Question

Difference between where was he going and where he was going

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer. Where was he going? This is because, the sentence is interrogative and hence we will use the be verb before.

Answer 2

Your first alternative - with the auxiliary verb “was” preceding the pronoun “he” - is correct if asking a direct question (and with the addition of the corresponding punctuation mark): “When he left the house this morning, where was she going?”

Your second alternative - with the pronoun “she” preceding the auxiliary verb “was” - is correct if you are making a statement: “When he left the house this morning, I did not know where he was going.”