Whats the difference between Wh- questions and Yes/No questions?

Match each
sentence with its type.
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Do you like fish?

Where does he live?
What time is it?
Will it work?
May I come in?
Whens your birthday?
Who is our boss?
How did they do it?

Yes/No questions
Wh- questions

2. Tick the purpose of each Wh- question

Purpose
Wh- question

Ask for manner

Ask for place

Ask for thing

Ask for people

Where
Who
What
How
3. Imagine these situations. Complete the questions with the Wh- question you
need.
You are in a cinema and you want to watch a movie, but you dont know the time
the movie starts. What should you ask?
_________________ does that film start?
Its your first day as a pizza deliver. You receive a call from a person asking for a
pizza, but you must know where the person is. What should you ask?
_______________do you want the order?
You are watching a TV commercial promoting a special dish for Christmas. You
would like to make that dish, but the commercial doesnt explain the recipe, so
youll have to search it in the Internet. What should you ask?
______________to make Christmas cookies?
Now, you are a teacher and you must find a job. You found a school near your
home, but you dont know the schools director. What should you ask?
______________ the director?

Youre going to meet some friends at a caf, but you dont live in the city and youre
five minutes late. You find an information centre. What should you ask?
______________the Goldwater caf?
You are marine biologist in a submarine, and you are working with other
specialists. A man is trying to see through a periscope. What should you ask?
______________ can you see?
4. Make a Wh- question for each photo. Dont use the same Wh- question more
than two times.

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Answer Key
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Do you like fish?

Where does he live?
What time is it?
Will it work?
May I come in?
Whens your birthday?
Who is our boss?
How did they do it?

Yes/No questions
Wh- questions

2.
Purpose
Wh- question

Ask for manner

Where
Who
What
How
3.
What time does that film start?
Where do you want the order?
How to make Christmas cookies?
Who is the director?
Where is the Goldwater caf?
What can you see?
4. Students answer example:
Who is he?
Where is that?
Whats that?
How does that work?
What is it?
Who is that?
How does that work?

Ask for place

Ask for thing

Ask for people