Business English: Wh Questions

 

    

question word	function	Business English Sentences
what	asking for information about something	What is your name? What is current project status?
	asking for repetition or confirmation	What? I can't hear you. You did what?
what...for	asking for a reason, asking why	What did you do that for? What did you do to fix this issue?
when	asking about time	When did he leave? When are you plan migrate the change into prod?
where	asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live? Where are store project documents?
which	asking about choice	Which colour do you want? Which type project do you want to work?
who	asking what or which person or people (subject)	Who opened the door? Who has made change for this invoice?
whom	asking what or which person or people (object)	Whom did you see?
whose	asking about ownership	Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it?
why	asking for reason, asking what...for	Why do you say that? Why are you make change in test instances?
why don't	making a suggestion	Why don't I help you? Why don’t work with your teammate?
how	asking about manner	How does this work? How does this work?
	asking about condition or quality	How was your exam?
how + adj/adv	asking about extent or degree	see examples below
how far	distance	How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how long	length (time or space)	How long will it take? How long will it take time to execute this program?
how many	quantity (countable)	How many cars are there? How many
how much	quantity (uncountable)	How much money do you have? How much ticket do you have now?
how old	age	How old are you?
how come (informal)	asking for reason, asking why	How come I can't see her? How come I can’t see this invoice in instance?