150 WH Questions for Speech Therapy

WH Questions are one of the most common goals that speech-language pathologists tackle on a daily basis! There are different types of WH Questions, including who, what, when, where, why (and even which and how). Asking and answering WH Questions is an essential skill and truly opens children up to a world of communication, friendships, and knowledge! I have curated a collection of WH questions for you to use in your speech therapy sessions or at home with your child!

These visual supports can be found in my WH Questions Toolkit!

WH Questions for Speech Therapy Lists

What Questions

You answer a what question with an object, action, or an idea!

What do you use to brush your teeth?
What do you wear on your head?
What do you you eat for breakfast?
What do you use to eat spaghetti?
What is your favorite toy?
What animal says meow?
What is your favorite snack?
What do cows make?
What color is a banana?
What noise does a pig make?
What do you wear on your feet?
What can you find in a refrigerator?
What color are your shoes?
What do you use to paint a picture?
What do you do with a ball?
What do you do with a kite?
What animal lives in a zoo?
What can you find in a bathroom?
What makes you giggle?
What keeps ice cream cold?
What animal lays eggs?
What do you read?
What is your favorite story?
What is your favorite tv show?
What plays music?
What do you use to write?
What color is an apple?
What do you sit on?
What keeps your ears warm?
What noise does a goat make?

What Questions Activities

This What Question Toolkit can be found in The Speech is Sweet Club or in a bundle! It features a visual support, parent handouts, worksheets, clip cards, and more! It’s all about what questions! I created this to make the lives of my fellow speech pathologists easier!

When Questions

You answer what questions with a time! This is actually my favorite WH question to work on, because it’s quite complex! There are so many ways to measure time – with years, months, a special date (example: February 14th), seasons, holidays, general times of day (morning, afternoon, evening), specific times of day (1:00pm), and more! When working on when questions, I think that it’s important to first provide explicit instruction on all the different kinds of time!

When do you eat lunch?
When do you go to sleep?
When is your birthday?
When is Halloween?
When do leaves fall off of trees?
When does snow fall?
When do you use an umbrella?
What do you go to school?
When is the temperature hot?
When do you wake up?
When is Thanksgiving?
When do you go to school?
When do you do homework?
When do you go to art class?
When is the last day of school?
When do you ride a school bus?
When is spring break?
When is summer break?
When do you eat cake?
When do you go to sleep?
When does a rooster crow?
When do you take a bath?
When do you go to gym class?
When is St. Patrick’s Day?
When do you open gifts?
When can you run at school?
When do you go grocery shopping?
When do people vote?
When do people give flowers and chocolates?
When do you need an umbrella?

When Questions Activities

This When Question Toolkit has everything you need to teach asking and answering WH questions! It can also be found in The Speech is Sweet Club or in a bundle with all six toolkits! This resource comes with a variety of worksheets, task cards, and visual aids.

The task cards included are clip cards! Under each picture is answer choices. They come in a field of 2 and a field of 3, so you can address students who need different levels of support.

Who Questions

You answer who questions with a person or character (sometimes characters in stories can be animals or objects). For instance, the Gingerbread Man is a cookie.

Who is your teacher?
Who is the leader of a school?
Who drives a bus?
Who carries food in a restaurant?
Who bakes pies?
Who drives a fire truck?
Who keeps your neighborhood safe?
Who is your best friend?
Who is your favorite character?
Who cleans teeth?
Who helps sick animals?
Who helps sick people?
Who drives an ambulance?
Who flies airplanes?
Who teaches art class?
Who teaches music class?
Who is your physical education teacher?
Who is your best friend?
Who works at a zoo?
Who keeps people safe at the pool?
Who cooks food in a restaurant?
Who takes money at a cash register?
Who works at a bank?
Who helps sick students at school?
Who works on broken toilets?
Who fixes cars?
Who delivers mail?
Who races cars?
Who is your favorite athlete?
Who is your neighbor?

Who Questions Activities

Then Who Question Toolkit has worksheets, clip cards, parent handouts, and more! These activities are super simple to grab on the go! It’s also in The Speech is Sweet Club, along with all of my materials!

Every single toolkit also has posters and mini posters (That you can put on a binder ring for quick and easy visual cues!).

Where Questions

You answer where questions with a place. This is another one of my favorite questions to tackle, because there are a lot of foundational skills required! Not only do they require background knowledge of various places, but also the ability to understand basic concepts. If your child or student is struggling with answering where questions, I recommend first working on prepositions (location words like on, next to, above, below, etc)!

Where do police offers work?
Where do firemen work?
Where can you find a doctor?
Where can you find a veterinarian?
Where do you put mail?
Where do you put ice cream?
Where do you eat dinner?
Where do you take a bath?
Where is your backpack?
Where do you keep clothes?
Where do you sit?
Where do you eat lunch?
Where do you eat breakfast?
Where do you cook food?
Where can you buy food?
Where can you buy donuts?
Where can you buy toys?
Where does a bird live?
Where do lions live?
Where do we put mittens?
Where can you build a sandcastle?
Where do you learn?
Where can you find books?
Where do you park a car?
Where does a shark live?
Where is recess?
Where is physical education class?
Where do you buy coffee?
Where does a pig live?
Where does a squirrel live?

Where Questions Activities

Looking for where questions worksheets?! The Where Toolkit has everything you need (also in a money-saving bundle)! It has handouts to send home to parents, question cards, and visuals! There are so many different activities that I know your students will love.

Why Questions

The infamous why questions! This is definitely a child’s favorite question to ask, haha! You answer why questions with a reason!

Why do we wear gloves?
Why do we go to the grocery store?
Why do we need umbrellas?
Why do we brush our teeth?
Why do we wear coats?
Why do we eat food?
Why do we drink water?
Why do we go to school?
Why do we see a doctor?
Why does a dog bark?
Why do we take a bath?
Why do people wear watches?
Why do you read books?
Why do you do homework?
Why do you take a nap?
Why does an ice cream melt?
Why does a snowman melt?
Why does a popsicle freeze?
Why do you wear rain boots?
Why do some people wear cleats?
Why do you wear swimsuits?
Why do people go to the hospital?
Why do you go to the park?
Why do you go to the library?
Why do you go to the bakery?
Why do you play with toys?
Why do people play video games?
Why do people play board games?
Why do you like candy?
Why does a cat purr?
Why do people celebrate?
Why do you exercise?
Why do people plant vegetables?
Why do cars need gas?
Why do you need lightbulbs?
Why do you need flashlights?
Why do people go fishing?
Why do you carry a backpack?
Why do you use a straw?
Why do you need a spoon?

Why Questions Activities

Why questions can definitely be tricky! The Why Toolkit was designed to make them easier! It contains worksheets, handouts, clip cards, short stories, and more!

In addition to all of the individual toolkits, I also have a combination toolkit that addresses all five questions simultaneously!

This is a great activity to bring all of the wh questions together! Students will sort a variety of pictures and determine which type of question it answers. For instance, the picture of “morning” would go under the when category!

I’m a huge fan of multi-modal learning, so for the combination toolkit I created these play dough task cards! Students answer the questions and they roll out dough to cover the picture! So fun!

WH Questions Speech Therapy Worksheets

Throughout this blog post, I’ve been sharing peeks at my WH Questions Toolkit Bundle! It features six toolkits, one for each question and a combination toolkit! I’ve also created tons of other WH Questions resources throughout the years! They can all be found in my membership or in my TPT shop! Here are a few favorites:

WH Questions Short Stories

I have wrote stories that are specifically designed to address each question! My WH Questions Short Stories Bundle (also found in the membership), features 12 monthly packets. Each packet has 5 who stories, 5 what stories, 5 when stories, 5 why stories, 5 who stories, and 5 combination stories! I like to call these question-loaded stories (similar to sound-loaded stories for articulation), because they’re packed with answers to wh questions! These stories are also a great way for students to hone their comprehension skills.

Each worksheet features a short story followed by a lot of questions! These stories contain an assortment of basic questions and more difficult questions. They’re appropriate for special education students and regular education students alike! If you’re using these with younger children or children who are not yet reading, I recommend reading the passage for them and then go into asking the questions! I highly recommend also using echo reading (when you read a sentence and then the student repeats the sentence) followed by choral reading (when everyone reads together). This will also indirectly work on reading fluency! I love incorporating literacy skills as much as possible! These stories can also be powerful tools for improving comprehension skills!

WH Questions Flip Books

I love a good flip book! There is a flip book for each question + a combination flip book! Each flip book has a flap that explains how to answer the question + a visual, a flap that features 12 cut and paste questions, picture scenes, and a story! Find them in my membership, in my TPT Shop, or in a bundle with the digital versions!

Digital Flip Books

The digital flip books feature completely different questions (no overlap) and activities! They’re no print and perfect for teletherapy or in-person on a tablet! This resource is in the form of an interactive pdf, which is also great for distance learning! They’re also in a bundle!

Articulation Comprehension Stories

These sound-loaded stories are perfect for mixed groups! I have 23 of these packets total and they each feature 30 stories (10 initial position, 10 medial position, and 10 final position) and every story comes with all five WH questions! These are all in my membership, but can also be found in my TPT shop. There is a later sounds bundle, early sounds bundle, and a super mega bundle that combines them both!

These short stories are the perfect way to incorporate wh questions and literacy skills into articulation therapy! If you have mixed groups or students with mixed goals, these stories will be perfect! They’re also great to send home for speech therapy homework. Every story addresses all the different types of questions! They also use the same visual supports that are found in the toolkit next to each question!

Interactive Notebooks

One of my favorite types of speech therapy materials is interactive notebooks! I have created a line of language notebooks that are specifically designed for students with language disorders, but can truly be used with all students as they tackle K-2 language skills. My year long bundle features 12 monthly packets and every packet features an array of activities for WH questions! These activities are suitable for kindergarten, 1st grade, and second grade. They can also be used for older students who are working on K-2 skills; however, they do contain cute clip art! I know that sometimes older students are too cool for that, haha!

These notebooks address simple wh questions along with some more complex questions.

I think interactive notebooks are such a fun way to learn about WH questions! They’re highly engaging and another way to incorporate multi-modal learning in your speech therapy, classroom, or during homeschooling.

I also have a FREE Interactive Language Notebook you can try! Find the blog post HERE!

I hope this round-up was helpful! Please visit anytime you need a quick list or some resource inspiration! Working on WH questions is so much fun and it’s a great way to enhance a child’s communication skills.

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