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Forming Questions PDF
Forming Questions PDF
Question In English
Forming Questions In English
Can Be Confusing.
Don’t worry – I’m going to teach you a simple formula that works
for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!
Look how QUASM works for forming questions in the following verb tenses:
Future Questions:
QUESTION AUXILIARY SUBJECT MAIN
WORD VERB VERB
Modal Questions:
QUESTION AUXILIARY SUBJECT MAIN
WORD VERB VERB
Exceptions:
Yes/No questions do not use a question word…
…but they still follow ASM (Auxiliary verb – Subject – Main verb)
Questions where the main verb is “be” also don’t follow the pattern:
Reported questions, indirect questions, and subject questions also do not follow