A Basic Question Starts With What? - Types of Questions Modifier & WH Words

Last Updated on July 29, 2020 by QCity Editorial Stuff

We ask a lot of questions.

We search a lot of questions everyday on Google.

But what mostly used by the people ?

In this article, let’s list out all of them WH words that people usually use to start a conversation or search something on Google.

Auxiliary or Modal Verbs (Some Examples & Questions)

You see people use a lot of verbs like Can, Is, May, Will, Be, Do, Did, Must, Have.

Let’s start with CAN.

As the questions above that start with Can, people use other verbs to ask questions. For example (I have bolded the question or starting verbs) –

is a man a widow or widower
may a friend be always near
will a fox eat a cat
do kayaks need to be registered in Ohio
did the hurricane hit Hawaii
must a bedroom have a window?
have a man ever been pregnant

WH Questions (With Examples)

People use Wh questions a lot. Here is the list of these top 8 WH Questions (what, where, when, why, which, who(m), whose, how) and examples.

Let’s start with “What“.

Here are some more examples to look at –

where is moldova
when is a door not a door
why do dogs eat grass
which states are republican in USA
whom the gods would destroy
whose bone marrow is mostly red
how tall is joey king

WH Questions With A Noun

Sometimes, people love to ask questions with a noun right after the beginning phrases. Like as –

You can try exactly all the nouns available to make questions. Here is a detailed list of nouns you can use.

Questions & Preposition At The End of The Sentence

People these days use such format a lot. I mean, people love speaking or asking questions this way. They just pick a WH words at the beginning and put the preposition at the end of the sentence without putting them right after the first word.

For example – people don’t use – “What is the origin of Donald Trump?” these days..instead, they love to use “Where is Donald Trump from?”. Another example here in this image –

Mostly Used Questions Phrases These Days

Topic	Modifiers To The Questions	Related Questions
Shapes:	square rectangle round circular triangular flat curved steep straight crooked	How Much
Prices:	under $XX luxury cheap sale discount deals	Who
Location:	above under below beneath beside	What is / what are / what do
Distances:	short long far near me close by up down	Where
Features:	Kayak with scupper plugs	When
Appearance:	stylish cool chic vintage modern elegant beautiful fancy glamorous quaint ugly	Why
Colors:	red white blue, etc.	How come / how does / how are / how do /
Time:	fast slow quick speedy early late young old	How to [insert verb]
Temperature:	cold hot damp frozen warm
Sound:	loud quiet
Taste:	sweet bitter sour salty delicious fresh juicy nutritious rotten strong weak
Touch:	hard soft sticky wet dry smooth rough
Visual:	bright dark light blurry clear
Amount:	few full heavy light lots of plenty of
Dimensions:	small tiny large huge big tall short long wide thick narrow broad
Product:	vs. best top 10 popular ultimate good bad great favorite X review
Time:	new now later future old recent next
Celebrity:	Celebrity cars / boats / planes / houses / jewelry Celebrity divorces Celebrity net worth Celebrity deaths Celebrity skin Celebrity couples Celebrity weight gain Celebrity tattoos
One-Off Seed Phrases:	History of Alternatives (ex. iphone alternatives) / Alternatives to parts of anatomy of Benefits of