How do you ask questions in English? Learn these 6 question words.
Question words: used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people, etc.
Basic WH- question words:
What
When
Where
Who
Why
How
What are the questions words asking about?
Who? ⇒ asking about a person
What? ⇒ asking about a specific thing
Where? ⇒ asking about a place/position
When? ⇒ asking about a time of an event
Why? ⇒ asking for a reason/explanation
How? ⇒ asking about a procedure/method
Examples:
Who:
Who is your English teacher? ⇒ My English teacher is Cindy.
Who is she? ⇒ She is my teacher, Cindy.
Who would you like to travel with? ⇒ I would like to travel with my best friend, Daisy.
What:
What time is it? ⇒ It is (It's) nine pm.
What is your favorite animal? ⇒ Dogs are my favorite animal.
What color is your surfboard? ⇒ My surfboard is / It's pink.
Where:
Where are you going? ⇒ I’m going to the grocery store.
Where did you leave my bike? ⇒ I left it at the park.
When:
When is your birthday? ⇒ My birthday is on August 18.
When will the bus arrive? ⇒ The bus will arrive in 10 minutes.
When did the movie end? It ended before 8 pm.
Why:
Why do you want to learn English? ⇒ I want to learn English because I want to travel to America and go on a road trip🚗.
Why did you leave so early? ⇒ (I left so early) because the party was boring.
Why are you late for class? ⇒ (I am late for class) because I missed the bus.
How:
How can I improve my English? ⇒ You can improve your English by watching movies with English subtitles. ⇒ You can improve your English by reading English books and writing down the new vocabulary. ⇒ You can improve your English by finding a partner to practice English conversations. ⇒ You can improve your English by having English lessons with Cindy :)
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