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Forming QuestionsPresent Tense

How to form questions

Part One Yes or No Questions

Read the

sentenceBerenices is very busy.

What word is the verb?

Is

To form a question, move is to the beginning of the question.

Is Berenices very busy?

Try this one!Her grandparents are hard-working.

What is the verb?

Are

Where do you put are?

Are her grandparents hard-working?

Make a questionI am very busy.

What is the verb?

Am

Am I very busy?

Verb to Be I am

You are

He, she, it is

We are

You are

They are

How do you form a yes or no question with the verb to be?

Move the verb to the beginning of the question!

Is that clear?

Are you sure?

Are you ready to try it?

Make Questions Berenices is a fifth grader.

Berenices is a helpful girl.

Her ranch is in Michoacan.

Her grandparents are busy.

Her siblings are older.

Answers Is Berenices a fifth grader?

Is Berenices a helpful girl?

Is her ranch is in Michoacan?

Are her grandparents busy?

Are her siblings older?

Part TwoOther Verbs

Do or Does

Other VerbsHer grandmother bakes bread.

Does her grandmother

bake bread?

What word is at the beginning?

What happened to the verb?

VerbsHer grandparents speak otomi.

Do her grandparents

speak otomi?

What word is at the beginning?

What happened to the verb?

Do or Does

When is the only time to use does?

What happens to the verb when you use does?

Does the verb

have an ending?

Does the verb

have an s?

Do you

understand?

Does your neighbor

understand?

I do

You do

He, she, it does

We do

They do

Make Questions Berenices goes to school.

Her school runs in shifts.

She wakes up early.

She and her grandmother bake bread.

Her siblings go to sleep.

Her grandparents sleep on the floor.

Answers Does Berenices go to school?

Does her school run in shifts?

Does she wake up early?

Do she and her grandmother bake bread?

Do her siblings go to sleep?

Do her grandparents sleep on the floor?

Part ThreeWh Questions

Wh comes first!

Wh questionsWho people

What things

Where location

Why purpose

How manner

What word do

you use?Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

What word do

you use?Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

What word do

you use?Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

What word do

you use?Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

What word do

you use?

Monarchs must travel all the way to Mexico

because the food, water, temperatures, and daylight they need will become unavailable in Canada.

Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

What word do

you use?Who

What

When

Where

Why

How

Wh comes

first!Where does Berenices go to school?

Why do butterflies migrate?

How do they find their way to Mexico?

Who is a fifth grader?

When do the butterflies leave Mexico?

Monarch

QuestionsWatch this video of a Monarch emerging from its chrysalis. Write as many questions as you can about the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0S30RoQA3M