Wh quetions

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

WH-QUESTIONS

Autor/a: Erika Cabrera, Leonardo Calles y Paola Yépez

Fecha 16-12-2021

Grammatical structure Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …? -What did you do last night? I played basketball with Anne.

Questions

There are two types of questions: Simple questions Did you visit your mother last weekend? Yes, I did. Information questions What did you do yesterday? I went to walk the dog.

01. What

For example

Q: What movie did you watch yesterday?A: I watched a horror movie called It.

We use what to ask for information about things, people and situations.

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02. When

For example

Q: When did the dinner party end? A: It ended past midnight.

We use when to ask about a date or when something happened (or will happen).

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03. Where

For example

Q:Where did she study? A: She studied at Harvard University

We use where to ask about places (cities, countries, directions).

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04. Why

For example

Q: Why did Erika finish her relationship with her boyfriend?A: Because she found out that he was cheating on her.

We use why to when we want to know the reason behind an action or what motivated it.

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05. How

For example

Q: How often did you go to the beach? A: I hardly ever went to the beach.

We use how to ask the way something went or if someone is okay or not.

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06. Which

For example

Q: Which was your best family photo? It was the one from last summer.

We use which when we have more than two options and we need to choose one of those. It shouldn’t be confused with ‘what’.

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07. WHo

For example

Q: Who broke my smartphone?A: Luis. ( Luis broke my smartphone).

We use who to ask for someone, to discover who did something.

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08. whose

For example

We use whose to ask for ownership. ‘Whose’ sounds the same as Who’s, therefore, we have to be careful while using them.

Q: Whose jewellery were they? A: They were my grandparents’.

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