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WH-questions - Coggle Diagram
WH-questions
question words
When
- ask for a specific time of something that be sure to happen
When did they leave?
When will they arrive?
Where (to)
- ask for places; has its own preposition, usually dropped
Where are you going (to)?
Where does this road lead (to)?
What
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- NP
Which/ What is the hottest city in the world?
What language do they speak in Greenland?
What's your phone number?
What writers do you like?
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Which
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- NP
Which/ What is the hottest city in the world?
We’ve got white or brown bread. Which will you have?
Which size do you want - small, medium or large?
Which teacher do you like best?
- DetP/Pron
Which of your teachers do you like best?
Which of us is going to do the cooking?
Which of these coats is yours?
Who
- NP-less structures for people
Who won - Smith or Fitzgibbon?
Who are you going out with - Lesley or Maria?
Who did they arrest?
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Whose
- NP or NP-less structure; both things and people; =’of whom/which’
Whose car is that outside?
Whose garden do you think looks the nicest?
Whose is that car outside?
‘Whose is this?’ ‘Mine.’
Why
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- suggest unnecessity, pointlessness
Why argue with him?
Why pay for this kind of service?
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How
- ask for manner, condition
How do you know?
How have you been?
How do you like my hair?
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- ask for quantity
How much do you weigh?
How many people were there?
How far is your house?
How often do you come to New York?
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word order
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Preposition placement
Where; What; Where; Who; Whose
- WH + Aux + S + V + Prep informal
What are you looking at?
What with?
Where did she buy it from?
Who did you go with?
Whose side are you on?
What+NP; Whom; Whose
- Prep + WH + S
With what money?
With whom did she go?
For whose benefit were all these changes made?