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Who, what, where, when, why, and how

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _____. 
a)
Whether
b)
Which
c)
Why
d)
Whenever
2.
What is the main purpose of the 5 W's?
a)
to discover the main idea
b)
to find important details
c)
to learn about the author
d)
to understand why the story was written
3.
What is it?
a)
because she is hungry.
b)
It's on the table.
c)
7:30 in the morning.
d)
It's breakfast.
4.
Who is it?
a)
It's the doctor.
b)
She's at home.
c)
because she likes to help people
d)
It's on Monday morning.
5.
When is lunch?
a)
It's very nice.
b)
It's on the beach.
c)
It's orange juice.
d)
It's at noon.
6.

Where is he?

a)

He's my Dad.

b)

He's at home in bed.

c)

It's half past two.

d)

It's a clock.

7.

Why can't we go to the zoo

a)

It is a Zoo

b)

There is no bus

c)

The Zoo is closed.

d)

There are lions

8.

How will we get to the store?

a)

Walk

b)

Ride a school bus

c)

Take the city bus

d)

Fly in a plane

9.

What question was asked?

Answer: They are on the beach.

a)

Who are they?

b)

What are they?

c)

Where are they?

d)

When are they?

10.

What question was asked?

Answer: It's a cat.

a)

Who is it?

b)

What is it?

c)

Where is it?

d)

When is it?

11.

What question was asked?

Answer: She is my mother.

a)

Who is this woman?

b)

Why is this woman?

c)

Where is this woman?

d)

When is this woman?

12.
_______ do you live?
a)
What
b)
When
c)
Where
13.

______ do you get up in the morning?

a)

When

b)

Where

c)

What

14.

______ old are you?

a)

How

b)

Why

c)

Who

d)

What

15.

______ is she crying?

a)

Why

b)

When

c)

What

d)

How

16.

______ time does the bus leave?

a)

What

b)

When

c)

Where

d)

Who

17.

The who tells us:

a)

the time or date.

b)

the things that happened or are happening.

c)

the person or people.

18.

The when tells us about:

a)

the person or people

b)

the time or date

c)

the events

d)

how things ended up

19.

The where tells us:

a)

all the things that happened

b)

the place

c)

the time or date

d)

about the people or person

20.

The how tells us:

a)

all the things that happened

b)

where it took place

c)

the time or date

d)

about the people or person

21.

The what tells us about:

a)

the information about people, places or dates

b)

the time or date

c)

how things ended up

22.
Where does this story take place? 
Eva and Jackson got to the bus stop, but no one was there.  "We're going to be late again!" exclaimed Jackson.  "It's your fault. I hate being your twin. Waiting for you makes me late everywhere we go." Jackson didn't see Anna.  "Hi, guys!" she said with a smile. "You're not late.  You're early." 
a)
at school
b)
at the bus stop
c)
at Eva and Jackson's house
d)
at Anna's house
23.

I'm from Brazil.


Choose the correct question:

a)

When do you go to Brazil?

b)

Where are you from?

c)

What's your name?

24.

My birthday is in April.


Choose the correct question:

a)

When is your birthday?

b)

Where is your birthday?

c)

What do you do then?

25.

She is at the top of the slide.


Choose the correct question:

a)

What is it?

b)

When does she go?

c)

Where's Sally?

26.

I get up at quarter past six.


Choose the correct question:

a)

When do you get up?

b)

What do you do?

c)

Where are you?

27.

My name's Arnie.


Choose the correct question:

a)

What's your name?

b)

Where are you from?

c)

How old are you?