How to form a WH- Question? There are two aspects to this. I’ll call it the basic ‘grammar aspect” and the advanced information aspect.
A. Grammar Aspect:
Simply add a WH- question word before the Yes/No question. The different question words include:
WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHICH, WHY, HOW, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, and so on.
So, for instance:
Sl |
Yes/No Question |
WH-Question |
| 1 | Has the government suggested social distancing? | Why has the government suggested social distancing? |
| 2 | Is she a natural leader? | How is she a natural leader? |
| 3 | Is the car safe? | Where is the car safe? |
| 4 | Are they coming? | When are they coming? |
| 5 | Do we have some salad left? | Where do we have some salad left? |
B. Information Aspect
This is to form the question based on what you wish to know: what information you seek. So, for instance:
STATEMENT: Ishaan plays the guitar.
If this is the “answer” to a question, the questions could be:
The possible WH- Questions could be
So, here we have 3 different forms of questions for the same statement depending on what we wish to know.