Wh- Questions Full PPT with Example.pptx

Wh- questions are a type of open-ended question that begin with a word starting with "Wh" (and also "How"). These questions are designed to gather specific information and cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." Here are common types of Wh- questions and what they typically ask for:

Who - Asks about a person.

Example: "Who is your teacher?"
What - Asks about a thing or an explanation.

Example: "What is your favorite color?"
When - Asks about time.

Example: "When is your birthday?"
Where - Asks about a place or location.

Example: "Where do you live?"
Why - Asks about a reason or purpose.

Example: "Why are you late?"
Which - Asks about a choice between alternatives.

Example: "Which cake do you want?"
Whose - Asks about possession or ownership.

Example: "Whose car is this?"
Whom - Asks about the object of a verb or preposition (more formal or written use).

Example: "Whom did you call?"
How - Asks about the manner, condition, or degree.

Example: "How does this work?"

1. Wh - Questions

2. 1. Who Person People

3. 1. Who Person: Used to ask about a person or people. Example: Who is the teacher? Who wrote this book? Who is your best friend? Asking for the name of the person Who called you last night? Asking for the identity of the person.

4. 2. What Thing Action Idea

5. What is freedom? ( Idea ) 2. What Action/Information/Thing/Idea: Used to ask about objects, actions, or concepts. Example: What are you doing? ( Action ) What is your favorite color? ( Information ) What is in my hands? ( Thing )

6. 3. When Time Date/ Month/ Year

7. 3. When Time/Year/Month/Date: Used to ask about the time something happens or happened. Example: When is your birthday? When does the school start? Asking for the specific time school begins. Asking for the specific date of someone's birthday. When was our school built? Asking for the year the school was built. When do we have winter break? Asking for the month of winter break.

8. 4. Where Location

9. 4. Where Place/Location: Used to ask about the place or location of something. Example: Where do you live? Asking for the general location. Where is the school? Asking for the location of the school. Where did you put your backpack? Asking about the location where the backpack was placed.

10. 5. Why Reason

11. 5. Why Reason/Explanation : Used to ask for reasons or explanations. Example : Why are you late? Asking for the reason. Why did you choose this course?

12. 6. Which Choice

13. Which route should we take? 6. Which Choice/Option: Used to ask about one or more items from a known set. Example: Which is your favorite book? Which dress do you like best? Asking for the specific book among a set of books. Asking for the specific dress among a possible set of dresses. Asking for the specific route that should be taken among possible routes.

14. 7. Whom Person

15. 7. Whom Person: Used (more formally) to ask about the object of a verb or preposition. Example: Whom did you meet yesterday? Asking about the person met yesterday. To whom did you give the letter? Asking about the recipient of the letter.

16. 8. Whose Possession/ Ownership

17. Whose idea was it to go on this trip? 8. Whose Possession: Used to ask about ownership or belonging. Example: Whose book is this? Asking about the owner of the book. Whose car is parked outside? Asking for the owner of the car. Asking about the person responsible for the idea of going on the trip.

18. 9. How How?

19. 9. How Manner/Condition/Extent: Used to ask about the way something is done, its condition, or extent. Example: How are you? (Condition) How does this work? (Manner) Asking about the person's well-being. Asking about the quantity of apples needed. How many apples do you need? Asking for way in which something operates or functions.

20. What time: What time does the show start? (Asking about a specific time) Which one: Which one do you want? (Asking for a choice) How long: How long have you been here? (Asking about duration) How much: How much does this cost? (Asking about quantity or price) How many: How many people are coming? (Asking about number) Combining WH-words with other words: WH-words can be combined with other words to form more specific questions: