Wh-questions are the questions you answer all day, and in Indian English they come with a tune and a grammar that can mislead you twice. First, the tune: many speakers start the question word high and bring the voice down through the sentence, "WHAT is this?", "WHERE you are going?", and that high, sharp start sounds to an American ear like surprise or irritation. What you will learn: • The high start and the fall • Statement order after the question word • Three readings of "What is this?" • "Why" is not an accusation • Short and fragment wh-questions • Scenes • Practice: decode the scene • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.