questions
Which question word to use?
We use who to ask questions about people:
Who is that?
Who lives here?
Who did you see?
We use whose to ask about possession:
Whose coat is this? [or] Whose is this coat?
Whose book is that? [or] Whose is that book?
Whose bags are those? [or] Whose are those bags?
We use what to ask questions about things:
What is that?
What do you want?
We use which to ask someone to choose something:
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
I’ve got two books. Which do you want?
We can also use what and which with nouns:
What subjects did you study at school?
What newspaper do you read?
Which newspaper do you read – the Times or the Guardian?
Which book do you want?
Which one is yours?
Questions with prepositions:
Questions ending in prepositions are very common in English. After Who, Which or What we often have a preposition at the end of the sentence:
Who does this book belong to?
What are you looking for?
Which university did you go to?
What country do you come from?
Activities
Reorder the words to make questions
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Hi
I don`t understand Wh questions clearly in this section((((
I think the question word "who" use with singular, but at Activities 3 it says " who are they playing against ?",you can explain it ?
Hi,
I have a question regarding this section. In this lesson, there are some examples given as below.
1.Who does this book belong to?
2.Which university did you go to?
3.What country do you come from?
Instead of that can't we ask those questions like this?
1. Whom does this book belong?
2. To which university did you go?
3. From what country do you come?
Thank you.
I had comment submitted on 26 feb.That was my first experience.I asked about a sentences. That was , the next thing police did were was to retrieve the cctv footage from the parking place. I want to know whether the sentences is correct or not. My second problem is about track.When I clicked track in my account I saw 18 replies , 56 replies. I want to read all replies. please help me.
Hello,
I'm sorry no one has replied to your comment of February 26th yet, but there is no guarantee that comments on LearnEnglish will be answered.
The 18 replies are the number of comments in total on the page you wrote on, not the number of personal replies to you.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
I had a question. I have got eighteen replies. How can I read that. Please help me.
Hello Dipankar,
Are you asking how to pronounce that sentence or what it means?
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
i am learning a lot
thank you very much
in question number 3 why I can not say :They are playing aganist who?
Hello reem saleh,
There are two reasons.
Except in some special uses, we like 'Wh' question words to sit at the start of a sentence.
Also, in this type of ordering exercise, it is good to check which word has a capital letter - it gives you a clue as to the first word.
Regards,
Stephen
The LearnEnglish Team