WH-Words/question words: What, Who,
Which, Where, When, Why, Whom, Whose, How.
USE OF WHY
Statement: The College was closed
for student violence.
Wh-Question: Why was the college
closed?
Statement: I have broken the window to mend it.
Wh-Question: Why have you broken the
window?
Statement: I did not go to college on account of my illness.
Wh-Question: Why did you not go to
college?
Statement: He came late owing to an accident.
Wh-Question: Why did he come late?
Statement: The boy is crying for food.
Wh-Question: Why is the boy crying?
Statement: Dhaka was once famous for muslin clothes.
Wh-Question: Why was Dhaka once
famous?
Statement: Mina gave Tareq a diary so that he could write his interesting experiences.
Wh-Question: Why did Mina gave Tareq
a diary?
Statement: I want to Cox’s bazaar to enjoy the natural scenery.
Wh-Question: Why did you go to Cox’s
bazaar?
Statement: The programmed was cancelled because of rough weather.
Wh-Question: Why was the programmed
cancelled?
Statement: They are always complaining against the mismanagement of the authority.
Wh-Question: Why are They always
complaining?
Statement: Smriti is learning English to get a job.
Wh-Question: Why is Smriti learning
English?
Statement: He puts on modern dress to look smart.
Wh-Question: Why does he put on
modern dress?
Statement: He went to the airport to see off his son.
Wh-Question: Why did he go to the
airport?
USE
OF WHEN
Statement: I met Akbar yesterday.
Wh-Question: When did you meet
Akbar?
Statement: I am coming tomorrow.
Wh-Question: When are you coming?
Statement: Our examination will be held on the 16th June.
Wh-Question: When will your
examination be held?
Statement: I will appear at the B. A. examination this year.
Wh-Question: When will you appear at
the B. A. examination?
Statement: I will come back at noon.
Wh-Question: When will you come
back?
Statement: Computer was invented in the 20th century.
Wh-Question: When was he Computer
invented?
Statement: I get up at 7 a. m.
Wh-Question: When do you get up?
Statement: Shakespeare lived in the
16th century.
Wh-Question: When did Shakespeare
live?
Statement: I was in Dhaka in winter.
Wh-Question: When were you in
winter?
Statement: He delivered his lecture at the end of the meeting.
Wh-Question: When did e deliver his
lecture?
Statement: The sun rises at 5.15 am.
Wh-Question: When does the sun
rises?
Statement: The plane will take off at 10.30 a.m.
Wh-Question: When will the plane
take off?
Statement: At his childhood he lost his parents.
Wh-Question: When did he lose his
parents?
Statement: I wrote this poem two days ago.
Wh-Question: When did you write this
poem?
USE
OF WHERE
Where means in what place.
Statement: I am living in Dhaka.
Wh-Question: Where are you living?
Statement: The letter is from Saudi Arabia.
Wh-Question: Where is the letter
from?
Statement: I put the book on the table.
Wh-Question: Where did you put the
book?
Statement: I come from Chittagong.
Wh-Question: Where do you come from?
Statement: I shall put the glasses on the dining table.
Wh-Question: Where will you put the
glasses?
Statement: I am going to Sylhet.
Wh-Question: Where are you going?
Statement: The desk was on the platform.
Wh-Question: Where was the desk?
Statement: I was born in Kustia.
Wh-Question: Where were you born?
Statement: This road leads to Rajshahi.
Wh-Question: Where does this road
lead to?
Statement: Rina studies in Dhaka University.
Wh-Question: Where does Rina study?
Statement: They took the wounded man to hospital.
Wh-Question: Where did they take the
wounded man?
Statement: The Buriganga flows by Dhaka?
Wh-Question: Where does the
Buriganga flow?
Statement: I am from Australia.
Wh-Question: Where are you from?
USE
OF HOW
How means “in what way”.
Statement: I came by bus.
Wh-Question: How did you come?
Statement: I start the engine by pressing the button.
Wh-Question: How did you start the
engine?
Statement: The accident happened when the driver was overtaking the truck.
Wh-Question: How did the accident
happen?
Statement: She is a woman of fifty years old.
Wh-Question: How old is she?
Statement: It is 200 miles from Dhaka to Chittagong.
Wh-Question: How far is it from
Dhaka to Chittagong?
Statement: Cox’s Bazar sea beach is 120 kilometers.
Wh-Question: How long is the Cox’s
Bazar sea beach?
Statement: I will stay here for four hours.
Wh-Question: How long will you stay?
Statement: I want Tk.500.00.
Wh-Question: How much (money) do you
want?
Statement: I bought ten pictures.
Wh-Question: How many pictures did
you buy?
Statement: One hundred people are coming to the party.
Wh-Question: How many people are
coming to the party?
Statement: It is ten taka per K. G.
Wh-Question: How much is it?
Statement: It costs me taka fifty.
Wh-Question: How much does it cost
you?
Statement: I am well, by the grace of Allah.
Wh-Question: How are you?
Statement: He drives car at 50 miles per hour.
Wh-Question: How fast does he drive?
Statement: I have been waiting here for six hours.
Wh-Question: How long have you been
waiting here?
Statement: It takes two hours to reach Comilla from Dhaka.
Wh-Question: How much time does it
take to reach Comilla from Dhaka?
Statement: The boy stood first by dint of merit.
Wh-Question: How did the boy stand
first?
Statement: She smokes forty cigarettes a day.
Wh-Question: How many cigarettes
does she smoke a day?
Statement: The box can be opened by a screw driver.
Wh-Question: How can the box be
opened?
Statement: The pot contains two liters of water.
Wh-Question: How much water does the
pot contain?
Statement: This parcel weighs 5 kgs.
Wh-Question: How much does this
parcel weigh?
Statement: Thank god. My father is coming round.
Wh-Question: How is your father?
Statement: A book is like a living person.
Wh-Question: How is a book like?
USE
OF WHO
Statement: Shakespeare wrote
Macbeth.
Wh-Question: Who wrote Macbeth?
Statement: My uncle gave me this shirt.
Wh-Question: Who gave you this
shirt?
Statement: Reza stood first in the examination.
Wh-Question: Who stood first in the
examination?
Statement: Mr. Badiul Alam is the Principal of our college.
Wh-Question: Who is the Principal of
your college?
Statement: My uncle is coming to visit us.
Wh-Question: Who is coming to visit
you?
Statement: The minister came to visit us.
Wh-Question: Who came to visit you?
Statement: An unknown boy plucked the roses.
Wh-Question: Who plucked the roses?
Statement: Everyone can do this.
Wh-Question: Who can do this?
Statement: An unpatriotic man dies doubly.
Wh-Question: Who dies doubly?
Statement: A healthy man is an asset to the family and the society.
Wh-Question: Who is an asset to the
family and the society?
Statement: The boy is my brother.
Wh-Question: Who is that boy?
Who(m) as object
Statement: I met my friend on the
way.
Wh-Question: Whom did you meet on
the way?
Statement: I should talk to my father in this matter.
Wh-Question: Whom should you talk to
in this matter?
USE
OF WHICH
Which as subject
Statement: The English grammar book
was stolen
Wh-Question: Which book was stolen?
Statement: You should buy a dictionary.
Wh-Question: Which book should I
buy?
Statement: The Parabat goes to Sylhet.
Wh-Question: Which train goes to
Sylhet?
Statement: I have lent him Practical English Grammar and Modern English Grammar.
Wh-Question: Which books have you
lent him?
Statement: A. Aziz has applied for the post of a typist.
Wh-Question: Which job has A. Aziz
applied for?
Statement: The boy attends an English Medium School.
Wh-Question: Which school does the
boy attend?
Statement: Tareq and Kamal have come.
Wh-Question: Which of them has come
first?
Statement: Of all the poets I like Shakespeare most.
Wh-Question: Which poet do you like
most?
Statement: Both these two ways lead to the post office.
Wh-Question: Which is the shortest
way to the post office?
Statement: I read in B.A. Class.
Wh-Question: Which class do you read
in?
Statement: I visited India, Nepal and Myanmar.
Wh-Question: Which countries did you
visit?
USE
OF WHAT
Statement: The illness of my father
made me sad.
Wh-Question: What made you sad?
Statement: The failure of my younger brother in the examination has upset me.
Wh-Question: What misfortune has upset
you?
Statement: The overloading in the bus caused the accident.
Wh-Question: What caused the
accident?
Statement: A terrible accident happened yesterday.
Wh-Question: What happened
yesterday?
Statement: His ill-treatment made me angry.
Wh-Question: What made you angry?
Statement: I am looking for a saloon.
Wh-Question: What are you looking
for?
Statement: A virtuous soul is compared to a seasoned wood.
Wh-Question: What is a virtuous soul
compared to?
Statement: I like football most.
Wh-Question: What game do you like
most?
Statement: I hope to become a doctor.
Wh-Question: What do you hope to
become?
Statement: I want a pen.
Wh-Question: What do you want?
Statement: I said about my problem.
Wh-Question: What did you say?
Statement: They ate rice and fruits.
Wh-Question: What did they eat?
Statement: I read the Ittefaq.
Wh-Question: What paper do you read?
Statement: He wants a book.
Wh-Question: What does he want?
Statement: I can only write a letter for you.
Wh-Question: What can you do for me?
Statement: I saw some pictures.
Wh-Question: What did you see?
Statement: They sent a big box.
Wh-Question: What did they send?
Statement: We studied English and History.
Wh-Question: What did you study?
Statement: She wore a new dress.
Wh-Question: What did she wear?
Statement: My brother is a doctor.
Wh-Question: What is your brother?
Statement: He is a business man.
Wh-Question: What is he?
Statement: He is tall, slim and has a fair complexion.
Wh-Question: What is the man like?
Statement: It was a romantic film with some really beautiful songs.
Wh-Question: What is the film like?
Statement: They are friendly and helpful.
Wh-Question: What are they like?
Statement: It is a small and comfortable house.
Wh-Question: What is the house like?
Statement: The weather was rough.
Wh-Question: What was the weather
like?
Statement: I went there to borrow some books.
Wh-Question: What did you go there
for?
Or Why did you go there?
Statement: I did that to help the
boy.
Wh-Question: What did you do that
for?
Or Why did you do that?
Statement: It is half past twelve now.
Wh-Question: What time is it now?
Statement: Smith is going to speak about malnutrition.
Wh-Question: What is Smith going to
speak about?
USE
OF WHOSE
Statement: This is my pen.
Wh-Question: Whose pen is this?
Statement: Here are some books.
Wh-Question: Whose are these books?
Statement: Here is a pen.
Wh-Question: Whose is this?
Statement: The car of the Officer broke down.
Wh-Question: Whose car broke down?
Statement: These books are mine.
Wh-Question: Whose books are these?
Statement: I borrowed the umbrella of my friend.
Wh-Question: Whose umbrella did you
borrow?
Statement: I like Shakespeare’s plays most.
Wh-Question: Whose plays do you like
most?
USE
OF WHOM
Statement: I saw Shuvo.
Wh-Question: Whom did you see?
Or What did you see?
Statement: I want the young boy.
Wh-Question: Whom do you want?
Statement: I was talking to my teacher.
Wh-Question: Whom were you talking
to?
Or What were you talking to?
Statement: I went there with my father.
Wh-Question: Whom did you go there
with?
Or What did you go there with?
Statement: I met a tourist on the way.
Wh-Question: Whom did you meet on
the way?
Statement: Of all the poets of English literature I like Shakespeare most.
Wh-Question: Whom do you like most
of all the poets in English literature?
Rahul lives in sylhet
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