English----Grammer: WH-QUESTION

WH Questions Words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions. We often refer to them as WH words because they letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).

Question word	Function	Example
What	asking for information about something	What is your name?
	asking for repetition or confirmation	What? I can’t hear you. You did what?
What…for	asking for a reason, asking why	What did you do that for?
When	asking about time	When did he leaves?
Where	asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live?
Which	asking about choice	Which colour do you want?
Who	asking what or which person people (subject)	Who opened the door?
Whom	asking what or which person or people (object)	Whom did you see?
Whose	asking about ownership	Whose are these keys? Whose turns is it?
Why	asking for reason, asking what…for	Why do you say that?
Why don’t	making a suggestion	Why don’t I help you?
How	asking about manner	How does this work?
	asking about condition or quality	How was you exam?
How + adj/adv	asking about extent or degree	see examples below?
How far	distance	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
How long	length (time or space)	How long will it take?
How many	quantity (countable)	How many cars are there?
How much	quantity (uncountable)	how much money do you have?
How old	age	How old are you?
How come (informal)	asking fo reason, asking why	How come I can’t see her?