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Wh Questions in English
List Of Wh Questions With Examples
In English there are two types of questions all students must learn about.
These are Wh- questions and yes/no questions. Wh- questions, also known as ‘open questions’, are question words that begin with Wh (with the exception of ‘how’).
There are seven Wh questions in English. These are who, what, when, where, why, which and how.
Wh- questions are known as open questions because when answering Wh- questions there are many possible responses you can give.
Yes/no questions, on the other hand, can only be answered with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, and this is why these types of questions are known as ‘closed questions.’
In this post we have put together an extensive list of Wh questions with examples to help you and your students learn about Wh questions in English.
Examples of Wh Questions
Who
Who is used in questions to ask about people. Here are some examples of Wh question that start with who:
- Who are you?
- Who is he?
- Who is she?
- Who do you like?
- Who is your best friend?
- Who is on the phone?
- Who did it?
- Who did you meet?
- Who made this cake?
- Who do you think will win?
- Who wants some ice cream?
- Who said that?
- Who is stronger?
- Who is faster?
- Who is the most beautiful?
- Who is the fastest?
What
What is used in questions to ask about something? Here are some examples of wh questions with what:
- What is it?
- What’s this?
- What’s that?
- What’s your name?
- What’s your last name?
- What’s his name?
- What’s her name?
- What day is it today?
- What’s the weather like today?
- What’s the date?
- What are you doing?
- What is she doing?
- What are they doing?
- What time is it?
- What do you want to eat?
- What would you like?
- What do you want to be?
- What’s your favorite food?
- What do you do?
- What’s your job?
- What does your father do?
- What does she look like?
- What do you have?
- What do you have in your bag?
- What grade are you in?
- What did you do yesterday?
- What time do you go to bed?
- What is our homework today?
- What are you good at?
- What do you do for fun?
- What do you do in your spare time?
When
When is used in questions to ask about time. Here are some examples of wh questions with when:
- When is your birthday?
- When is his birthday?
- When were you born?
- When is the field trip?
- When is their anniversary?
- When does the party start?
- When do you do your homework?
- When is the soccer game on TV?
- When are the banks open?
- When does the train arrive?
- When does the class finish?
- When are you free?
- When should we meet?
- When will you finish work?
Where
Where is used in questions to ask about place. Here are some examples of wh questions with where:
- Where is my pencil case?
- Where is your book?
- Where are my glasses?
- Where is the post office?
- Where are you from?
- Where is he from?
- Where does she live?
- Where are Chris and Kelly from?
- Where is Canada on the map?
- Where do you eat lunch?
- Where do you want to eat lunch?
- Where do you work?
- Where do you want to go?
- Where is your school?
- Where did you go last weekend?
- Where did you buy that dress?
- Where were you yesterday?
- Where was the meeting?
Why
Why is used in questions to ask the reason for something. Here are some examples of wh questions with why:
- Why are you so happy?
- Why are you laughing?
- Why are you crying?
- Why were you late?
- Why did you do that?
- Why was Chris not in work yesterday?
- Why do you think he did that?
- Why are you running?
- Why do we need to study English?
- Why does he always complain?
- Why do people exercise?
Which
Which is used in questions to ask about choices. Here are some examples of wh questions with which:
- Which do you prefer? The red one or the blue one?
- Which teacher do you like the most?
- Which of my books would you like to borrow?
- Which one is it?
- Which way is it to the library?
- Which restaurant shall we go to?
How
How is used in questions to ask about various things including way / manner, condition/quality, and extent/degree.
Although ‘how’ doesn’t start with Wh- , how is still considered a Wh- question word. Here are some examples of wh questions with how:
- How are you?
- How old are you?
- How many pencils are there?
- How was your vacation?
- How tall is he?
- How big is the house?
- How long is the river?
- How far is the restaurant?
- How often do you exercise?
- How did you do that?
- How do you cook spaghetti?
- How can I improve my English?
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