Question Words/WH words

Question Words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions. We often refer to these words as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example What, Why, How, etc.).

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WHAT is used - to ask for information about something - to ask for repetition or confirmation

e.g. What is your name?/What did you say?

WHAT can be an adjective (if it is followed by a noun) or a pronoun (if it isn't followed by a noun)

WHAT is used - to ask about choices

e.g. What is your favourite colour?

WHAT can be an adjective (if it is followed by a noun) or a pronoun (if it isn't followed by a noun)

WHICH is used - to ask about choices

e.g. Red or blue, which colour do you prefer?

WHICH can be an adjective (if it is followed by a noun) or a pronoun (if it isn't followed by a noun)

WHEN is used - to ask about times

e.g. When is your birthday?

WHERE is used - to ask about places

e.g. Where do you live?

WHO is used - to ask what or which person or people (subject)

e.g.Who opened the door?

WHOM/WHO(M) is used - to ask what or which person or people (object)

e.g. Who(m) did you see?

Whose is used - to ask about possessions

e.g. Whose bag is this?/ Whose is this bag?

WHOSE can be an adjective (if it is followed by anoun) or a pronoun (if it isn't followed by a noun)

Why is used - to ask for reasons

e.g. Why do you say that?

HOW is used - to ask about manners - to ask about conditions or qualities

e.g.How does it work?/How was your exam?

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How far > distanceHow old > age how long > lengTh (Duration) How much/how many > quantity How often > frequency How come (informal) > reason

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What's the italian for the WH words

What = che cosaWHAT = quale (ampia scelta!) which = quale (scelta limitata!)when = quando where= dove who/whom = chi whose = di chi why = perche' how = comE*

* As before said, HOW changes its meaning according to the adjective that follows it.

When WHAT, WHO, WHICH or WHOSE is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary and we use the word order subject + verb. e.g. What fell off the wall? Which horse won? Who bought this? Whose phone rang?

Adding a wh-word at the end of a statement to make a question In Spoken English, we can sometimes turn wh-questions into statement questions: What’s today’s date? or Today’s date is what? We do this especially when we are checking information that we have already been given or when we want to quickly check a particular detail.

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These are less formal than full wh-questions: A: So we’re all going to be there at eight? B: Right, I’m travelling with Larry. A: You’re travelling with who? (more formal: Who are you travelling with?) B: With Larry. We’re actually going on our bikes. A: Is your sister here too or just your mother? B: Just my mother. A: And she’s here until when? (more formal: And when is she here until? or even more formal: Until when is she here?)

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