Question Words

Question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, which, whose) start information questions. They come before the auxiliary verb and subject.

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Level A1 Questions

Summary

Question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, which, whose) start information questions. They come before the auxiliary verb and subject.

question word + auxiliary + subject + verb

Examples

Common mistakes

• Forgetting the auxiliary, e.g. 'Where you live?' instead of 'Where do you live?'.
• Using statement order, e.g. 'Why you are sad?' instead of 'Why are you sad?'.

Related

Yes/No Questions Subject vs Object Questions Basic Word Order

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Yes/No Questions A1

Yes/no questions ask whether something is true and expect a yes or no answer. Form them by putting the auxiliary or 'be' before the subject.

Question Tags B1

Question tags are short questions added to the end of statements to check information or invite agreement. A positive statement takes a negative tag, and a negative statement takes a positive tag.

Subject vs Object Questions B1

When the question word is the subject (who or what does the action), no auxiliary is needed and word order stays like a statement. When it is the object, the usual question form with an auxiliary applies.

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