“A WH question is a question in English that is a request for information rather than to answer “yes” or “no”: typically introduced by the word who, which, what, where, when, or how “. https://dictionary.cambridge.org
Let’s see the difference between Yes/No questions, and WH questions.
Yes / No questions
Yes / No Questions can be answered with a simple “Yes” or “No” You may ou may not complement your answer, the question has been answered anyway.
Some examples:
- Are they Russian? No, they are not.
- Can you help me? Yes, I can.
- Is she a politician? No, she is not.
- Do you study English? Yes, I do.
- Was it ok? Yes, it was.
Yes/No Questions – Structure
- sentence with the verb to be
To be + subject + complement
- Is she nice? Yes, she is.
- Are the cats hungry? No, they are not.
- Was the house clean? Yes, it was.
- Were they at home? No, they were not.
- Am I late? No, you are not.
2. sentences with an auxiliary verb ( do; does; did; will; can…)
auxiliary verb + subject + main verb + complement
- Can your students speak German? Yes, they can.
- Did the clients like the new collection? No, they didn’t.
- Will you come to the party? No, I won’t.
- Does she travel a lot? Yes, she does.
- Have you seen her? Yes, I have.
WH Questions
WH Questions are open questions, they need a proper specific answer. It is not possible to answer them using Yes or No.
- What is your name? My name is John.
- Where are you from? I am from London.
- How old are you? I am 32.
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WH questions + Be
These questions are formed by Question Words followed by the verb to be, then the complement.
WH question +
- What is your name?
- Where were they from?
- When is your Emma’s color?
- Who was there?
- Why are your friends sad?
WH questions + Auxiliary verb
They are formed by a Question Words + an auxiliary verb ( do, does, did, can, could, will, should…)
- Where do you live?
- When did they come?
- What can we do?
- Which does Ellen prefer?
- What should I do?
WH questions + object
They are formed by a WH question followed by an object:
- Whose keys are those?
- How much time do we have?
- What movie is the best?
- How many cousins does she have?
- Which way is the correct?
Questions ending in prepositions
Observe the sentences ending in prepositions.
- Where were you from?
- Who are you going to the party with?
- What are the kids waiting for?
- What are you looking at?
- What was Edmond talking about?
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WH Questions list
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 is the capital of England?
- What day is it today?
- What’s the weather like today?
- What’s the date?
- what is your favorite dress?
- What are you doing?
- What is she doing?
- What is the time?
- What are they doing?
- What time is it?
- What do you want to eat?
- What would you like to drink?
- What do bees produce?
- What is your hobby?
- 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 do spiders build?
- What is our homework today?
- What is that?
- What are you good at?
- What do they eat in the morning?
- What do you do for fun?
- What do you do in your spare time?
- What does she look like?
Questions with “Who”
- Who are you?
- Who is he?
- Who is she?
- Who is that guy?
- Who do you like?
- Who is your best friend?
- Who is the best singer?
- Who is on the phone?
- Who did it?
- Who did you meet?
- Who told you that story?
- Who painted the house?
- Who made this cake?
- Who do you think will win?
- Who wants some ice cream?
- Who teaches History at school?
- Who delivers mail?
- Who said that?
- Who wants ice cream?
- Who do you like the most?
- Who cuts people’s hair?
- Who is stronger?
- Who is faster?
- Who flies airplanes?
- Who is more beautiful?
- Who is the fastest?
Questions with “When”
- When is your birthday?
- When is their anniversary?
- When were you born?
- When do you sleep?
- When is the trip?
- When does the party start?
- When did you buy the new TV?
- When do you do your homework?
- When do you wear sunglasses?
- When is the soccer game on TV?
- When was the last time you traveled?
- When are the banks open?
- When does the train arrive?
- When does the class finish?
- When are you free?
- When do you come bach from work?
- When should we meet?
- When did you see the movie?
- When will you finish work?
Questions with “Where”
- Where is my pencil?
- 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 do you keep your food?
- Where are your friends from?
- Where is Canada on the map?
- Where do you eat lunch?
- Where do you want to eat lunch?
- Where do you work?
- Where are you going?
- Where can I sit?
- Where are the baby’s clothes?
- Where is your school?
- Where did you go last weekend?
- Where is the new mall?
- Where did you buy that dress?
- Where were you yesterday?
- Where do you buy meat?
- Where are they coming from?
- Where was the meeting?
Questions with “Why”
- Why are you happy?
- Why are you laughing?
- Why are you crying?
- Why do we study?
- Why were you late?
- Why did you do that?
- Why did you go there?
- Why did you miss the class yesterday?
- Why do we take a shower?
- Why do you think he did that?
- Why are you running?
- Why did you leave early?
- Why did she quit the diet?
- Why are you late?
- Why do we need to study English?
- Why does he always complain?
- Why do people exercise?
- Why did you lie?
Questions with “Which”
- Which do you prefer? The red one or the blue one?
- Which teacher do you like the most?
- Which dish did you order, spaghetti or salad?
- Which book would you like to borrow?
- Which musical instrument do you play?
- Which day do you prefer, Saturday or Sunday?
- Which one is it?
- Which way is it to the library?
- Which is better, the round one or the square one?
- Which restaurant shall we go to?
- Which football team do you support?
Questions with “How”
- How are you?
- How old are you?
- How many people are there?
- How was your vacation?
- How is he?
- How big is the house?
- How do you feel?
- How long is the river?
- How far is the restaurant?
- How often do you exercise?
- How can learn English fast?
- How did you do that?
- How do you know the answer?
- How do you cook spaghetti?
- How is your mother?
- How can I improve my English?
- how did you do that?
- How do you make pizza?
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