Who questions · 3 levels

Who Questions for Kids: Picture Practice

A who question asks for a person. Our Who practice shows an illustrated scene and asks who is doing something, from a single obvious person at level 1 ("Who is petting the black dog?") to roles and people you have to infer at level 3 ("Who works at the post office?"). There are about 475 who questions.

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  • Answers name people by role, clothing or action
  • Level 2 asks the child to tell two people apart
  • The who/what/where deck covers the same word for Pre-K to 2nd grade
Illustrated scene of a dog park
Level 1: Who is petting the black dog?
Illustrated scene of a wedding reception
Level 2: Who is wearing a veil?
Illustrated scene of a family sending mail at the post office
Level 3: Who works at the post office?

Where to practise who questions

The Who practice in WH Questions, the who/what/where deck, and worksheets for home.

WH Questions scene: a family shopping at the grocery store

In-app practice

WH Questions practice

An illustrated scene with a question about it. The picture stays on screen while the child answers, so it is a comprehension task, not a memory test.

  • Six practices (who, what, where, when, why, how) plus a mixed set
  • Three levels in each: look and find, look closely, use clues
  • Over 150 illustrated scenes and about 2,100 questions
  • 10 questions a session, at most two from one picture; answers kept by question type
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WH-Questions: Who, What, Where deck cover

Ready-made deck · Pre-K–2nd grade

WH-Questions: Who, What, Where

A 16-card Magic Studio deck for the three earliest question words, with picture answers so a non-reader can play.

  • Ten picture multiple-choice questions ("Who helps you when you are sick?")
  • Three typed-answer cards and a who/what/where sort
  • About ten minutes; share it with a student by PIN
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WH Questions scene: lunch in the school cafeteria

Printable generator

WH question worksheets

Generate a printable sheet of short scenarios with WH questions for carryover at home or in a classroom.

  • Pick any mix of who, what, where, when, why and how
  • 5, 8 or 10 questions a sheet, reading level Pre-K to 5th grade, answers shown or hidden
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Real who questions, one from each level

Taken from the practice as they appear: the picture, the question and the choices (level 1 shows two of them in the game). The right answer is marked.

Illustrated scene of a dog park

Level 1

Who is petting the black dog?

  • The boy(the right answer)
  • The woman
  • The man
Illustrated scene of a wedding reception

Level 2

Who is wearing a veil?

  • The flower girl
  • The grandma
  • The bride(the right answer)
Illustrated scene of a family sending mail at the post office

Level 3

Who works at the post office?

  • The boy
  • The postal worker(the right answer)
  • The girl with the bunny

Teaching who questions

Name the category before the answer: "Who means a person. Which of these is a person?" A child who answers a who question with a place or a thing has not yet mapped the word to its answer type, and that rule of thumb is the fix most often used.

Level 2 is where who gets harder: two people are in the picture, and the child has to use a detail ("Who is wearing the red hat?") to pick the right one. Level 3 moves to people who are not doing anything visible: "Who do you think made the cake?"

How the three levels work

Every question word has three levels, following the usual clinical progression from literal to inferential questions. Level 1 is literal and obvious, with two choices: point to a big thing in the picture. Level 2 is literal but needs looking: a smaller detail, a spatial word, telling two people apart, with three choices. Level 3 is inferential, with three choices: use clues in the picture plus what you know about the world.

Every question was checked against its picture: the right answer is plainly true in the image and every wrong answer plainly false. A session is 10 questions of one type and level, at most two from the same picture.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a who question?
A question that asks for a person: "Who is eating?", "Who helps you when you are sick?". Who is usually among the first question words children understand, along with what and where.
How are the who questions levelled?
Level 1: one obvious person doing a big action, two choices. Level 2: tell people apart by a detail, three choices. Level 3: roles and unseen people ("Who works here?", "Who could help the boy?").
How much does it cost?
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