The document provides a guide to question words used to ask about different aspects of a text including: what, where, when, who, why, and how. It lists the question words and pairs them with examples of how they are used with different tenses (present, past, possibility, probability, prediction, imagination) to ask about events, situations, time, persons, reasons, and means within a story.

1. Is/arePresent Did/Does Can Would Will Might
Present Past Possibility Probability Prediction Imagination
What Whatis/are…?
e.g.What is the main
charactercalled?
Whatdid/does….?
e.g.What didthe main
characterdo afterthe
fight?
Whatcan…?
e.g.What canthe hero
do next?
Whatwould…?
e.g.What wouldyoudo
differently?
Whatwill…?
e.g.What will bea
goodsolutiontothe
problem?
Whatmight…?
e.g.What mightthe
characterdo if they find
the tower?
Event
Where/Which Where/whichis/are…?
e.g.Where is thestory
set?
Where/which
did/does….?
e.g.Where did the
charactergo next?
Where/whichcan…?
e.g.Which solutioncan
the character
complete?
Where/whichwould…?
e.g.Which pathwould
youtake?
Where/Whichwill…?
e.g.Where will the
charactergo next?
Where/Whichmight…?
e.g.Which paragraph
wouldbe more
interestingto a young
reader?
Situation
When Whenis/are…?
e.g.When is the story
set?
Whendid/does….?
e.g.When doesthat
charactershowhis
strength?
Whencan…?
e.g.When canyousee
the characteris
frustrated?
Whenwould…?
e.g.When wouldyou
needthis text?
Whenwill…?
e.g.When will wesee
the characterfight?
Whenmight…?
e.g.When mightwe
use thisinformation?
Time
Who Who is/are…?
e.g.Who is the main
character?
Who did/does….?
e.g.Who doesthe
authorlike best?
Who can…?
e.g.Who canyousee
as thewinner of the
fight?
Who would…?
e.g.Who wouldyou
like tobe friendswith?
Who will…?
e.g. Who will the
characterhelp?
Who might…?
e.g.Who mightuse this
text?
Person
Why Why is/are…?
e.g. Why is the
characterdescribedas
brave?
Why did/does….?
e.g.Why did theauthor
use subheadings?
Why can…?
e.g.Why canwe use
the picturesto help us?
Why would…?
e.g.Why wouldyou
wantto readthis
paragraph?
Why will…?
e.g.Why will the
charactersavethe day?
Why might…?
e.g.Why mightthe
authorhaveincluded
this?
Reason
How Howis/are…? Howdid/does….? Howcan…? Howwould…? Howwill…? Howmight…?

2. Means e.g.How is the
characterdescribed?
e.g.How doesthe
authorwantthistext to
be used?
e.g.How canwe tell
the characteris scared?
e.g.How wouldyou
changethestory?
e.g.How will the
characterreact?
e.g.How mightthe
story changeif the
characterfailed his
mission?