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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                             STD 7 – ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
          MODULE 22: WH Questions
          WH- questions (Question Words)
          There are two main types of questions: Yes/No questions and WH- question. WH-questions are
          questions starting with WH-words including: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and
          how.
          Question words are used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people and so on. Below is a list
          of question words and example sentences:
          Question      Usages                             Examples
          words
                                                           - What are you doing?
          What          Used to ask about things
                                                           - What do you think about the movie?

                                                           - When will the meeting start?
          When          Used to ask about time
                                                            - When are you leaving?
                                                           - Where’s my bag?
          Where         Used to ask about places
                                                           - Where do you live?
                                                           - Who do you love the most in your family?
          Who           Used to ask about people
                                                           - Who told you that story?

                                                           - Whom did you see in the morning?  I saw Mr. Mark,
                        Used to ask about people (object  my English teacher.
          Whom
                        of verb)                           - Whom was Jim talking to? He was talking to Jack, his
                                                           new roommate.

                                                           - Which one do you choose? The left or right?
          Which         Used to ask about choices          - Of all the drinks in the menu, which one would you
                                                           like?

                                                           - Whose pencil is this? Is it yours?
          Whose         Used to ask about possession
                                                           - Whose books are these?
                        Used to ask about reasons/         - Why did it happen? I didn’t understand.
          Why
                        causes                             - Why is he crying?
                        Used to ask about manner/          - How can you explain this problem? Please tell us.
          How
                        process                            - How can you get here?
          I. How to form WH-questions?
          1. with an auxiliary
          Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
           Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs (not main verbs).
           Common auxiliary verbs include be, do, have. Others are will, shall, would, can, could, must, should,
             may, might, etc.
           What do you do for a living?
           Why should we read books?
           When is she coming?
          2. without any auxiliary
          (when WH-words replace subjects already)

          Wh-word + main verb …?
           What happened to Peter?
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