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 Yes/No Questions
EX: Do you study English?
 WH-
How are you?

Questions
 Tag-Questions
He studies English at home,doesn’t he?
Yes/No Questions
 YES/ NO QUESTIONS

Inverting the subject and the verb

Adding helping verb before the subject.
 QUESTIONS WITH AUXILIARIES

99% of the time we need to use something

called an
auxiliary (a helper) to make a question in
English
1.

THE VERB TO BE
I am happy.
Am I happy?
MODAL VERBS
They can speak Spanish very well.
Can they speak Spanish very well?
FUTURE AUXILIARY
I will see you later.
Will I see you later?
PRESENT PERFECT AUXILIARY
He hasn’t phoned us.
Hasn’t he phoned us?
 QUESTIONS IN PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Use auxiliaries DO / EXAMPLES FOR DO:

DOES at the beginning We have English every Wednesday.
Do we have English every Wednesday?
of the question.
EXAMPLES FOR DOES:
2. In 3rd person
My pen has black ink.
singular CHANGE THE
VERB Does my pen have black ink?
to the base form. He teaches ESL.
The “s” from the verb Does he teach ESL?
is added to D-o-e-s. Maria types quickly.
Does Maria type quickly?
 Question Answer

Yes, subject do. No, subject don’t.

Do + you /we/they + Verb1?

Do you get up at 6.00 a.m? Yes, I do.

No , they don’t.
Do Ann and Celia have breakfast every day?

Does + he/she/it + Verb1? Yes, subject does. No, subject

doesn’t.

Does your brother go to school by car everyday? Yes, he does.

Does Max have milk for breakfast? No, he doesn’t.
 WH-
Questions
Who Person
What Things
Where Place
When Time
Why Reason
How Process
Whose Possessio
n
 Question word + do/does + Subject + Verb 1?

Wh question (Object questions)to

ask more detailed information.
The nurse works and helps doctor in the hospital.
What What does the nurse do?

She works in a company. Where Where does she work?

When do Tonnam and Wachi have

Tonnam and Wachi have breakfast at 7 o’clock. When breakfast?

I play games everyday. How often do you play games?

How often
 Question words + do/does + Subject + Verb 1?

I have four books. How many books do you have?

This book is Jane’s. / This book is hers. /
Whose book is this?
This is her book.
Which book does he read, the red or
He always reads the red one.

The tigers live in the forest. the blue one?

Where do the tigers live?

 Questions with “whom”

Wh question (object questions)to ask

more detailed information.
John likes Ann. Whom does John like?
He goes with Ann. Whom does John go with?
He sends a card to With whom does John go?
Ann. Whom does John send a card to?
To whom does John send a card?
 Question words + Verb 1 (s/es)

Wh question (subject questions)

to ask more detailed
information.
Pawita is at home. Who is at home?
John sends a card to Ann.
Who sends a card to Ann?
Accidents happen here almost everyday.
What happens here almost
Jack and Joe sing every Monday.
everyday?

Who sings every Monday?

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