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Yes/ No Questions. WH Questions. Forming Questions. YES/ NO QUESTIONS. Inverting the subject and the verb. Adding helping verb before the subject. Inverting The Subject And The Verb. When there is:. A helping verb. A modal. To be. As the main verb-these are placed - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Forming QuestionsForming Questions
Yes/ No Questions
WH Questions
YES/ NO QUESTIONSYES/ NO QUESTIONS
Inverting the subject and the verb
Adding helping verb before the
subject
Inverting The SubjectInverting The SubjectAnd The VerbAnd The Verb
When there is:
•A helping verb
A modal
•To be
As the main verb-these are placed
before the subject. (the subject and the
verb are inverted).
The main verb doesn’t change its form
Examples
•It is raining
•He has gone out
•Is it raining?
•Has he gone out?
She doesn’t come here often.
He hasn’t phoned us.
Doesn’t she come here often?
Hasn’t he phoned us?
She can play the piano
Can she play the piano?
Adding Helping VerbAdding Helping VerbBefore the Subject Before the Subject
When there is no helping verb (as in the Present Simple and the Past Simple)
a helping verb is supplied.
Do/Does (Present Simple) Did (Past Simple)
To form questions this helping verb is placed before the subject.
The main verb is always in its base form
Examples
Eli jogs every night.
Does Eli jog every night?
They play tennis twice a week.
They started work very early.
Do they play tennis twice a week?
Did they start work very early?
WH QuestionsWH Questions
WH questions about the subject
All other WH- questions
WH Questions WH Questions About The About The SubjectSubject
When the questions is about the subject, the WH- word (who, what, which) replaces the subject and the verb is always in the singular.
Nothing else changes in the sentence. (there is no inversion of subject and the verb and nothing is placed before the WH- word).
Examples
Vera has lost her watch.
They are learning French.
Who has lost her watch?
Who is learning French?
All Other WH- All Other WH- QuestionsQuestions
When the question is about the object of the verb or object of a preposition…
(1) The WH-word (who, whom, what,
which) that replaces the object is the first word of the question, and (2) the rest of the questions is exactly like a yes/no question.
Examples
Jack plays tennis.
Rita is phoning a friend.
Who is phoning a friend?
What does Jack play?
The plane arrived late because of the weather.
Why did the plane arrive late?
An On – Line PracticeAn On – Line Practice
Open the following URL, in order to
practice forming Questions in English.
http://www.quia.com/cm/14105.html
http://grammar.englishclub.com/q_questions.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ko/mc-eiken5.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/dg-wh.html
http://www.quia.com/rr/9433.html
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/MultipleChoice/whquestion.html
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_questionforms.htm
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I hope you Enjoyed your work,
Michal Mayost