FORMULATING

WH
QUESTIONS
Questions are
also known as
WH Questions.
How are they
formed?
EXAMPLES

Who are joining

the contest?
EXAMPLES

What is the
advertisement
all about?
EXAMPLES

When will it be held?

EXAMPLES

Where will it be held?

EXAMPLES

What are the details

of the advertisement?
WH Questions are
formed by inserting
wh-word in place of the
missing information.
WH Questions focus on
a particular part of the
sentence.
WH Questions ask for
information, and we do
not expect a “Yes” or
“No” answer.
wh - + auxiliary verb
(be, do, or have) +
subject + main verb
EXAMPLES

When are you leaving?

EXAMPLES

Why didn’t you call

me?
EXAMPLES

Where do they live?

ACTIVITY

1. ________________
are you messing
around? (reason)
ACTIVITY

2. ________________
will you finish your
work if you are
playing? (manner)
ACTIVITY

3. ________________
is she going? (place)
ACTIVITY

4. ________________
did you arrive from
the province? (time)
ACTIVITY

5. ________________
books are there in
the box?
(quantity/countable)