WH- Words

WH- Words

Words which are used to ask questions are called wh-words. These words start with wh- so they are called wh-word. These words are used to ask for information.

WH-Words List

• What        when

•  Where     who

•  Whom     which

•  Whose    why

•  How

Uses of Wh-Words

Words	Ask About
When	Time
Why	reason
Which	choice
Whom	people
What	information
Where	location
Whose	possession
Who	person
How	Process, procedure

Wh-Words Examples

• What are you doing?
• When will you come home?
• Where is your brother?
• Who is at the door?
• Whom watch is this?
• Which book is your favorite?
• Whose speed is more?
• Why are you laughing?
• How is your mother now?

Answering the Wh-words

Wh-words ask for information so it is not essential that their answer will be in yes or no.

• Where is your brother?

This question asks for the complete information about the location. Answer in yes or no will be not conventional.

• How old are you?

This question is asking about the age.

How to form Wh-words

Wh-words can be used with auxiliary verbs or without auxiliary verbs.

Wh-words without auxiliary verbs

• How are you?
• Who are you?
• Where are you?

Wh-words without with auxiliary verbs

• What do you do?
• Why did you stop?

Negative Wh-words

When we want to use negative Wh-words, we use auxiliary verb “do” with the Wh-words.

• Who wants a book?
• Who doesn’t want a book?
• Which movie ended?
• Which movie didn’t end?