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Sep 03

Questions Words

Who?  What? Where? When? Why? How?  Asking for information:

 

  • ·         To ask for information, begin with a question word.  The rest of the sentence has the same structure as a yes/no question:  Who is your friend?  Whom does he love?
  • ·         When asking for additional information about a noun, place the noun after the question word.  The rest of the sentence is like a yes/no question:  How many shoes do you own?
    • o   Yes/no questions are questions are statements that can be turned into a question:
      • §  I can scream loudly -> Can I scream loudly?
      • §  The WH words are adverbs of various forms. (there are exceptions)

 

 

 

Question word

 

Asking for……

 

Example

 

Who

 

A person, subject of a verb

 

Who is that boy?

 

Whose

A person, the owner of the subject of the verb  

Whose money is on the table?

 

What

 

A person, subject of a verb

 

What is on sale today?

 

Which

A person or thing, one of a few choices for the subject  

Which movie did you want to see?

What

 

A person or thing, to refine the subject of a verb What color is your backpack?
What kind of

 

An adjective, to describe the subject of a verb What kind of food do you want?
Where

 

A place Where did you go?
When

 

A time When will he finally get married?
Why

 

A reason Why did they leave so soon?
How

 

A way or manner of doing something How did you lose your hat?
How many

 

A number How many friends do you have?