WH Questions

Which question word is asking about time?

• Where

• When

• Who

• Which

I can't find my glasses. ____________are they?

• Which

• Where

• When

• What

I wasn't listening. _________ did they say?

• Whom

• Where

• What

• When

"Why did they go there?" means the same as "What did they go there _______?"

• with

• for

• to

• why

I pointed at the phone I wanted to buy and said, "_______ is that one?"

• How many

• How much

• What cost

• Which one

After they'd checked the cinema listings, Mario said, " _______ one do you want to see?"

• How

• Where

• Why

• Which

To find out the reason for something, we usually ask a question that begins with

• Why?

• When?

• Who?

• What?

Jenny made a suggestion. She said, "_______ we go for a walk?"

• Why didn't

• Why don't

• Why do

• Where

There was a phone on the floor, so I picked it up and said, "_______ phone is this?"

• Whose

• Whom

• Who

• Which

"How come?" is a more informal way of saying

• Why?

• What?

• Which?

• Where?