Wh- Questions for intermediate learners

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Wh-questions are questions that begin with one of the 'wh-' words. In order to learn about them and to know how to form a wh- question, read this article!

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What Are Wh- Questions?

Wh- questions are formed with 'wh-words' and ask for information. So, the answer to them cannot be 'yes' or 'no'.

What Are Wh-words

Wh-words are used to ask for specific information. The most common wh-words are:

What
When
Where
How

Here are a few examples:

What is under the table?

You cannot answer this question with a 'yes' or a 'no. You must provide information.

When is your birthday?

Structure

Wh-words are followed by auxiliary verbs to form a question. Here is the structure:

'Wh-word' + auxiliary + subject + main verb + etc.

What do you do for a living?

Where can I find you?

What

What is used to ask about things. Here are the examples:

What is it?

What can he do?

When

When is used to ask about time. Here are the examples:

When is your birthday?

When do you start studying?

Where

Where is used to ask about the place or location of something. Here are the examples:

Where are you?

Where do you want to go?

How

How is used to ask about the condition, manner, or quality of something. Here are the examples:

How are you?

How do you drive?

Review

Wh- questions are used to ask about a piece of information about different things. They start with wh-words that are:

What
Where
When
How

Negative Markers

Negative markers are used to make sentences with a negative meaning. In this lesson, we will learn about them.

Questions

In English, there are different types of questions. In this lesson, you will get to know them briefly and see some examples for each type. Are you ready?

Yes/No Questions

'Do you like English?' 'Are you making progress?' 'Have these lessons been helping you?' If you want to learn about how to make yes/no questions, read this.

Embedded Questions

A question within another question?! I wonder how's that ! let's see what are embedded questions to learn more about them.

Agreement

Consider the sentence ' They is at home'. It is incorrect. There are different components in a sentence that need to agree with each other.

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