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Questions With and Without Auxiliary Verb

Wh Questions List with Examples

Learn list of Wh Questions in English with functions and example sentences.

Who Questions

• Ask about person
• Act as subject of the sentence
• Example: Who is that woman?  That woman is my mother.

Whom Questions

• Ask about person
• Act as the object of the sentence
• Example: Whom did you see? I saw my mother.

Whose Questions

• Asking about ownership
• Example: Whose keys are these? These keys are mine.

Where Questions

• Asking in or at what place or position
• Examples:

Where do you live?    I live in London.

Where are my boots?  Your boots are in the closet.

When Questions

• Asking about time, occasion, moment
• Examples:

When did you last see him?   I saw him yesterday.

When can I see you?        You can see me tomorrow.

Why Questions

• Asking for a reason, explanation
• Examples:

Why were you late?     I was late because my brother was in the bathroom.

Why was he late?      He was late because his sister was in the bathroom.

Why don’t

• Making a suggestion
• Example: Why don’t you take a nap?  I don't take a nap because I'm not sleepy.

What Questions

• Asking for a specific thing, object
• Examples:

What‘s the matter?   "Today I am really sad"

What time is it?   It's quarter to eight.

What kind of music do you like?  I like heavy metal music.

What…for

• Asking for a reason, asking why
• Example: What did you do that for?     

Which Questions

• Asking about choice
• Examples:

Which is better exercise – swimming or tennis?    Swimming is better exercise than tennis.

Which of the applicants has got the job?   Peter has got the job.

How Questions

“How questions” is used for asking for a way, manner, form

Examples:

How does it work?   You need to wind it up to make it work.

How do you go to school?    I go walking to school

List of how questions in English with rules and examples.

How much Questions

• Asking about quantity or price
• Used with uncountable nouns
• Example: How much are those earrings?   Those earrings cost 25 euros.

How many Questions

• Asking about quantity
• Used with countable nouns
• Example: How many people were there?   There were a hundred people.

How often Questions

• Asking about frequency
• Example: How often do you go swimming?   I go swimming twice a week.

How far Questions

• Asking about distance
• Example: How far is it from your house to your school?   It is 25 km from my house to my school.

How old Questions

• Asking about age
• Example: How old are you?   I am 12 years old.