STRUCTURE

Wh questions and H question : who, what, where,when, why and how.

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questions begin with a question word, such as who, what, when or where. The rest of
the word-order pattern is the same as in yes/no questions : do, does, or some other
auxiliary ( can/might, may/might, shall/should, will/would, must/had to) is placed before
the subject.

Who .. a noun phrase refering to a person.

What . a noun phrase referring to a thing/object/idea/action.
When an adverbial referring to time/date.
Why .. a reason.
Where .. an adverbial which refers to place.
How a direction/feelings/manner.
Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information:
Which (one) .. choice of alternatives
Whose .. possession
How much. price, amount (non-countable)
How many quantity (countable)
How long .. duration
How often ........ frequency
How far distance
What kind (of).. description

WH questions in simple present : WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT

Examples:
Where do you work?
Where does she live?
When do you wake up?
WH Questions with "be" : WH + BE
Examples:
Where are you from?
Who is that man?
When is your class?

SUBJECT

+ VERB1

WH Questions are similar to Yes/No question except they have WH words at the start.
Examples:
Yes/No Question . Are you from Canada?
WH question .

Where are you from?

Exercise 1. Change the statement into a yes/no question. Then make a wh-question
beginning with the word what.
Present tense :John likes milk.
Does

Does John like milk?

What

What does John like?

1.

Mary likes coffee. Does _____________________? What ________________________?

2.

Paul practices pronunciation. ______________________? _______________________ ?

3.

Mark studies English.______________________ ? _____________________________ ?

4.

Bryan repeats the new words. __________________ ? __________________________ ?

5.

John likes hamburger. _____________________ ? _____________________________ ?

WH-questions in past tense : WH + DID + SUBJECT

+ VERB1

Past tense : Paul practiced English.

Did

Did Paul practice English?

What

What did Paul practice ?

1.

Mary studied chemistry. Did ____________________? What ______________________?

2.

John drank milk. _______________________ ? ____________________________ ?

3.

He studied English. _______________________ ? _____________________________ ?

4.

They learned new words. _______________________ ? ________________________ ?

5.

The kids ate pancake. ______________________ ? ___________________________ ?

Exercise 2. Practice the use of when/where in questions.

WH + DOES + SUBJECT + VERB1 .. present tense
WH + DID + SUBJECT + VERB 1 . Past tense
WH + AUX + SUBJECT + VERB 1 Future tense
WH + HAVE/HAS + SUBJECT + VERB 3. Perfect tense

WH + be + SUBJECT + VERB ing . Present Progressive

Examples :
1.

John has breakfast at the restaurant. Where does John have breakfast ?

2.

Paul studied a year ago. When did Paul study ?

3.

Mary will go to Paris next year. Who will go to Paris ?

4.

The children have bought ice cream. Wht have the children bought?

5.

They are going to school by bus. How are they going to school ?

6.

He has to go to the hospital because he is sick. Why does he have to go to the hospital ?

7.

The children have gone to school. _____________________________ ?

8.

The children are swimming at Park Royal Hotel. ___________________________ ?

9.

Mr Miller teaches English. Who teaches English? ___________________________ ?

10. They arrived yesterday. ______________________________________ ?

11. I am carrying a glock pistol. ______________________________________________ ?
12. I left the scene of the crime at 9 pm after my commanding officer.
________________________________________________________ ?
13. SGT. Sudiyono was the last officer to see the prisoner alive? ______________________
__________________________________________________ ?
14. I was at the HH Hotel with my boyfriend on the night my husband died.
____________________________________________________________ ?
15. I climbed up the fire escape in the alley way and went to the roof of the building.
______________________________________________________________________ ?
16. We allowed him to call his lawyer as soon we arrived at the police station.
______________________________________________________________________ ?
17. He said: I think my wife has poisoned me, were his last words before he died.
_____________________________________________________________________ ?
18. Im sweating and trembling during the interrogation because I had a flu.
_______________________________________________________ ?
19. I could have three billion rupiahs in my bank account as I am only a supervisor in the
taxation department because it is a gift from a friend of mine.
__________________________________________________________________ ?

20. Joseph was responsible for printing the fake rupiah bank notes.
___________________________________________________________________ ?