This document discusses WH- questions in English and provides examples of their use. WH- questions begin with interrogative words like what, who, when, where, why, and how and are used to ask about people, things, times, places, reasons, ages, durations, quantities, and conditions. It provides examples of common WH- questions and exercises for practicing forming WH- questions and answering them.

1. Part 1 – Verb Tenses
WH’s Questions
Are used to introduce in the sentence a general
idea.
WHAT
PEOPLE, TINGS,
OBJECTS
WHAT TIME HOUR, MINUTES
WHERE LOCATION, PLACES
WHEN TIME, DATE
WHO PEOPLE
WHY (INT - ?)
REASON, MOTIVE
BECAUSE (AFF/NEG)
HOW CONDITION
HOW OLD AGE
HOW LONG DURATION
HOW MUCH QUANTITY
Examples
What is your favorite color?
What is your occupation?
Where is your house?
Who is that man?
How are you?
Why are you here?
How old are you?
When is your vacation?
What time is it?
OBS: Pay attention to the structure. It is almost the
same; the only thing that changes is the
substantive.
What IS …
… your …
… your mother…
… your father…
… your sister…
… your brother…
… your dog…
… name?
… occupation?
… address?
… hometown?
… hobby?
… favorite color?
… favorite series?
… favorite actor?
… favorite actress?
… favorite program?
How old IS …
… your mother?
… your father?
… your sister?
… your brother?
… your dog?
… she?
… he?
… it ?
Who IS …
… your …
… your mother…
… your father…
… your sister…
… your brother…
… your dog…
… favorite actor?
… favorite actress?
… favorite singer?
… favorite musician?
Who IS …
… she?
… he?
… it ?
Who ARE …
… you?
… they?
… we?
Exercises
1. Complete with WHO, WHERE, HOW, HOW
OLD or WHY.
a) ________ is Nicole? “She’s at home.”
b) ________ are those? “Those are books.”
c) ________ are they? “They are Liz and Claire.”
d) ________ is Sam? “Sam is twelve years old.”
e) ________ is this? “This is a notebook.”
f) ________ are you here? “I’m here to work.”
g) ________ are you? “I’m_______. How about you?”
h) ________ are a teacher? “Because I love kids.”

2. 2. Complete these sentences with WHO,
WHAT, WHERE, or HOW.
a) ____________ are you from?
b) ____________ is she? She’s OK.
c) ____________ are they? They’re my brothers.
d) ____________ is this? This is a book.
e) ____________ old are you?
f) ____________ is your name?
g) ____________ is your favorite actor?
h) ____________ color is your house?
3. Complete with WHO or WHAT:
a)____________ is your teacher?
b)____________ is your name?
c)____________ is your favorite country?
d)____________ is your address?
e)____________ is your job?
f )____________ is your favorite singer?
4. Write questions to these answers with
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, or HOW.
Example: Where is Maria? Maria is at school.
a) _______________________________ It’s a
picture.
b) _______________________________ He’s at
school.
c) _______________________________ She’s in the
house.
d) _______________________________ I’m fine,
thanks. And you?
e) _______________________________ This is a bus.
f ) _______________________________ Those are
books.
g) _______________________________ My name is
Peter.

3. 5. Match the different collumns.
a) What’s your name? ______ It’s my wallet.
b) How are you? ______ I’m eighteen.
c) Are they from New York? ______ I’m a teacher.
d) What’s this? ______ No, he isn’t.
e) Who’s your favorite actor? ______ Fine, thanks.
f) Is she six? __A__ My name is Molly.
g) What are these? ______ These are magazines.
h) How old are you? ______ Bruce Willis.
i) What’s your job? ______ Yes, she’s 6 years old.
j) Is he married? ______ No, they aren’t.