Wh- Questions

                                                      WH- questions  

Các câu hỏi với từ để hỏi cho phép người nói tìm thêm thông tin về chủ đề mình quan tâm. Các từ để hỏi theo thông tin muốn tìm có thể được liệt kê như sau:
            When? - Time => Hỏi thông tin về thời gian
            Where? - Place => Hỏi thông tin về nơi chốn
            Who? - Person => Hỏi thông tin về người
            Why? - Reason => Hỏi lý do
            How? - Manner => Hỏi cách thức, phương thức
            What? – Object / Idea / Action =>Hỏi về vật / ý kiến / hành động
Các từ khác cũng có thể được sử dụng để hỏi các thông tin cụ thể:
            Which (one)? - Choice of alternatives => Hỏi thông tin về sự lựa chọn
            Whose? - Possession => Hỏi thông tin về sở hữu
            Whom? - Person (objective formal) => Hỏi về người (ở dạng tân ngữ)
            How much? - Price, amount (non-count) => Hỏi về giá cả, lượng (không đếm được)
            How many? - Quantity (count) => Hỏi về lượng (đếm được)
            How long? - Duration => Hỏi về thời gian
            How often? - Frequency => Hỏi về mức độ thường xuyên
            How far? - Distance => Hỏi về khoảng cách
            What kind (of)?- Description => Yêu cầu mô tả thông tin       

Exercises 1: Make questions with the underlined words/phrases

1. I received a letter from Lan last week.

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2. Minh usually takes exercises after getting up.

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3. I brush my teeth twice a day.

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4. Nga has an appointment at 10.30 this morning.

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5. She goes to bed at 9. p. m.

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6. I began to study English 6 years ago.

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7. They live in the city center.

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8. I like ‘Tom and Jerry” because it’s very interesting.

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9. Last night I went to disco with my friend.

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10. She is worried about the next examination.

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11. Music makes people different from all other animals.

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12. They do their homework at night.

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13. Mr. Robertson came to the party alone.

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14. I like the red blouse, not the blue one.

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15. That is an English book.

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16. She talked to him for an hour. 

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17. He studies piano at the university.

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18. It’s 063.3921680. 

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19. My father is a teacher.

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20. I’m fine, thanks.

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21.My English teacher is very tall and blond.

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22.My favorite musician is Trinh Cong Son.

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23.The opera was first performed in 1992.

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24.Music can help relax and feel rejuvenated.

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25.We take a holiday once a year.

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26.The concert are usually held at the university.

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27.I like classical music.

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28.They went to New York.

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29.It takes four hours to get there.

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30.I didn’t think much of it.

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31.He earns a hundred pounds a week.

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32.My house is twice as big as yours.

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33.They left the country ten years ago.

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34.They came by bus.

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35.I’ve been here for two years.

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36.The students went to the museum yesterday.

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37.The car is expensive.

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38.He met me in a coffee bar.

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39.The neighbors complained about the smell.

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40.The clerk made him fill up a form.

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41.The pigs ate the apples.

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42.He got by climbing over the wall.

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43.John bought the tickets.

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44.The roads were very crowded.

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45.I smoke forty cigarettes a day.

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46.I’ve got this job since the beginning of October.

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47.I borrowed my brother’s car.

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48.I’d like to speak to Mr Jones please.

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49.I’m taking French this semester.

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50.The river is 450 metre long.

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51.This book is 30,000 dong.

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52.Her bag weighs 45 kilo.

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53.He was 160 centimetre tall when he was in grade 6.

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54.The mountain is 3440 metre heigh.

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55.I will be seventeen next week.

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56.The lake is 45 metre in depth.

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Exercises 2: Choose the best answer a, b, c or d?

1. Do you know ___ language is spoken in Kenya?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
2. ___ is your blood type?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
3. ___ do you play tennis? For exercise.

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how

4. ___ can I buy some milk? At the supermarket.

a. which         b. who                        c. where         d. how
5. ___ much do you weigh?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
6. ___ hat is this? It's my brother's.

a. which         b. who            se        c. what            d. how
7. ___ can I park my car? Over there.

a. where         b. who                        c. what            d. how
8. ___ tall are you?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
9. ___ do you expect me to do?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
10. ___ do you like your tea? I like it with cream and sugar.

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
11. ___ picture do you prefer, this one or that one?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
12. ___ is that woman?  - I think she is a teacher.

a. which         b. who                        c. when           d. how
13. ___ book is this? It's mine.

a. which         b. who                        c. whose         d. how
14. ___ do you usually eat lunch? At noon.

a. which         b. when          c. what            d. how
15. ___ you wash clothes every week?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
16. ___ does your father work? At City Hall.

a. where         b. who                        c. what            d. how
17. ___ usually gets up the earliest in your family?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how
18. ___ do you think of this hotel? It's pretty good.

a. which         b. why                        c. what            d. how
19. ___ does your father work at that company? Because it's near our house.

a. which         b. who                        c. why             d. which
20. ___ dances the best in your family?

a. which         b. who                        c. what            d. how