Wh-Question word

 WH-QUESTION WORD 
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WH- WORD
USE
MEANING
EXAMPLES
W
H
A
T
1. What = Subject
Information about people or things
What is happening? What causes flood?
2. What = Object 
What is Lan doing? What does Jack like? 
3. What color
Color 
What color is your shirt?
4. What time
Time given by a clock (hour/minute/second)
What time is it? It is 10 o’clock/ 
 It’s a quarter past eight.
5. What do/does +
S+V (look like)? 
Physical appearance
What does Hoa’s mother look like? 
She has a beautiful face and long hair.
6. What+Be +S+ like?
Personality
Describing people/things
What is Tam like? She’s very kind.
What’s the weather like in Vietnam in May?
WHICH
 Which 
Exact about the thing or things
Which sport do you like? I like football
W
H
E
N
1. When 
Time when sth. happens
When will you go home?
2.When+be+birthday?
Date of birth
When is your birthday?
My birthday is on April 1st
WHERE
Where
Place
Where is your house? It is on Tran Phu Street.
WHO
Who = Subject
2. Who = Object
Determining people
Who likes football?
Who is she talking to? To her teacher.
WHOSE 
Whose + noun+ Be+S
Whose + Be + S
Possession 
Whose laptop is that?
Whose cats are these?/ Whose are they?
W
H
Y
 Why
Cause
Why were you late for school?
Because I missed the bus
H
O
W
1. How
Means of transport
How do you go to school? By bus/On foot
Describing about people/things
How is your teacher? She is very strict
How is the party? Very bad
2. How deep 
Depth
How deep is this river? It is 30 ms.
3. How many 
+ plural noun 
Countable amount
How many pupils are there in your class?
How many stamps does Tuan have? 
4. How much
Uncountable amount 
How much beer can your father drink?
bottles a day.
Pricing: 
#1. Be + S?
#2. Do/does/did +S+cost?
How much is this bike?
How much do these DVD players cost?
5. How far 
Distance
How far is it from your house to your school?
It is 3 kms . 
6. How long 
A period of time 
to last 
How long does it take you to do your exercise?
It takes me 30 minutes.
Length of a thing
How long is Xom Bong bridge? It is 309 m.
7. How heavy
Heaviness of a subject
How heavy is Long? He is 60 kg.
8. How high
Height of a thing
How high is this building? It is 400m
9. How often 
Frequency 
How often do you watch TV? 3 times a week.
10. How old 
Age
How old is Minh? He is 14 years old.
11. How tall
Height of a person
How tall is Nam’s brother? He is 1m80.
12.How wide 
Width of a thing
How wide is the house? 
Adj and noun
STT
Adj
Noun
STT
Adj
Noun
1
Deep
Depth
4
Old
Age
2
Heavy
Weight
5
Tall/high
Height
3
Long
Length
6
Wide
Width
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EXERCISE
Make questions for the underlined words or phrases:
The dictionary is 200,000 VND.
I bought this VCD at the Tan Tien bookshop.
It took her three hours to finish her homework.
He can’t do this exercise because it is very difficult.
Louis Paster is the teacher of Dr. Alexandre Yersin.
He often goes to school by motor-bike.
Uncle Ho died on September 2, 1969. 
I am going to stay in Vung Tau for 6 weeks.
Lan will come back at 9.30 .
My friend offered me a shirt on my birthday.
My mother bought 3 kilos of dried cuttle-fish.
This river is 30 m in depth. 
Tuan weighs 55 kilos.
Eiffel Tower is 300 m high.
The tallest man is 2m37 tall.
It’s 500m from his house to the theatre.
There are over 1,000 guests in her wedding party.
I get over 2 million VND a month. 
She is very beautiful.
My wife goes to church 4 times a month.
My family had lunch at 11.30.
The school library has 2,000 books.
The children are going to go to school by bus.
Quang is studying English.
They are playing tennis in the schoolyard.
Peter always brushes his teeth after meal.
Tran Phu Bridge is over 400m long.
We are going to visit our former teacher tonight.
This river is over 1,000m deep.
These pupils couldn’t go to school because there was a serious flood.
Choose the words in the box to make questions: 
 How long	How wide	How deep	How far	How heavy	How tall	How much 
 How often	How high	How much	How long 	How many 	How old	How
.is the wall? It is 10 m wide.
 is your father? 65 kilos.
.do you go to school? By bus.
.will you stay in Dalat? For one month
.is this DVD player? 1 million VND
.is it from here to your school? 500m
.are these buildings? Over 400 meters high
. ..does Nam play football? 3 times a week
.beef do you want to buy? 4 kilos.
.is Quynh? 25 years old.
.is Ho Xuan Huong lake? Over 4 m in depth.
.pupils are there in your class? 30
.is Ronaldo? 1m86.
.....is the Great Wall? About 6,000 km