Improve your English in the Reading Rooms
Listen and write
Blue Level
Lesson Thirteen
Information Questions
Question Words… | …used for this information. |
Who | a person |
What | a thing / fact |
Where | a location / place |
When | time / day / year / month |
Why | reason |
How | method / quality |
Questions using question words follow two basic patterns: Question Word + Verb + Subject QW + V + S Who is he? …or Question Word + Verb + Subject + Verb QW + V + S + V Where do they live? |
Who am I? You’re a teacher. |  |
Where are you? I’m in the classroom. |  |
What does he have? He has some strawberries. |  |
Where is she? She’s at the beach. |  |
Why is the cat drinking water? It’s thirsty. |  |
When do we have class? We have class in the morning. |
You + I = We |
How are they drinking their milkshake? They’re drinking it with a straw. |  |
What do they have? They have popsicles. |  |
Practice:
1. ____________ are you? (location / place) 2. ____________ are those people? (people) 3. ____________ is the time? (fact / truth / information) 4. ____________ is he upset? (reason) 5. ____________ is the party? (date / time) 6. ____________ is the weather today? (quality) 7. ____________ coffee is there? (amount) 8. ____________ oranges are on the table? (amount) (Answers: 1. Where; 2. Who; 3. What; 4. Why; 5. When; 6. How; 7. How much; 8. How many) |
(This Orange Level Lesson has more examples of
words used for making questions.)