Ex. 5w-Information Questions

Information Questions with Was and Were

The order for forming information questions with was and were is as follows:
Question word + was/were + subject

How long was the test?
Who was that man with the suit?
Why wasn't Alan in class yesterday?

Look at the following examples.

Correct-->Where were you last night?
Incorrect-->Where you were last night?

Correct-->Why were the stores closed?
Incorrect-->Why the stores were closed?

Correct-->What time was the game?
Incorrect-->What time the game was?

Correct-->How hot was it yesterday?
Incorrect-->How hot it was yesterday?

Instructions. Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct.

Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. How was the food?
2. How the food was?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. How many people were there?
2. How many people there were ?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. When was over the game?
2. When was the game over?
3. When the game was over?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. Where were your keys?
2. Where your keys were ?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. Why you were late to work?
2. Why were you late to work?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. What time the program was on?
2. What time was the program on?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. Who the people were in the accident?
2. Who were the people in the accident?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. How long were you home before I called?
2. How long you were home before I called?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. How much was the new watch you bought?
2. How much the new watch you bought was?
Choose the sentence that is correct.
1. Why Karen wasn't at school last Monday?
2. Why wasn't Karen at school last Monday?