GrammarA1WH Questions

WH Questions

Sentence Structure~12 min

Learning Objectives

  • Build questions with question words
  • Order question word + auxiliary + subject

Recommended before this lesson

What you'll learn

By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to ask information questions with question words and the correct word order.

When do I use it?

Use a question word + do/does when you want more than a yes/no answer: "Where do you live?", "When does the class start?" Use "who" to ask about a person and "how old" for age.

How do I form it?

Question word + do/does + subject + verb

Where do you work? When does she arrive? What do they eat for lunch? How old are you?

Common mistakes for Spanish speakers

Warning

Don't forget the helper after the question word. "Dónde vives?" becomes "Where do you live?", not "Where you live?" And keep the verb in its base form after "does": "What does she wants?" is wrong, use "What does she want?" For age, use "how old": "How old are you?", not "How many years do you have?"

Hint

Build the question like a formula: question word + helper + subject + verb. Where + do + you + work?

Practice

Multiple Choice

A1

Which question is correct?

Fill in the Blank

A1

Why she study English?

Hint: 'She' takes 'does'.

Word Order

A1

Put the words in the correct order to ask a wh- question

Your sentence:
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Find the Error

A1
Click on the incorrect word:

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