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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.).

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

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

WHEN is used - to ask about times

i.g. When is your birthday?

WHERE is used - to ask about places

i.g. Where do you live?

WHICH is used - to ask about choices

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

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

i.g. Who opened the door?

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

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

WWhose is used - to ask about possession

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

Why is used - to ask for reason

i.g. Why do you say that?

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

i. How does it work?/How was your exam?

HOW FAR > DISTANCE HOW OLD > AGE HOW LONG > LENGTH HOW MUCH/HOW MANY > QUANTITY HOW OFTEN > FREQUENCY HOW COME (INFORMAL) > REASON

WHAT'S THE ITALIAN FOR THE WH WORDS?

WHAT = CHE COSA/QUALE WHEN = QUANDO WHERE= DOVE WHICH = QUALE (SCELTA LIMITATA!) WHO/WHOM = CHI WHOSE = DI CHI WHY = PERCHE' HOW = COME

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. i.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 detailAwesome title

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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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