Wh Questions or information questions

WH Questions

What

Why

When

Where

Who

Which

How

WH QUESTIONS

A WH question in English is a request for information.

Wh- questions usually start with a word beginning with wh-, but "how" is also included. The wh- words are: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why, and how.

How to create a WH question?

WH Question + main verb + subjetc + complement + ?

What is your name?

Where is your office?

When is your birthday?

What: It's used to ask for information about something or to confirm something

• What is the most important day of the year?

• What? I can’t understand what you said.

• What is your name?

We add the word "for" when we ask for the reason of something

• What are you waiting for?

• What did you do that for?

Who: It's used to refer to people, to discover the subject of the action

• Who is your teacher?

• Who brought the camera?

• Who is it?

Whose: We use whose to ask who owns something.

• Whose bag is this?

• Whose sunglasses are these?

• Whose bike is this?

Which: It's used to ask for an option, when there is a choice to make

• Which car will you buy?

• Which phone did you get?

• Which do you prefer? tea or coffee?

Where: It's used to ask for a place or position where something is located

• Where is the library?

• Where are my keys?

When: We will use this to ask for a time when something happened, it is not very specific, but it covers days, months, years, short moments of the day

• When did they mention the winners?

• When did you cook the cake?

Why: It's used to ask for the reason of something

• Why did you say so?

• Why are you here?

How: It's used to describe the process so another person can understand.

• How do you tie a shoelace?

• How do you download a video from Youtube?

Poll

Do you like Christmas?

• Yes, I do

• No, I don't

Open Ended

What do you do at Christmas?

Poll

Do you have a lot of free time?

• Yes, I do

• No, I don't

Open Ended

What do you do at weekends?

Poll

Are you good at saving money?

• Yes, I am

• No, I'm not

Open Ended

How much money do you spend on a normal day?

Poll

Do you like waking up early?

• Yes, I do

• No, I don't

Open Ended

What time do you get up on weekends?

Open Ended

Where do you usually meet people?

Open Ended

Do you usually start conversations with others or wait for others to speak?

Open Ended

What's the first question do you usually ask someone?

Wh- Questions

Asking for a specific thing or object.

What´s this? It's a book.
What time is it? It´s 8 o'clock

What?

Asking about time, occasion, and moment.

When's your birthday? It's in January.

When did you arrive? Yesterday.

When?

Asking at what place or position.

Where is my backpack? It's on the chair.
Where is the chair? It´s in the classroom

Where?

Who?

Who's that woman? She´s my teacher.
Who's she talking to? Olivia.

Asking about a person.

Asking for a reason, explanation.

Why?

Why were you late?
Sorry, I missed my bus.

Asking for a way, manner, form.

How do you go to school?
I take the bus.

How?

How many books have you got?
I've got three books.

Asking about quantity. Used with
countable nouns.

How many?

How much homework have we got?
Don´t worry. Not much.

Asking about quantity. Used with
uncountable nouns.

How much?

Which country would you prefer
to live in? Australia.

Asking about choice.

Which?

Multiple Choice

_____ are you doing right now?

• where

• what

• when

• which

Multiple Choice

"Why" is used to inquire about:

• Someone's name

• The time

• The reason

• Physical appearance

Multiple Choice

____ is your brother going in Sweden?

• what

• which

• how

• when

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct "Wh-question" for the given statement: "She went to the store."

• Where Is she?

• what is she?

• who is she?

• why is she?

Multiple Choice

_____ did you pay for that bike?

• How far

• How much

• How often

• How many

Multiple Choice

"Where" is used to ask about:

• Quantity

• Time

• Purpose

• Place

Multiple Choice

____ table would you like to take?

-the one next to the window, please.

• which

• what

• where

• how

Multiple Choice

When do we use "Who"?

• for reason

• for place

• for time

• For people

Multiple Choice

____ is your wife's birthday?

-on April 3rd

• where

• which

• how

• when

Multiple Choice

"Which" is used to:

• Ask for a reason

• Choose between options

• Inquire about time

• Ask about someone's health

Multiple Choice

____ are you doing that?
-because my mom told me to!

• where

• what

• why

• how

Thank you!

Multiple Choice

__________ time is it?

• where

• which

• what

• who

Multiple Choice

___________ old is your sister?

• who

• how

• why

• when

Multiple Choice

____________ do you live with?

• where

• who

• how

• what

Multiple Choice

_________ is your birthday?

• where

• how

• why

• when

Multiple Choice

__________ is your favorite music band?

• who

• what

• which

• why

Multiple Choice

__________ pen is yours? The red one or the black one?

• what

• who

• which

• how

Multiple Choice

____________ do you have English classes?

• how

• when

• who

• which

Multiple Choice

__________ do you wash your hair?

• how much

• what kind

• how often

• how many

Multiple Choice

____________ of game is Poker?

• how much

• what kind

• how long

• how often

Multiple Choice

________ is your best friend?

• who

• why

• how long

• when

Multiple Choice

What means " WHEN"?

• POR QUÉ

• QUÉ

• DÓNDE

• CUÁNDO

Multiple Choice

What means "WHO"?

• QUIÉN

• DÓNDE

• DE QUIÉN

• QUÉ

Multiple Choice

¿What means "WHERE"?

• CUÁNDO

• CÓMO

• DÓNDE

• QUÉ

Multiple Choice

_________ is your name?

• WHAT

• WHY

• WHEN

• WHO

Multiple Choice

_________ is your best friend?

• WHAT

• WHO

• WHERE

• WHEN

Multiple Choice

___________ are you so happy? Because I'm getting married!

• WHEN

• HOW

• WHAT

• WHY

Multiple Choice

____ OLD ARE YOU?

• WHICH

• WHERE

• HOW

• WHO

Multiple Choice

_______ is the bathroom?

• When

• Who

• Where

• What

Multiple Select

___ is your birthday?

• What

• Which

• How often

• When

Multiple Choice

Match: where

• FORMA

• PERSONAS

• TIEMPO

• LUGARES