Wh- Question Words: What, When, Where, Why, Who, and How
💡What, when, where, why, who, whom and how: do you know how to use these wh- question words?
Question words are interrogative pronouns used to ask questions in English.
What:
What, most commonly, is used for questions about general things:
What is your favorite day of the week?
When:
When is always going to ask questions about time:
When is your birthday?
Where:
Where is used when we are asking a question referring to a location:
Where you are from?
Why:
Why is often used to ask reasons for something:
Why is he running?
Who:
Who is always used when asking questions about people:
Who is she?
How:
How is used when we want to ask “a way to do something”:
How do you go downtown?
🤔Note:
“How are you?” is one of the most basic expressions in English to ask how a person is doing.
“How are you?”
Response:
“I am fine.”
or
“I am so-so.”
