Transcript QUESTION FORMATION

QUESTION
FORMATION
YES/ NO QUESTIONS
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Inverting the subject and the verb
Adding helping verb before the subject
QUESTIONS WITH
AUXILIARIES
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99% of the time we need to use something called an
auxiliary (a helper) to make a question in English
THE VERB TO BE
 I am happy.
 Am I happy?
MODAL VERBS
 They can speak Spanish very well.
 Can they speak Spanish very well?
FUTURE AUXILIARY
 I will see you later.
 Will I see you later?
PRESENT PERFECT AUXILIARY
 He hasn’t phoned us.
 Hasn’t he phoned us?
QUESTIONS IN PRESENT SIMPLE
1. Use auxiliaries DO /
EXAMPLES FOR DO:
DOES at the beginning  We have English every
of the question.
Wednesday.
2. In 3rd person singular
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Do we have English
CHANGE THE VERB
every Wednesday?
to the base form.
EXAMPLES FOR DOES:
 The “s” from the verb
 My pen has black ink.
is added to D-o-e-s.
 Does my pen have black
ink?
 He teaches ESL.
 Does he teach ESL?
 Maria types quickly.
 Does Maria type quickly?
QUESTIONS IN PAST TENSE
1.
2.
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Use the auxiliary DID (for all
pronouns).
Change the verb back to the base
form.
Examples:
She talked too much.
Did she talk too much?
I wrote my name on the test.
Did I write my name on the test?
The students spoke on the phone.
Did the students speak on the phone?
WH Questions
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHY
WHEN
HOW
WHICH
Person
Things
Place
Reason
Time
Process
Choose
- there are WH questions about the subject and all
other WH questions
1) Sentences with auxiliary verbs
-You must invert the subject and
the helping verb following the ‘wh’
word.
Sammy is going to Florida.
Subject Helping Verb Main Verb
Where is Sammy going?
Where?
2) Sentences without auxiliary verbs.
- need to have a form of the verb “do” inserted
- change the main verb to its base form
- wh word is in the initial position
The man broke the window.
What did the man break?
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUBJECT
- when the subject of the sentence is not known, there is
no inversion
- when the questions is about the subject, the WH- word
(who, what, which) replaces the subject and the verb is
always in the singular
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? is feeling sick.
Who is feeling sick?
? are learning French.
Who is learning French?
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