A must-learned subject with the uses, and cautions about the wh-questions: what, where, when, who, why, which, whom, whose, and how.

1. WH-QUESTIONS

2. Wh-Word
• Who
• Whom
• Whose
• What
• Which
• Where
• When
• Why
• How

3. Who
Whom
Why
When
Where
What
What time
How
How much
are you going?
did they leave?
is she talking to?
did they come here?
are you looking at?
did it cost?

4. • Why doesn’t Eva finish her homework?
Wh-word
Base form of
the main verbNegative Verb
doesn’t/don’t /didn’t
N / P

5. Who
• Who is your favorite singer?
• Who are your favorite singers?
S
P

6. We usually use the singular
form of the main verb with a
who question that is the
present tense.
E.g. Who wants some cake?
Who plays the violin?

7. We must use the ‘Be’ verb
together with the V+ing in the
Who question.
E.g. Who is singing now?
Who are watching TV just now?

8. Negative Form
E.g. Who doesn’t like jazz?
base form

9. Who & Whom
• Who is used as
the subject of the
verb in a question.
• E.g.
• Who called Peter?
• Whom is used as the
object of the verb.
• E.g.
• Whom did Annie call?
S o

10. What
• What does she mean?
• What games do you play?
‘Do’ Verb
base form of the
main Verb
N
N/P

11. Remember
• The main verb must be in the base
form.
• The ‘Do’ verb must have the right
tense and must agree with the noun or
pronoun in number.

12. ‘Be’ verb always before the
N/P in question
• Examples:
• Q: What were they doing after dinner?
• They were doing their homework.
• Q: What was she holding in her hand?
• She was holding a bunch of keys in
her hand.

13. Same like who, we usually use
the singular form of the main
verb with a what question that
in the present tense.
E.g. What has hors on its head?
What twinkles in the sky at
night?