ESL Worksheet

Wh- questions.

1. Fill in the following table with the wh- questions given bellow. Then, complete the examples.
What Which Who When
How Why Whom Where

Wh- word When to use Examples

• what are you going to do?
Asking for information
• _What is this?
• what are you late again?
Asking for a reason
• _when___________ did they do that?
• _When____did_______ are we going out?
Asking for a time frame
• ____________ is he coming over?
• Where are we going?
Asking for a place
• where____________ is it?
• _HOW__________ does this work?
Asking about manner
• _HOW___________ are you?
• ____________ one do you want?
Asking for a choice
• ____________ exercise did you need help with?
• ____________ do you want on your team?
Asking for a person, as the subject
• ____________ is it?
• By ____________ was this done?
Asking for a person, as the object
• To ____________ does this belong to?

1.1. How would you translate those wh- questions into your language?

2. Ask questions with the correct question word. Answer the questions about yourself.
a) _______ is your name? ______________________________________________________________
b) __________ are you? _______________________________________________________________

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c) _________ are you from? ____________________________________________________________
d) H0w_ old are you?__I ___am _TirTy__eight____________________________
e) _Where do you live? _________________________________________________________________
f) __________ do you do for a living? ________________________________________________________
g) __________ do you get to school, by bus or train? ____________________________________________
h) __________ kinds of TV shows do you like? _________________________________________________
i) __________ do you prefer, chocolate or vanilla? ____________________________________________
j) __________ is your favourite teacher? ____________________________________________________
k) __________ do your holidays begin? _______________________________________________________

3. Look at the interrogative sentences on the previous exercise and order the sentence structure
accordingly with the elements given.

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4. Create questions according to the answers given.

Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. I like English because it's a really useful language to know.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. It is three fifteen.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. I live in Lisbon.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. They will arrive in half an hour.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. You can get to Lisbon by boat or train.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________________________
A. It was him who brought me.