WH Questions Simple Past
WH Questions Simple Past
WH Questions Simple Past
Saucedo
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LIC José Abraham Zuñiga
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Ingles
we use them to ask for information, they answer cannot be
yes or no
People
Things
Facts
Time
Place
Reason
Manner
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Why questions
•what (qué)
•when (cuándo)
•where (dónde)
•who (quién)
•why (por qué)
•whom (a quién)
Y un poco más complicado:
•which (cuál)
•de quién (de quién)
A propósito, las palabras wh también se utilizan para crear «frases dentro
frases». A esto lo llamamos relative clauses . Pero éstas no tienen por qué ser
preguntas en absoluto (luego más al respecto). Por lo tanto, las mismas «wh-
words» se denominan entonces pronombres relativos (relative pronouns).
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What
What is used un a question when you want to find
out about a thing
ej:
What did you do?
What did she say?
For example:
Sorry, I can’t hear you. What did you say?
Who
For example:
•Who did that?
•Who did you call?
Whom
For example:
Whom did they see? 5
Where
Asks for place
For example:
For example:
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When
You can use “when” to ask about
time.
For example:
•When did the meeting start?
•When did the plane arrive?
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How
You can use “how” to ask about manner.
For example:
For example:
•How did you do on the test?
•How did it go?
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Which
Is used instead for what when a question concers
choosing from a a difinitive, known, quantity or group
Ej:
Which color do you prefer?
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Whose
Asks about possession
Ej:
Whose book is this?
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Forming wh-questions
With an auxiliary verb
We usually form wh-questions with wh- + an auxiliary verb (be, do or have) +
subject + main verb or with wh- + a modal verb + subject + main verb:
Be: When are you leaving?
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• Without an auxiliary verb
Warning:
• When what, who, which or whose is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary. We use the
word order subject + verb:
Compare
• Who owns this bag?
• Who is the subject of the sentence and this bag is the object. We use no auxiliary verb.
• Who is the object of the sentence and you is the subject. We use the auxiliary verb do.
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Negative wh-questions
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PREPOSITIONS AND PARTICLES
WITH WH-QUESTIONS
See also:
Examples: