The following questions ask for information and are sometimes called 'wh' questions because the use the following words:

when, who, what, where, why, (There is another word, 'how,' that asks for information, but we won't work with it here.)

Study the following sentence: Pete studied the entire book in the library yesterday so he could pass his test.

We can ask different questions about the information in this sentence depending on what we want to know. For example if we want to know the PERSON who studied, we would write--

'WHO studied the entire book in the library yesterday so he could pass his test?'

If we want to know WHAT was studied, we would write -- 'What did Pete study in the library yesterday so he could pass his test?'


Suppy the missing words in the following sentences. The first sentence is the statement and the second the question. Make sure you start the question with a CAPITAL letter. The information you are asking for is in PARENTHESES.

(Mary) hurt herself yesterday. hurt herself yesterday?

Mary hurt herself (yesterday). did Mary hurt herself?


NOTICE that when we change the sentence into a question, we must follow the question rules you learned before and stay in the same verb tense. For Example: Pete studied. becomes 'Who studied?' with no change in the verb. BUT when we make a sentence with the other question words we MUST REVERSE the subject and the verb and stay in the same tense.

For example: Pete studied the entire book. becomes 'What did Pete study?' NOTE that the helping verb 'did' shows the past tense and the main verb 'study' changes to its simple or infinitive form.

IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THESE RULES, PRACTICE THE QUESTION LESSONS ( prestenseques, questnoadd, and futuretense ) BEFORE TRYING THIS ONE.

NOTE that some of the sentences are in other tenses.

Ray drove to (Miami Beach) yesterday. did Ray drive yesterday?

Ray is driving to (Miami Beach) now. is Ray driving to now?

Ray is driving to Miami Beach (now). is Ray driving to Miami Beach?

John is studying (so he can pass his test). is John studying?

NOW try some where you need to control the QUESTION WORD and the VERB. I will still put the information you need to ask about in parentheses.

(John) wants to go downtown today. downtown today?

John wants to go downtown (today). John downtown?

John want to go (downtown) today. John today?

(Yesterday) Doug drove his golf ball more than 300 yards down the middle of the fairway.
Doug his golf ball?

Yesterday Doug drove his golf ball more than 300 yards (down the middle of the fairway).
Doug his golf ball?

Yesterday Doug drove (his golf ball) more than 300 yards down the middle of the fairway
Doug ?

(Diane) leaves her house at 6:00 a.m. because she wants to get to work. her house at 6:00 a.m.?

Diane leaves her house at 6:00 a.m. (because she wants to get to work). Diane her house at 6:00 a.m.?

Diane leaves her house (at 6:00 a.m.) because she wants to get to work. Diane her house?

Diane leaves (her house) at 6:00 a.m. because she wants to get to work. Diane at 6:00 a.m.?

THAT IS ENOUGH FOR NOW--EVEN COMPUTERS GET TIRED. HAVE A GOOD DAY.