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Wh-words
A. Look at the examples and complete the rule.

Who is that man? What are your hobbies? How old are you? Where do you work?

We use ________________ in the beginning of an interrogative sentence followed by a _________________ or an

_______________verb and then the subject.

B. Match the two columns.

1. Who a. to ask about age
2. What / which b. to ask about time
3. Whose c. to ask about way
4. Where d. to ask about amount of time
5. When e. to ask about people
6. Why f. to ask about frequency
7. How g. to ask about quantity (countables)
8. How old h. to ask about quantity/price (uncountables)
9. How much i. to ask about place
10. How many j. to ask about reason
11. How often k. to ask about possession
12. How long l. to ask about things or animals

C. Use the wh-words in the box to complete the questions.

What Where Who Why How Whose Which When

1. __________old is Ronald? 5. ________________do you live?

2. __________can’t you come to my house? 6. _________speaks English better?

3. __________book is this, yours or mine? 7. __________car is more expensive, the blue or

the red one?

4. _________does a fireman do? 8. _________were you born? In 2000 or 2001?

D. Write questions for the underlined words in the sentence.

Stuart is a 20 year-old musician working in Los Angeles in 2012.

1. ______________________________________________________________________?
2. ______________________________________________________________________?
3. ______________________________________________________________________?
4. ______________________________________________________________________?
5. ______________________________________________________________________?