149 Wh-Questions For Kids

As children practice answering different types of questions, wh- questions are great to use! These types of questions are great for speech therapy activities, speech delay, and improving expressive language abilities, as well as general communication skills. This list of 149 wh-questions for the average child is a great way to engage with little learners and help them begin to express their own thoughts using sentence structure and concrete questions. Critical thinking questions, complex questions, and elaborate questions give students this opportunity! Enjoy these examples of wh- questions!

WHO:

1. Who do you see in the picture?

2. Who won the race?

3. Who lives in your home? 

4. Who fights fires?

5. Who is wearing blue?

6. Who is the person who takes care of sick animals?

7. Who do you play with at recess?

8. Who is bouncing the ball?

9. Who do you call when you need help?

10. Who helps keep us safe?

11. Who lives in this house?

12. Who is baking the cake?

13. Who teaches kids how to read in their classrooms?

14. Who flies an airplane?

15. Who went on vacation with you?

16. Who is your best friend?

17. Who helps you when you don’t feel well?

18. Who brings you presents at Christmas time?

19. Who makes your breakfast each day?

20. Who do you enjoy spending time with at home?

21. Who do you go to when you need help?

22. Who is in charge of the school?

23. Who brings what you order from the flower shop?

24. Who takes care of animals when they are sick?

25. Who is the person at the library reading books to the little kids?

26. Who brings mail to your house?

27. Who is in charge of our country?

28. Who picks up the trash each week?

29. Who fixes your food at school?

30. Who cleans your teeth?

WHAT:

31. What did you eat for lunch? 

32. What can you do to be a good friend?

33. What should you do if you are hungry?

34. What sound does the cow make?

35. What do you do with a car?

36. What do you know about a farm?

37. What time is it? 

38. What is your name?

39. What do you like to eat?

40. What did you do on vacation?

41. What can I build with my hands? 

42. What does it mean when the traffic light is red?

43. What do you need to use to eat cereal with?

44. What bothers you about your friends at school?

45. What worries you about your day at school?

46. What do you drink?

47. What do you like to eat for breakfast?

48. What do you want for your birthday gift?

49. What is the girl bouncing?

50. What kind of conversations with family do you have when you eat dinner?

51. What shows do you like to watch on TV?

52. What is the boy eating? 

53. What are they drinking?

54. What do you do with a fork?

55. What do you do when you see a green light?

56. What is the story about?

57. What time do you get home in the afternoon?

58. What do you like to cook?

59. What do you like to do in your free time?

60. What do you wear on your head?

61. What should you do when you are too cold?

62. What shape do you see?

63. What did you eat for lunch today?

64. What is the color of her shirt?

65. What is your phone number?

66. What is the name of your brother?

67. What does your dog do all day?

68. What games do you like to play?

69. What do you wear on your finger?

70. What are they doing at the fair?

71. What things does a cat like to play with? 

72. What are your favorite sports?

73. What stores do you like to shop at?

74. What kinds of snacks do you like to eat?

75. What is your favorite food?

76. What do you snack on at the movie theater?

77. What do you do after you eat off your plate?

78. What do kids at school do all day?

79. What tools do you need to work in a garden?

WHERE: 

80. Where is your house?

81. Where do you wash your hands?

82. Where does the fish live?

83. Where do you go to eat your favorite food?

84. Where would you like to have your birthday party?

85. Where does a horse sleep?

86. Where did you play today?

87. Where do you keep cookies?

88. Where is your teddy bear?

89. Where are you?

90. Where do you think they are going?

91. Where are your ears?

92. Where does your dog sleep?

93. Where do you put your backpack?

94. Where do birds sleep?

95. Where do you put your backpack at your house?

96. Where do you store your jacket when you don’t wear it?

97. Where do you go to take a nap?

98. Where do you go to take a bath?

99. Where do you go to wash your car?

100. Where do you go to wash your dishes?

101. Where do you go to get food for people?

102. Where do you go when you get hurt?

103. Where do you store pizzas before you cook them?

104. Where do you cook the pizzas from your freezer?

WHEN:

105. When do you get up for school?

106. When should you practice basketball?

107. When you went on vacation, did you visit an amusement park?

108. When do we go trick-or-treating?

109. When is your birthday?

110. When will you return the phone call?

111. When should you make breakfast?

112. When do you say goodnight?

113. When do you clean up the kitchen? 

114. When do you go to bed each night?

115. When do you do a countdown to midnight?

116. When do you shoot fireworks?

117. When do you eat turkey with your family?

118. When do you dye eggs?

119. When do you know you need a new car?

120. When does a fisherman start fishing?

121. When do baby chicks hatch?

122. When do you start to wear a jacket to school each day?

123. When do you open Christmas gifts?

124. When do you blow out your birthday candles?

WHY: 

125. Why does this work this way?

126. Why is she leaving?

127. Why are you waking up so early this week? 

128. Why can’t we fly?

129. Why does it snow in winter?

130. Why do you use a hammer?

131. Why do we need to brush our teeth?

132. Why do we use cars?

133. Why do you enjoy swimming?

134. Why are you learning to speak another language?

135. Why are you sad?

136. Why did the robber rob the bank?

137. Why it is important to take a bath each day?

138. Why are you so tired?

139. Why do you like this food?

140. Why do you turn off the lights when you leave a room?

141. Why do firefighters sleep at the fire station?

142. Why do people water flowers?

143. Why do we get summers off at school?

144. Why do we build a fire when it’s cold?

145. Why do you see a rainbow?

146. Why is the grass green?

147. Why do police officers carry handcuffs?

148. Why do cars need gas?

149. Why do we have to cut the grass in our yard?