WH- Questions
Questions can ask for information. You ask for information using WH- question words (who, what, where, how, whose, why, and when).
WH- questions have a different structure when "who" is the subject.
Question | WH- Word | Structure | Answer |
---|---|---|---|
Where is the hotel? | Where Information about place |
question word + auxiliary verb + subject | The hotel is on Douglas Street. |
What is your name? | What Information about things |
question word + auxiliary verb + subject | My name is Rachael. |
Why is the road wet? | Why Information about the reason for something |
question word + auxiliary verb + subject | The road is wet because it was just raining. |
When do you get up? | When Information about time |
question word + auxiliary verb + subject (+ verb) | I get up at 7:00 every morning. |
How do you drink your coffee? | How Information about the manner or way in which something is done |
question word + auxiliary verb + subject (+ verb) | I drink my coffee with milk and sugar. |
Who lives in that house? | Who (subject) Information about people |
question word + verb | My mother lives in that house. |
Whose pen is this? | Whose Information about possession (who the owner is) |
question word + subject + verb | That is Camilla's pen. |
Question Word | Verb (to be) | Subject | Complement |
What | is | (your) name? | [no complement] |
How old | are | you? | [no complement] |
Where | is | Juan | from? |
Who | is | (the) present | for? |