Wh Questions

Unit 3: Wh-Questions

Question words with is and are
When used as question words,(what, where,when, who, and how) always come first.
Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Answer	Used for
What	is	this?	It is a book.	things
When	is	the class?	It is at 7 o'clock.	time
Where	are	Ahmad and Nabeel?	They are in the class.	place
Who	are	they?	They are the teachers?	person
How	is	she at school?	She is good.	manner

EXERCISE 1:
	Rearrange the words in the first column to form question. Write your question in the space provided. Then answer the question in the second column. Number 1 and 19 are examples.

EXERCISE 1:
	Ask another student the question "Where are you from?" and write the answers in the space provided. Then change the noun to a pronoun and write a sentence showing where he lives. Number 1 is an example.

Question words and the verb do
Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Answer
What	do	you	eat	in the morning?	I eat toast and milk.
When	do	you	go	to work?	I go to work at 7 o'clock.
Where	do	they	work?		They work in the factory.
Who	do	we	work	for?	We work for the government.
How	do	Ahmad and Nabeel	go	to work?	They go by bus.

EXERCISE 1:
	Rearrange the words in the first column to form question. Write your question in the space provided. Ask another student the question and then write his answers down.

	1. what you do do
	2. drink what do you
	3. do you work where
	4. do arrive when they
	5. go where they do
	6. how you go to school do
	7. do have how many cats you
	8. you what do want
	9. they do what do
	10. we when leave do
	11. do talk to they who
	12. we work for who do
	13. you where sleep do
	14. you where go to class do
	15. we when pray do
	16. do this how you do
	17. visit who you do
	18. their where friends smoke do
	19. do sit where you
	20. they where swim do
	21. do what you write
	22. you read what do
	23. count to ten how do you
	24. spell you do how cassette player
	25. you who do meet in class
	26. Where you meet them do
	27. your put pen where do
	28. see what they do
	29. get up when you do
	30. start when I do
	31. drive where they do
	32. begin when they do

Question words and the verb does
Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Answer
What	does	your father	eat	in the morning?	He eats toast and milk.
When	does	he	go	to work?	He goes to work at 7 o'clock.
Where	does	he	work?		He works in the factory.
Who	does	he	work	for?	He works for the government.
How	does	he	go	to work?	He goes by bus.

EXERCISE 1:
	Rearrange the words in the first column to form question. Write your question in the space provided. Ask another student the question and then write his answers down.

	1. what she does do
	2. drink what does Ali
	3. does he work where
	4. does arrive when she
	5. go where it does
	6. how she go to school does
	7. does have how many cats he
	8. what she does want
	9. you does what write
	10. he when leave does
	11. does talk to he who
	12. she work for who does
	13. he where sleep does
	14. she where go to class does
	15. he when pray does
	16. does this how he do
	17. visit who he does
	18. his where friends smoke do
	19. does eat where her cat
	20. his father where swim does
	21. does what he eat
	22. she read what does
	23. count to ten how does she
	24. look she does how
	25. she who does meet in class
	26. Where your brother meet them does
	27. he his put pen where does
	28. see what she does
	29. get up when he does
	30. start when it does
	31. go where it does
	32. begin when it does

Question words and the verb did
Question word	Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Answer
What	did	your father	eat	yesterday?	He ate toast and milk.
When	did	they	go	to work this morning?	They went to work at 7 o'clock.
Where	did	she	work	last week?	She worked in the factory.
Who	did	we	work	for last year?	We worked for the government.
How	did	you	go	to work last month?	I went by bus.

EXERCISE 1:
	Rearrange the words in the first column to form question. Write your question in the space provided. Ask another student the question and then write his answers down.

	1. what she did do
	2. drink what did Ali
	3. did you work where
	4. did arrive when she
	5. go where it did
	6. how she go to school did
	7. did have how many cats he
	8. she what want did
	9. you did what write
	10. he when leave did
	11. did talk to he who
	12. we work for who did
	13. they where sleep did
	14. she where go to class did
	15. he when pray did
	16. did this how you do
	17. visit who they did
	18. his where friends smoke did
	19. did eat where her cats
	20. his father where swim did
	21. did what they eat
	22. she read what did
	23. count to ten how did you
	24. spell they did how cassette player
	25. we who did meet in class
	26. Where your brother meet them did
	27. he his put pen where did
	28. see what she did
	29. get up when he did
	30. start when it did
	31. go where it did
	32. begin when it did

Unit 3: Wh-Questions: Review

EXERCISE 1:
	Ask another student the questions below and then write the answers down.

	1. when she go home does
	2. do you study where
	3. start when the show did
	4. we who did see in class
	5. favorite is your book what
	6. she who does work with
	7. we work for who do
	8. Ali and Sami where are
	9. she cook what did
	10. does what it eat
	11. do arrive when they
	12. his father where swim did
	13. he play with who does
	14. Where your nephew meet them does
	15. do have how many nieces you
	16. Where you meet them do
	17. your how uncle is
	18. do where children the play
	19. how your book is
	20. fly how did you
	21. fly how does he
	22. do it how you do
	23. hear what she does
	24. are chairs where the
	25. she what ask did
	26. you read what do
	27. the questions what are
	28. these what are
	29. those what are
	30. begin when it does
	31. did you sleep when
	32. students where are the
	33. it time what is
	34. your how friends are
	35. name his what is
	36. does eat what a goat
	37. how do many have books you
	38. like do what you
	39. have what does lunch he for
	40. like does what he
	41. you how arrive did
	42. does where live Ahmad