Hook

Who, what, where, when, why, how — you’ve used all of these throughout this course. Let’s review them all together.

Notice

Question words and their uses:

  • Who — person: Who is that? (My teacher.)
  • What — thing: What is this? (A pen.)
  • Where — place: Where do you live? (In London.)
  • When — time: When is your birthday? (In May.)
  • Why — reason: Why are you tired? (Because I worked late.)
  • How — manner/method: How do you go to school? (By bus.)
  • How much/many — quantity/price
  • How old — age

Rule

Structure: Question word + am/is/are/do/does/did/can + subject + verb?

  • Where do you live?
  • What is your name?
  • Why are you late?

Practice

  1. Choose the question word for a person: ___ is your best friend? (Answer: Who)
  2. Choose the question word for a reason: ___ are you happy? (Answer: Why)
  3. Choose the question word for time: ___ is the party? (Answer: When)
  4. Choose the question word for a place: ___ do you work? (Answer: Where)
  5. Complete: ___ old are you? (Answer: How)
  6. Write a question using “how” about transportation. (Answer: e.g. How do you get to work?)

Connect

Review question words with our Vocabulary lessons.

Try the Vocabulary Lessons →

CEFR A1: Spoken Interaction — can ask and answer a full range of simple questions using all common question words.

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