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Wh question words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).

Question Word	Function	Example
what	asking for information about something	What is your name?
	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?
when	asking about time	When did he leave?
where	asking in or at what place or position	Where do they live?
which	asking about choice	Which colour do you want?
who	asking what or which person or people (subject)	Who opened the door?
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 don't	making a suggestion	Why don't I help you?
how	asking about manner	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 many	quantity (countable)	How many cars are there?
how much	quantity (uncountable)	How much money do you have?
how old	age	How old are you?
how come (informal)	asking for reason, asking why	How come I can't see her?

แหล่งที่มา

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/wh-question-words.htm

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAWhQuestion.htm

http://www.thungyaiwit.ac.th/sumittra/future_10Wh_question.htm

http://cdn.difflearn.com/images/uploads/186_460_large.JPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3IboSUkOvk

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There is / There are

There is/There are is a common phrase in English, used to indicate that something ?exists? or is in a certain location. The main subject follows the verb when there is/are is used.

From

There is

There isn't

Is there?

There are

There aren't

Meaning

We use there is and there are when we want to say that something exists (or does not exist):

Are there any potatoes?

There's a centipede under this stone.
There are two good reasons to do this.
There isn't any flour in the pantry.
There aren't any seats available.
Is there any petrol in the car?

Note that we often use there is and there are with a/an, some and any. A/an go with singular,countable nouns. Some and any go with uncountable and plural nouns. (See more about countable and uncountable nouns). A/an and some are used in the affirmative. Any is used with questions and negative statements:

There is a book on the table.

There is an ant on your leg.

There is some tea in the pot.

There are some tools in the second drawer.

There isn't any water in the bottle.

There aren't any eggs in the fridge.

Is there any coffee left?

Are there any tickets for the show?

Note that in informal speech, we often use there is with plural nouns:

There's some people coming in the front gate.

There's some biscuits in the tin in the pantry.

We can use there There have been many attempts to climb the mountain.

There will be many refugees if the war begins.

There was a small boy standing next to the pond.

in this way with all tenses:

We cannot use it is in the same way as there is. Whereas there is used to say that something exists, it is used for things that people already know about, or that we have already talked about.

There's a big dog in the garden. It's a German shepherd

There is and there are (and their forms in other tenses) can also be used in question tags:

There isn't any reason for going, is there?

There won't be too many people, will there?

There was nobody looking, was there?

Watch video There is / There are click here

Resource:

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/there_is_are.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-other-areas-there-is.htm

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes11/there_is_p.htm