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5 w ´s
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qismat
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5 w ´s
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plz guide me why we call this group of words " where,when,what,who,why" as 5 W �S? what is the rule and why we dont put WHOSE, WHICH & WHOM in this list
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27 Jun 2013
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Zora
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When I was in school we were told it was something you needed to do if you wanted to write well and informatively. You need to ask yourself before you start:
Why was it done/did it happen?
Who did it?
What happened / was done?
Where did it happen?
When did it happen?
and
How did it happen?
These questions can also be used to find the most important info in a text.
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27 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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They all begin with w, so we call them the w words - as in the sound of the letter, not the name. I include whose, but not whom, because nobody uses that now. Apart from old sticklers like myself, when wanting to impress! |
27 Jun 2013
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rafaella65
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I quote Zora.
It �s just the same for us in Italy.
At school they teach us how to write an article always keeping in mind WHAT happened - WHO did it - WHERE it happened - WHEN it happened...WHY and HOW...
we call them Wh- words plus Hw...
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27 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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Yes, it is wh words and there are some fantastic resources on here. |
27 Jun 2013
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yanogator
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The funny thing is that some people include "how", and still call them w words or wh words. I always call them question words. Bruce |
27 Jun 2013
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Jayho
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These are the basics of many skills - I live by them and use them from the early years and upwards in writing, reading, speaking and listening - they are vital.
Books often call them wh/w words (because they all have w and h in them [even how]), question words or the 5 Ws and 1 H.
I use the phrase 5 wheels and a hub cap to help stds (esp. boys) to remember them and one std told me he was taught to remember it by saying 5 wives and a husband. 
who - who is it about? (but I also include who did it, who did it belong to, who else was involved, who did it affect etc)
what - what is it about? what happened?
why - why did it happen? reason?
where - where did it happen? location?
when - when did it happen? time, date, year?
how - how did it happen? (but sometimes this is covered by some of the above)
Cheers
Jayho
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27 Jun 2013
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