Wh- Questions - English Grammar Lessons

Wh- questions are an essential part of any conversation! We will teach you how to ask and answer questions that begin with who, what, when, where, why, and how. This video will also help you strengthen your speaking and listening skills. We've also included a practice exercise at the end for you. Happy studying!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to Questions
0:38 What Are Wh- Questions?
1:30 Question Patterns
3:00 Examples
3:41 Practice

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Hi Jennifer, great answers! Here are a couple of corrections: - It's on July 28. / It's on the 28th of July. - I want to learn/study English at university. - I love listening to music, watching films or series, and studying Portuguese and English. - Eating a lot while spending time with my family and my boyfriend.

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0:00 Introduction to questions 0:38 What are Wh questions? 1:30 Question patterns 3:00 Examples 3:41 Practice

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[@mariajosevalera1592]

Such a good video! But I have a question, why in cases such as “who lives there?” Auxiliaries are not used ?

[@ellii]

Great question! It depends if the Wh- word is acting as the subject or object of the question. When the Wh- word is the subject like in your example, we don't use an auxiliary. (E.g., Who lives there? My sister lives there. But when the Wh- word is the object, we use an auxiliary. (E.g., Who did she call last night? She called her best friend last night.) Thinking of what the answer would be will help you know if the Wh- word is acting as a subject (no auxiliary) or object (auxiliary). Hope that helps!

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Thank you for these amazing videos. Perhaps if you can make a video about the use of the question "Whom"?

[@ellii]

Good idea! We'll add it to our to-do list.

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We mainly use After Effects.

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Thanks alot But you forget 1 WH-word that is 《which》& that we use it to ask about choice ❤ Thank you again alot❤

[@ellii]

Thanks for mentioning "which"! That's a great Wh- word for asking about a choice. An example is "We can see comedy or an action movie. Which do you prefer?"

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Thanks for watching!

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[@ellii]

Thanks! We plan to make more grammar videos soon. Have you seen the new ones in our Grammar Tips playlist? kzbin.info/aero/PL0MvnNQjMzmYF0vNbBs_3p0rO13qhgv_N

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Good luck on your test!

[@Endless-fire]

Perhaps a better distinction would be open questions and closed questions. Closed questions have a list of expected answers; Yes or no questions are closed questions, the expected answer often being affirmation or rejection (aka yes or no). What you have listed as "wh- questions" are all open questions, where the answer could be anything reasonable. The term "wh- question" is a bit obtuse as while who, what, when, where, why, *how* are commonly included. Many other categorisers exist and more often than not no categorising word is used at all, as context and stress renders their inclusion redundant.

[@ellii]

The terms "open" and "closed" questions are also great and really focus on the two types of responses. The terms "Yes/No" and "Wh-" are perhaps more instantly recognizable to students, however, and might be the reason many textbooks and other resources still use those terms.

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Hey so what grammatical class would wh questions fall into?

[@ellii]

Good question! Different textbooks use different names, but "sentence constructions," "sentence patterns," or "question patterns" are common.

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Good luck!

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We used a voice actor from a sound studio called Precursor Productions for this voice work.

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Nice to meet you too!

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I understand but how questions can be ask in on this topic any idea 🤔 and yaI love your video it's helps a lot ❤️‍🔥

[@ellii]

Hi, we're happy you loved our video! I'm not quite sure I understand your question, though. Do you mean this: "How do you form Wh- questions in English?"

[@MANASSEH_edits]

Sorry I mean that how questions can be ask in exam on this topic WH questions Because my English exam is there on 20 mar and ya I am in std 8 so do you have any idea that how questions can be ask in exam on this topic 😅 Sorry to take your time

[@ellii]

Oh, I see what you mean! I'm not exactly sure, but my guess is that you'd need to know how to answer these questions correctly. E.g., What time is it? / It is 12:00. Also, you might need to know which question goes with an answer. E.g., You turn it on by pressing the green button. / How do you turn on this machine? Good luck on your exam!

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whose , whom, that type of information

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Hi from Canada! Did you know our motion designer (the person who animates these videos) is also from Argentina? Happy studying! 🇦🇷

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I don't, but I'd love to learn it someday!

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Where are you from?

[@ellii]

Good example! I'm from Canada. Where are you from?

[@baxanali]

why do you use (be),this sentence (what are you doing?) because after (you) have verbe (doing)

[@ellii]

Be + an -ing verb is the present progressive (continuous) tense and it's used for actions happening right now. The simple present is used for repeated actions. E.g., What are you doing right now? / What do you do every day after school?

[@baxanali]

thanx i have other question this sentence which verb ( when does this class start?)

[@ellii]

Sorry we didn't see this until now! The main verb in your question is "start." In the simple present tense, all verbs except "be" use the auxiliary "do" or "does" + the subject + the main verb. Hope that helps!

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Where do we live or where the trees

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"Where do we live?" is a great example! You need a verb for your second example, though, such as "Where do the trees grow?"

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Where do birds live?

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Why do we sneeze?

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Good question! We'll add it to our to-do list

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You can change the CCs into any language by selecting the settings icon (bottom right in the playbar), selecting Subtitles/CCs, then Auto-translate, then your language. Hope that helps!

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Sure! We're allowed to drink water during class, but we're not allowed to eat. We're not allowed to look at our cell phones. We're allowed to talk to our classmates if we speak English. Hope that helps!

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Yep, here they are: You're not supposed to take more than one free sample. You're supposed to ask someone before taking another sample for someone else.

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