What / Which / Why

What / Which / Why

What is your favourite
festival?

My favourite festival is
Easter.
What / Which / Why
What do you like doing
at Easter?

I like eating chocolate

eggs at Easter.
What / Which / Why
Which is your favourite
festival?
Christmas Dragon Boat Festival Chinese New Year

My favourite festival is
Chinese New Year.
What / Which / Why
Why?

Christmas Dragon Boat Festival Chinese New Year

Because I like getting

red packets.
What / Which / Why
• We ask people What questions when we
don’t know what the answer might be.
e.g. What is your favourite animal?
• We ask people Which questions when
they have to choose from a group of
things.
e.g.

Which is your favourite animal?

What / Which / Why
• We ask people Why questions when we
want to know the reason.
e.g. Why do you like summer?
• We can use Because to start giving a
reason in spoken English.
e.g. Because I like going to the beach.
• In written English we use because to link
two sentences together.
e.g. I like summer because I like going
to the beach.
Key structure
What is your favourite festival?

My favourite festival is Easter.

Why? Because I like eating chocolate eggs.

Use at with festivals.

What do you like doing at Christmas?

I like looking at the Christmas lights at Christmas.

We add -ing to the action words when we ask

and answer questions about things we like doing.
Practice
Choose the correct question word.
What Why Which

______
Which is your favourite
festival?

My favourite festival is
Christmas.
Practice
Choose the correct question word.
What Why Which

______
What is your favourite
festival?

My favourite festival is
Mid-Autumn Festival.
Practice
Choose the correct question word.
Which Why What

______
Why do you like
Christmas?

Because I like looking at

the Christmas lights.
Practice
Give the correct answer.
Why do you like Mid-Autumn
Festival?

Because I like eating

moon cakes.
Practice
Give the correct answer.
What do you like doing at
Chinese New Year?

I like visiting relatives at

Chinese New Year.
Practice
Give the correct answer.
What do you like doing at
Chinese New Year?

I like watching fireworks at

Chinese New Year.