WH Question Words

1. Which question word is used for asking about time?

• Where

• When

• How

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

2. Choose the correct question word: "I can't find my glasses. _______ are they?"

• How

• When

• What

• Where

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

3. "I wasn't listening. _______ did she say?"

• Where

• When

• What

• How

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

4. "Why did they go there?" means the same as "What did they go there _______?"

• for

• with

• to

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

5. I pointed at the phone I wanted to buy and said, "_______ is that one?"

• How many

• How much

• What cost

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

6. After they'd checked the cinema listings, Mario said, " _______ one do you want to see?"

• How

• What

• Which

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

7. To find out the reason for something, we usually ask a question that begins with

• How

• What

• Why

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

8. Jenny made a suggestion. She said, "_______ we go for a walk?"

• Why didn't

• Why don't

• Why do

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

9. There was a phone on the floor, so I picked it up and said, "_______ phone is this?"

• Whose

• Whom

• Who

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

10. "How come?" is a more informal way of saying

• Why?

• What?

• Which?

Tags

CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1D

CCSS.W.11-12.2E

CCSS.W.9-10.2E