Teach Wh- Questions with a fun, interactive lesson. Great for Whole Brain Teaching and interactive learning.

1. Wh- Questions
English Lesson
Colegio Mirasur
Ryan Chastain

3. Objectives
• The students will understand the six types of WH
questions
• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• Why
• How
• The students will gather information by using the
six WH questions
• The students will use this knowledge in different
activities

4. The 6 WH questions are …
• WHo
• WHat
• WHere
• WHen
• WHy
• HoW

5. `
• These questions are the KEY to learning
• You can never answer these questions with
yes or no

6. When do we use these
questions?
• These questions are used to gather
information
• Example: What is your name?
• This question is asked at the beginning of a
conversation when you are meeting
someone new.
• The speaker get their information by asking
WH questions.
• SO how do you know what WH question to
use?

7. What do you want to know?
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
Person
People
Thing,
idea,
event, or
action
Place Time Reason Way
OR
quality/
quantity
Because
…

8. Who?
• Who do you sit next to in class?
• Who is your father?
• Who do you like better? Dora or
Diego?
• Who is your godmother?
• Who is your best friend?
• Use who when you want
information about a person

9. What?
• What are you doing for dinner?
• What did you do last night?
• What are they doing?
• What is in your backpack?
• Use what when you want
information about a thing

10. When?
• When are you going to do your
homework?
• When is your birthday?
• When do we have art class?
• When do the Giants play?
• Use when when you want
information about the time
something happens

11. Where?
• Where do you live?
• Where are you?
• Where do you go to school?
• Where can I go get pizza?
• Use where when you want
information about a place

12. Why?
• Why do you want to be a teacher?
• Why do you want to learn English?
• Why is Johnny leaving school
early today?
• Why do I need to go to Gym class?
• Use why when you want to know
the reason for something

13. How?
• How are you feeling?
• How old is your brother?
• How many dogs do you have?
• How do I get to Market Street?
• How was school today?
• Use how when you want to know the
way in which something is done OR
when you want to know the
quality/quantity.

14. Try it out!
• Who is the man in the
white coat?
• What is he doing?
• Where do you think
they are?
• When do you go see
this man?
• Why do you think he
is here?
• How do you think this
will this end?

15. Answers!
• The man in the white coat
is a dentist.
• He is looking at the boys
teeth.
• They are in a dentist’s
office.
• You go to the dentist
when your teeth bother
you
• He is at the dentist to have
his teeth looked at.
• This will be over when the
dentist is finished
cleaning.

16. How do I answer these
questions?
• You answer these questions using the same
verb!
• Examples:
• Where do you live?
• I live in Carlstadt, NJ.
• What is today’s date?
• Today’s date is November 9th, 2011.
• How do you feel?
• I feel great, thanks!