There are 2 main types of questions: Yes/No questions and WH- question. WH-questions are questions starting with WH-words including: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how.
Question words are used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people and so on. Below is a list of question words and example sentences:
I. How to form WH-questions?
1. With an auxiliary
Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
- Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs (not main verbs).
- Common auxiliary verbs include to Be (am, is, are, was were), to Do (do, did, done) , to have (have, has, had). Others are will, shall, would, can, could, must, should, may, might, etc.
- What is you currier?
- Why should we learn English?
- When do you go home?
2. Without any auxiliary
(when WH-words replace subjects already)
- Who gave you this present?
- My cousin gave me this present.
II. Responding to WH-questions
1. What
- What is it?
- It’s an apple.
- What is you best score?
- It’s 95.
- What are you doing right now?
- I'm cooking the food.
- What is your love subject?
- I love mathematic.
- What is the weather today?
- It is a bit cloudy.
2. When
- When do you go home?
- I go home at 5pm.
- When is your birthday?
- It's on 15 June.
- When do the ban start?
- It starts on 5 minutes.
- When will you back from the vocation?
- I will back in 2 week.
3. Where
- Where is your book?
- It is in my bag.
- Where do you go for for the holidays?
- I go to visit my grandmother.
- Where is the mount Fuji ?
- Mount Fuji is in Japan.
- Where do you go after school?
- I go home.
- Where is my order?
- Your order will be finished in 3 minute sir.
4. Who
- Who are you?
- I am Mr. Jonh's son.
- Who does this amazing statues?
- His name is Mr. William.
- Who is cooking for your dinner today?
- It's always be me.
- Who told you abut this?
- Mr. Hang did. He told me everything.
5. Whom
- Whom should we talk to?
- We should talk to the principal. She’s responsible for student issues.
- Whom did you see yesterday?
- I saw Kevin and his girlfriend.
- Whom would you like to interview?
- I would like to interview Mr.Patrick, the director.
- Whom do we have to contact?
- We have to contact the representative of that company.
- Whom did you meet in front of the building last week?
- That was Annie, my secretary.
- Whom do you know in this class?
- I only know Danny.
- Whom are you going to invite?
- I’m going to invite all of my classmates
- With whom do you agree?
- I agree with Henry’s team.
6. Which
- Which shirt do you like?
- I like the one with the big yellow star on it.
- Which color do you choose?
- I choose red.
- Which part do you like the most in this story?
- I love the 2nd part when the prince came and proposed to the princess.
- Which is the longest river in the world?
- That’s the Nile.
- Which one is yours?
- Mine is the biggest one.
7. Whose
- Whose jacket is this?
- It’s my mom’s.
- Whose birthday is today?
- It’s Jenny’s.
- Whose pencil is on the floor?
- That’s mine.
- Whose team is better?
- Will’s team is much better.
8. Why
- Why don’t we visit him now?
- It’s a good idea.
- Why did you leave so early?
- Because I didn’t enjoy the party.
- Why do you think that he loves you?
- Because he’s given me lots of chocolate on Valentine’s day.
- Why do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
- Because it’s a special day.
- Why can’t I go to the cinema now?
- Because you haven’t done your homework.
- Why are you so late?
- Sorry, teacher. I missed the bus.
9. How
- How’s the weather?
- It’s sunny and hot.
- How do you feel?
- I feel much better now.
- How did you know him?
- We were old friends.
- How’s your new job?
- It’s interesting. I enjoy it.
- How often do you go to the movie theater?
- I sometimes go there. I’m quite busy.
- How far is it from your house to school?
- Not too far. I walk to school every day.
- How much did it cost?
- It cost $4.
- How many people are there in your class?
- There are 30 of them.
- How come you lost the game?
- I couldn’t answer the first question well enough.
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