Question wordsDo you remember these question words?What Who
Where How When Why Lets remember!Question
wordsMeaningExamplesWhopersonWho's that? That's Andrea.Where
placeWhere do you live? In Boston.WhyreasonWhy do you sleep early?
Because I have to get up early.WhentimeWhen do you go to work? At
7:00.Howmanner
How do you go to work? By carWhatobject, idea or actionWhat do
you do? I am an engineer.Sometimes forming questions in English can
be confusing.
Dont worry you will learn a simple formula that works for asking
questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!
This formula is called QUASM:
QUASM
5QUASM FORMULA:QUestion word
Auxiliary verb
Subject
Main verbLook how QUASM works for forming questions in the
following verb tenses:
Simple Present Questions QU A S M
QUESTION WORDAUXILIARY VERB SUBJECTMAIN
VERBWheredoyouwork?WhatdoesMarthathinkabout the
project?Howdoyoumake brownies?How many kidsdoesBobhave?
Simple Past Questions QU A S MQUESTION WORDAUXILIARY
VERBSUBJECTMAIN VERBHowdidtheylearnEnglish so fast?Whendidyouget
homefrom work yesterday?
Now its your turn!
Follow the formula and order the questions. QU A S
M/weekends/do/what/on/you/do/?/ the/ does/ start/ when/
show/?/where/ vacation /on/ you/ did/ go/?
QU A S MWhat do you do on weekends?
When does the show start?
Where did you go on vacation? Follow the formula and write a
question!Write a question for the underlined answer: Example:
Alvaro lives in Vitacura. Where does Alvaro live?
My father plays tennis every day.Pedro studied Math
yesterday.
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