Wh-questions

Wh- questions

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Warning: When what, who, which or whose is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary. We use the word order subject + verb: What fell off the wall? Which horse won? Who bought this? Whose phone rang?

Compare Who owns this bag ? Who is the subject of the sentence and this bag is the object. We use no auxiliary verb . Who do you love most? Who is the object of the sentence and you is the subject. We use the auxiliary verb do.

Negative wh-questions When we ask negative wh-questions, we use the auxiliary verb do when there is no other auxiliary or modal verb, even when the wh-word is the subject of the clause: Affirmative with no auxiliary Negative with auxiliary do Who wants an ice cream? Who doesn’t want an ice cream?

Adding a wh-word at the end of a statement to make a question Spoken English: In speaking, we can sometimes turn wh-questions into statement questions: What’s today’s date? or Today’s date is what?