Forming Wh-Questions: Worksheet

Exercises #1: Wh-Questions with Helping Verbs

Write a question to ask about the underlined object of the sentence.

1.  Q: ...

A: He will buy wine.

2.  Q: ...

A: He is playing tennis.

3.  Q: ...

A: He teaches French.

4.  Q: ...

A: We should buy tickets.

5.  Q: ...

A: He has visited Italy.

6.  Q: ...

A: They are students.

7.  Q: ...

A: She can come tomorrow.

8.  Q: ...

A: I ate a salad.

Exercises #2: Wh-Questions with Subjects and Objects

1.  Q: ...

A: Donald Trump said that.

2.  Q: ...

A: I study English.

3.  Q: ...

A: December 25th is Christmas.

4.  Q: ...

A: They went to a party.

5.  Q: ...

A: My brother is coming.

6.  Q: ...

A: She called her mother.

7.  Q: ...

A: I’m going downtown tomorrow.

8.  Q: ...

A: Nobody knows the answer.

9.  Q: ...

A: The class starts at 1 p.m.

10.  Q: ...

A: ‘Huge’ means ‘very big’.

11.  Q: ...

A: She was crying because she fell down.

Exercise #3 – Wh-Questions with How/Whose/What kind/How far/How often/more

1.  Q: ...

A: She has two cars.

2.  Q: ...

A: We were at the library for 3 hours.

3.  Q: ...

A: I write with my right hand.

4.  Q: ...

A: Six people live there.

5.  Q: ...

A: She called me in order to invite me.

6.  Q: ...

A: The trip takes one day.

7.  Q: ...

A: It costs three dollars.

8.  Q: ...

A: Their holiday was relaxing.

9.  Q: ...

A: She exercises twice a week.

10.  Q: ...

A: I like rock music.

11.  Q: ...

A: We can meet on Wednesday.

12.  Q: ...

A: I go to school by bus.

13.  Q: ...

A: John’s bag is on the table.

14.  Q: ...

A: He did poorly on the test.

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Worksheet created by Matthew Barton of Englishcurrent.com (copyright)

Answers available at http://www.englishcurrent.com/grammar/wh-questions-lesson-exercises/

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