WH Questions With Answers
WH questions are also referred to question words. These question words contain the letters “W’ and “H”. So, these are called wh questions.
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WH-question কাকে বলে?
WH-question-কে question word বা প্রশ্নবোধক শব্দও বলা হয়। এই প্রশ্নবোধক শব্দগুলো “W’ এবং “H” বর্ণগুলো ধারণ করে। সেজন্য এদেরকে wh-question বলা হয়।
WH-questions are also referred to question words. These question words contain the letters “W’ and “H”. So, these are called wh-questions.
বিভিন্ন ধরনের wh-question নিচের ছকে উদাহরণসহ দেয়া হল:
| WH-Questions | Indication (নির্দেশনা) | Examples |
| What | Object, action or idea (বস্তু, কাজ বা ধারণা) | · What is your name? My name is Sohana Afrin. |
| Who | Person (ব্যক্তি) | · Who are you? I am Sohana Afrin. |
| Why | Cause (কারণ) | · Why have you come here? I have come here to collect my certificate. |
| When | Time (সময়) | · When is your flight? At 3:00 pm. |
| Where | Location (অবস্থান) | · Where is the book? It is on the table. |
| How | Way (উপায়/কেমন?) | · How is your health? Good. |
| Whom | Object of the verb (verb-এর object | · Whom do you prefer for this job? I prefer Mary. |
| Whose | Possession (অধিকার) | · Whose car is this? This is our car. |
| Which | Choice (পছন্দ বা কোনটা) | · Which is your car? This is our car. |
| What time | Time (সময়) | · What time will the program start? At 6:30 pm. |
| What kind | Description (বর্ণনা) | · What kind of a person is he? He is a rude person. |
| How much | Price/Amount (Uncountable) (মূল্য/পরিমাণ-যা গণনা করা যায় না) | · How much does the dress cost? Tk 3000/ only. |
| How many | Number (Countable) (সংখ্যা-যা গণনা করা যায়) | · How many books do you have on this topic? Four. |
| How often | Frequency (কত বার) | · How often do you say a prayer? Five times a day. |
| How long | Length/Duration (দৈর্ঘ্য/ স্থায়িত্ব) | · How long will it take you to come? Three hours. |
| How old | Age (বয়স) | · How old is your sister? She is sixteen. |
| How far | Distance (দূরত্ব) | · How far is your hometown from here? It is 250 kilometers far. |
| How come | Cause (কারণ) | · How come you didn’t see it? I didn’t notice. |
Formation of Questions:
1. যখন আপনি বাক্যের subject সম্পর্কে একটি প্রশ্ন তৈরী করতে চান আপনাকে প্রশ্নবোধক শব্দটিকে বাক্যের শুরুতে বসাতে হবে।
When you want to form a question about the subject of the sentence, you have to put the question word at the starting.
Examples:
- Liza sings really well. -Who sings really well?
- Adil has done a great job. –Who has done a great job?
3. যখন আপনি বাক্যের predicate সম্পর্কে একটি প্রশ্ন তৈরী করতে চান, তখন তিনটি উপায় আছে:
When you want to form a question about the predicate of the sentence, there are three ways:
a) যখন মূল verb-এর আগে একটি সাহায্যকারী verb থাকে, আপনাকে প্রশ্নবোধক শব্দটিকে শুরুতে বসাতে হবে এবং subject ও সাহায্যকারী verb-এর মধ্যে inversion বা স্থান পরিবর্তন হবে।
When there is a helping verb before the main verb, you have to put the question word at the starting and inversion will take place between the subject and the helping verb.
Examples:
- He can write poems. - What can he write?
- She is going tomorrow. – When is she going?
- She will sing a Bengali song. – What will she sing?
b) যখন একটি “to be” verb থাকবে কিন্তু কোন সাহায্যকারী verb থাকবে না, তখন আপনাকে প্রশ্নবোধক শব্দটিকে শুরুতে বসাতে হবে এবং subject ও verb-এর মধ্যে inversion বা স্থান পরিবর্তন হবে।
When there is a “to be” verb but no helping verb, you have to put the question word at the starting and inversion will take place between the subject and the verb.
Examples:
- The film was – How was the film?
- She was – How was she?
c) যখন কোন সাহায্যকারী verb বা “to be” verb-ও থাকবে না, তখন আপনাকে auxiliary verb “do” - কে তার যথার্থ রূপে বসাতে হবে এবং বাকি সবকিছু উপরোক্তভাবেই হবে।
When there is neither a helping verb nor a “to be” verb, you have to put the auxiliary verb “do” in the form which would be proper and other things will be same as mentioned above.
Examples:
- They go to their hometown every weekend. – Where do they go every weekend?
- She sings well. – How does she sing?
- He came home late. – When did he come home?
উপরের আলোচনা থেকে আপনারা WH-question সম্পর্কে একটি ভাল ধারণা পেতে পারেন।
