Yes-no questions

Do you have brothers?

Yes, I do.
No, I don’t

Does she have a car?

Yes, she does.
No, she does not

Does Patricio have a personal computer?

Yes, he does.

Do you travel to Quito often?

No, I don’t

Are you ok?

Yes, I am fine.
Is your wife busy?
Yes, she is.
Are your children playing right now?
No, they are not.

Did he go to the park?

Yes, he did.
No, he didn’t

Did you go to the park the last week?

No, I didn’t.

Did you play with your cat?

Yes, I did.

Will you cook tomorrow?

No, I will not. (won’t)
 WH Question Words
We use question words to ask certain types of questions.
We often refer to these words as WH words because they
include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).
There are two main types of questions: Yes/No questions
and WH- question. WH-questions are questions starting
with WH-words including: what, when, where, who, whom,
which, whose, why and how.

Question
Usages Examples
words

What Used to ask about things - What are you doing?

- What do you think about the movie?
What did you buy?
What is his name?

What color is your car?

What is this color?
What kind/type of music do you like?
What about you?
What’s up? What’s the matter?
Question
Usages Examples
words

What is the race of your dog?

What type of weather do you prefer?

- When is the next meeting?

 - When are you leaving?

When were you born?

When Used to ask about time
When is your sister getting married?

When will the party start?

When do you clean the room?

- Where’s my bag?
- Where do you live?
Where are you from?
Where Used to ask about places
Where is your mom?
Where is my happiness?
Where do you have the money?

Who Used to ask about people Who told you that story?

Who has my homework?
Who is your friend?
Question
Usages Examples
words

Who are your friends?

Who left the dogs out?

Who bought you this toy?

Who has a piece of paper to lend
me?
Who was in the living room?

Who do you live with?

Who is Rebeca dating with?
What do you study for?

Whom Used to ask about people - Whom did you see in the morning?  I saw
(object of verb) Mr. Mark, my English teacher.
- Whom was Jim talking to? He was talking to
Jack, his new roommate.

Whom are you going to invite?

Whom did you tell that?
Whom do you always talk to?
Question
Usages Examples
words

Whom does she see on the bus?

- Which one do you choose? The left or

right?
- Of all the drinks in the menu, which one
would you like?

Which  Used to ask about choices

Which do you prefer; the yellow or blue ball?
Which city do you prefer, California or
Montreal?

- Whose pencil is this? Is it yours?

- Whose books are these?
Whose Mercedes is that in front of the
house?
Whose Used to ask about possession

Whose cellphone is this?

Whose cat is that?

Why Used to ask about reasons/ causes - Why did it happen? I didn’t understand.

- Why is he crying?

Why do you study English?

Why is she calling me?
Question
Usages Examples
words

Why are you studying?

I am studying because I have an exam.

How Used to ask about manner/ process - How can you explain this problem? Please tell
us.

How do you study English?

How do you make pizza?
How do you get that machine works?
How much is it?
How come do you know him?

How big is your house?

How old are you?

How long did you take to learn English?

How long does it take the flight to Spain?
How fast can you drive?
How easy is English for you?
How early do you go to work?
How easy is the first stage of your English
class?
How long did you play the guitar with your
band?
Question
Usages Examples
words

How many fruits did you buy?

How much sugar does your coffee have?

How come?
How fast do I eat?
How do you learn English?
How difficult is French?
How hard ……
How slow does he walk?
How fast can you swim?

How to form WH-questions?

1. with an auxiliary
Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb …?
  Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs (not main verbs).
 Common auxiliary verbs include be, do, have. Others
are will, shall, would, can, could, must, should, may,
might, etc.
 What do you do for a living?
 Why should we read books?
 When is she coming?
2. without any auxiliary
(when WH-words replace subjects already)
Wh-word + main verb …?
 What happened to Peter?
 A bad accident happened to him today.
 Who won the game?
 Tio won the game.
 Who gave you this present?
 My cousin gave me this present.

She didn’t say what happened

Mario never tells me who is this secret girl.

Wh Questions Test

1.……..  did you see earlier today?

I saw James, the new football player.

 Whom

 Which

 How

2……….. did you do last weekend?

I watched movies and played hockey.

 Who

 What

 Whom

3………… will you leave?

After the meeting.

 Who

 Whom
  When

4…………… is David?

He’s still fine. Thanks for asking.

 Who

 Whom

 How

5………….. ball is this?

It’s Nick’s.

 Who

 Whose

 Whom

6……………. gave you this present?

That was my boyfriend, Harry.

 Who
  Whom

 Whose

7……………. did he not come?

He was busy all day.

 How

 Why

 When

8……….. suitcase is mine?

The blue one. The other is Jane’s.

 Who

 Whose

 Which

9……….. long did it take to make such a big cake?

It took 2 hours.

 What
  When

 How

10………… was the weather like on Monday?

It was raining a lot.

 How

 When

 What

Question
Meaning Examples
words

who person Who's that? That's Nancy.

where place Where do you live? In Boston

reason Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up

why
early

when time When do you go to work? At 7:00

how manner How do you go? By car

what object, idea or action What do you do? I am an engineer

which choice Which one do you prefer? The red one.

whose possession Whose is this book? It's Alan's.

whom object of the verb Whom did you meet? I met the manager.

what kind description What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs

what time time What time did you come home?

how many quantity (countable) How many students are there? There are twenty.

amount, price How much time have we got? Ten minutes

how much
(uncountable)

duration, length How long did you stay in that hotel? For two
how long
weeks.

how often frequency How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.

how far distance How far is your school? It's one mile far.

how old age How old are you? I'm 16.

how come reason How come I didn't see you at the party?

Asking questions

1.If you ask about the subject of the sentence, simply add the question word at the beginning:

Example:
James writes good poems. — Who writes good poems?

2.If you ask about the predicate of the sentence (the part of a sentence which contains the verb
and gives information about the subject), there are three options:

 If there is a helping (auxiliary) verb that precedes the main verb ( for example: can, is, are,
was, were, will, would...), add the question word and invert the subject and the helping
(auxiliary) verb.
Examples:
He can speak Chinese. — What can he speak?
They are leaving tonight. — When are they leaving?

 If you ask about the predicate and there is no helping (auxiliary) verb and the verb is "to
be", simply add the question word and invert the subject and the verb.
 Example:
The play was interesting. — How was the play?

 If there is no helping (auxiliary) verb in the the predicate and the main verb is not "to be",
add the auxiliary "do" in the appropriate form.
Examples:
They go to the movies every Saturday. — Where do they go every Saturday?
He wakes up early. — When does he wake up?
They sent a letter. — What did they send?

Negative wh-questions

When we ask negative wh-questions, we use the auxiliary verb do when there is no other auxiliary
or modal verb, even when the wh-word is the subject of the clause:

Affirmative with no auxiliary Negative with auxiliary do

Who doesn’t  want an ice

Who  wants an ice cream?
cream?

Which  door opened? Which door didn’t  open?