Information (Wh-) questions Present Tense: Be Questions that ask for information Click to advance slides. Robert F. van Trieste This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Why are Information questions called Wh-questions? They are called wh-questions because they usually use a question word that begins with the letters wh. Who What Where Why When Which Add whose to list How far, How old, How difficult, etc. However, one important wh-word does not begin with the letters wh. How How much/many How often

Word order Present Tense be Information Questions Wh-word am/ is/ are Subject Rest of sentence When is the party? Where are you from? Who those girls over there? What your student number?

Information question word order versus statement word order: verb be Wh-word am/ is/ are Subject Rest of sentence What is your student number? Subject am/ is/ are Rest of sentence My student number is M0034012.

Information question word order versus statement word order: Present Tense verb be Wh-word am/ is/ are Subject Rest of sentence Why are the girls late? Subject am/ is/ are Rest of sentence The girls are late because they live in Caguas.

Information question word order when subject is unknown: be Wh-word am/ is/ are Rest of sentence What is on the blackboard? Subject am/ is/ are Rest of sentence Today’s homework is on the blackboard.

Answer the question 1 What are those? Those are bananas. Click on slide to see answer. Those are bananas.

Answer the question 2 What is on the branch? A bird is on the branch. Click on slide to see answer. A bird is on the branch.

Answer the question 3 What is that? It is a statue (of a lion). Click on slide to see answer.

Answer the question 4 Where is the bear? The bear is in a tree. It is in a tree. Click on slide to see answer.

Answer the question 5 Who is he? He is Fidel Castro. Click on slide to see answer.

Answer the question 6 Where is the Washington Monument? The Washington Monument is in Washington, D. C. Click on slide to see answer.

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