GRAMMAR

Wh questions (Question Words)

Types of questions

There are two types of questions:

• Yes or no questions


• Wh questions

Question words

Question words are also called wh questions because they include the letters 'W' and 'H'.

Asking questions

1.If you ask about the subject of the sentence, simply add the question word at the beginning:

2.If you ask about the predicate of the sentence (the part of a sentence which contains the verb and gives information about the subject), there are three options:

• If there is a helping (auxiliary) verb that precedes the main verb ( for example: can, is, are, was, were, will, would. ), add the question word and invert the subject and the helping (auxiliary) verb.

They are leaving tonight. — Whenare they leaving?

If you ask about the predicate and there is no helping (auxiliary) verb and the verb is "to be", simply add the question word and invert the subject and the verb.

The play wasinteresting. — Howwas the play?

If there is no helping (auxiliary) verb in the the predicate and the main verb is not "to be", add the auxiliary "do" in the appropriate form.

They go to the movies every Saturday. — Where do they go every Saturday?

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