Unit 2:. 1.What is a WH-Question?What is a WH-Question? 2.Types of WH-Questions and their functionsTypes of WH-Questions and their functions.

Unit 2:

1. What is a WH-Question?

2. Types of WH-Questions and t

heir functions

What is a WH-question?

WH-question is a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied.E.g.: Where do you live?

I live in Ho Chi Minh City.

Types of WH-Questions

Question word

Functions Examples

What Asking for information about somethingAsking for repetition or confirmation

What is your name?

What? I can’t hear you.

What… for Asking for a reason, asking why

What did you do that for?

When Asking about time When were you born?

Where Asking in/at what place/position

Where are you going?

Which Asking about choice Which color do you want?

Who Asking what/which person or people (Subject)

Who has opened the door?

Types of WH-Questions

Question word

Functions Examples

Whom Asking what or which person or people (object)

Whom did you go to the club with?

Whose Asking about ownership Whose book is it?

Why Asking for reason, what… for

Why do you have to get up early?

How Asking about manner

Asking about condition or quality

How does this machine work?How was your exam?

How far Asking distance How far is it from London to New York?

Types of WH-Questions

Question word

Functions Examples

How long Length (time or space) How long will it take to do this homework?

How many Quantity (countable) How many members are there in your family?

How much Quantity (uncountable) How much money do you have now?

How old Age How old is your sister?

How come(informal)

Asking for reason, asking why

How come I can’t see her these days?