Informative Questions
Informative questions are
used to ask about qualities, people, time, etc. The consist of who, what,
where, when, why, which, and how, that usually called WH-Questions. Most
WH-questions begin with a Question word
+ auxiliary + Subject + Verb.
A. Who
‘Who’ is used in questions as the subject of the verb, usually the people.
Examples:
·
Who is the
man in the green hat?
·
Who are you
going to visit?
B. What
‘What’ is used in questions to ask about things or activities.
Examples:
·
What are you
doing?
·
What are you
reading?
·
What does she
do on the weekend?
·
What is that?
Other types of ‘what’ questions:
1)
What kind of/type of
‘What
kind of/type of’ is used to ask about specific things or characteristics.
Examples:
·
What kind of food
do you like?
·
What type of
car do you drive?
2) What time
‘What time’ is used to ask for a specific
time.
Examples:
·
What time is
it?
·
What time
does the movie begin?
3) What
.... like.
‘What .... like’ is used to ask about
characteristics of something or somebody.
Examples:
· What was the weather like?
· What is Lola Like?
· What was the weather like?
· What is Lola Like?
C. Where
‘Where’ is
used to ask about places.
Examples:
·
Where do you
live?
·
Where did you
go on your holiday?
D.
When
‘When’ is used for asking about a general or
specific time.
Examples:
·
When did you
come?
·
When does the
train leave?
E. Why
‘Why’ is used for asking about
reasons.
Examples:
·
Why are you
late?
·
Why are they
leaving?
F.
Which
‘Which’ is used to ask about things, especially
choices with a small number of possible answers.
Examples:
·
Which book do
you like?
·
Which CD
album did you buy?
G.
How
‘How’ is used to ask in what way.
Examples:
·
How will she
get here?
·
How do you
solve the problem?
‘How’ is combined with many words to ask questions
about specific characteristics, qualities, quantities, etc.
Examples:
·
How much does
the skirt cost?
·
How often do
you go to the library?
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