Question Words Exercises for Beginners
Four tasks on question words: what, when, where, why, who, whose, which, how and how often. Pick the right one for the answer that follows, then build whole questions out of the given words.
The third one is listening - a question is read out and you choose the answer that fits. The last is a table: take a word from each column and ask your partner.
Rule: Question Words ShowHide
Which word asks about what?
- What – a thing or an action: What is Emma reading? – A book.
- Who – a person: Who is that boy? – My brother.
- Whose – the owner: Whose cat is that? – It's mine.
- Where – a place: Where do koalas live? – In Australia.
- When – a time: When do kangaroos sleep? – During the day.
- Why – a reason: Why are you hungry? – Because I didn't have breakfast.
- How – the way: How do you go to school? – By bus.
How + another word
- How old are you? – I'm 11.
- How tall are you? – I'm 1.50 m.
- How often do you swim? – Every Saturday.
Word order
Question word + do / does / did / is / are / have + person + verb:
Where have they been?
What did you buy?
When Who asks about the person who does the action, there is no do or does: Who has eaten all the sandwiches? Who lives here?
Tasks
Categories
Which word asks about what?
- What – a thing or an action: What is Emma reading? – A book.
- Who – a person: Who is that boy? – My brother.
- Whose – the owner: Whose cat is that? – It's mine.
- Where – a place: Where do koalas live? – In Australia.
- When – a time: When do kangaroos sleep? – During the day.
- Why – a reason: Why are you hungry? – Because I didn't have breakfast.
- How – the way: How do you go to school? – By bus.
How + another word
- How old are you? – I'm 11.
- How tall are you? – I'm 1.50 m.
- How often do you swim? – Every Saturday.
Word order
Question word + do / does / did / is / are / have + person + verb:
Where have they been?
What did you buy?
When Who asks about the person who does the action, there is no do or does: Who has eaten all the sandwiches? Who lives here?