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