Categories: Grammar

QUESTION WORDS in English

Question Words	Meaning	Example Sentences
WHO	Person	Who’s that? That’s George.
WHERE	Place	Where do you live? In Texas.
WHY	Reason	Why will I have to clean up? There are guests.
WHEN	Time	When do you wake up everyday?
HOW	Manner	How will you like your meat? With tomato sauce.
WHAT	Object, idea or action	What is your job? I am an engineer.
WHICH	Choice	Which one was your car? The red one.
WHOSE	Possession	Whose notebook did you borrow? I borrowed Michael’s bicycle.
WHOM	Object of the verb	Whom did you see yesterday? I saw your grandfather.
WHAT KIND	Description	What kind of music do you like? I like classic music.

Who asks about person.
What asks about a thing or an action (with do).
When asks about time.
Where asks about a place.
Why asks about a reason.
How asks about age, quantity, amount, price, in way that, manner.
How often asks about frequency.
How long asks about duration.
How far asks about distance.