John likes hamburger. _____________________ ? _____________________________ ?

WH-questions in past tense : WH + DID + SUBJECT

Past tense : Paul practiced English.

Did Paul practice English?

What did Paul practice ?

Mary studied chemistry. Did ____________________? What ______________________?

John drank milk. _______________________ ? ____________________________ ?

He studied English. _______________________ ? _____________________________ ?

They learned new words. _______________________ ? ________________________ ?

The kids ate pancake. ______________________ ? ___________________________ ?

Exercise 2. Practice the use of when/where in questions.

WH + be + SUBJECT + VERB ing . Present Progressive

Paul studied a year ago. When did Paul study ?

Mary will go to Paris next year. Who will go to Paris ?

The children have gone to school. _____________________________ ?

The children are swimming at Park Royal Hotel. ___________________________ ?

Mr Miller teaches English. Who teaches English? ___________________________ ?

10. They arrived yesterday. ______________________________________ ?

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Mary likes coffee. Does _? What ____?

Paul practices pronunciation. ? _ ?

Mark studies English. ? _______ ?

Bryan repeats the new words. ? ________ ?

John likes hamburger. _ ? _________ ?

Mary studied chemistry. Did ? What __?

John drank milk. _ ? ______ ?

He studied English. _ ? _______ ?

They learned new words. _ ? __ ?

The kids ate pancake. ? _____ ?