Question Words

Question Words

Example:

Where do you live?

I live in Almada.

Question words are used at the beginning of questions to ask for specific information.

WHO?

To ask about a person or people.

Example:

Who did you meet yesterday?

WHAT?

To ask for information about things or people.

Example:

What is your favourite colour?

WHERE?

To ask about a place.

Example:

Where were you born?

WHY?

To ask for a reason or explanation.

Example:

Why didn't you come to my party?

WHEN?

To ask about a time or date.

Example:

When did you arrive?

WHICH?

To ask about a choice.

Example:

Which colour do you prefer?

WHOSE?

To ask about possession.

Example:

Whose pencil is this?

HOW?

To ask about the way something happened or the way you do something.

Example:

How did you become fluent in Italian?

Let's practise!

Choose the right question word to complete the sentences.

Multiple Choice

______ is your name?

• What

• When

• Where

Multiple Choice

______ broke the window?

• How

• Who

• When

Multiple Choice

______ smartphone is this?

• Whose

• Who

• Why

Multiple Choice

______ don't you help me?

• Whose

• Why

• Who

Multiple Choice

______ smartphone did you buy?

• Where

• When

• Which

Multiple Choice

______ do you have in your pencil case?

• What

• Who

• When

Multiple Select

______ where you born?

• Where

• When

• Which

Multiple Select

______ did you travel to England?

• Who

• When

• How

Well done!