Questions,

Questions,
Questions …
 Part 1:

Questions
with the
verb

BE
What are this man’s questions?

What is this? Is this a

fly? Is it a bee?

Why are you bugging me?

Are you dancing

in the air? Or are
you mocking me?
 Forming Yes/No Questions

If there is a BE verb in the

sentence, start the question
with the form of BE :
Am I right?

verbs Are you sure?

Is that true?
subjects
In the present progressive too,
we form questions by starting the
sentence with the form of BE:

Is this man sitting or standing?

Is he looking for his car?

Are his children playing with his clothes?

Form three yes/no questions with the BE verbs
below.

Is … the little girl Are … they Is … the baby

smiling at playing? sleeping?
the baby?
Forming WH-Questions with BE
Yes,
Compare: I am.

Are you reading?

What are you reading?

A
In a wh-question with BE, simply
new
place the wh-question word first …
novel
… followed by the BE verb … .
… and the subject.
subject Easy!
 Form three questions with BE using the
question words below.

What … is this
stuff in How … am I Where … is my
this box? going to mail?
put it all
together?
 1. What are 2. Are they 3. Are they
these two driving a talking to
men doing? car? each other?

Now answer
these
questions.

1. They are 3. No,

riding their they’re not
2. No, they talking to
horses.
are not each other.
driving a car.
 1. What is 2. Is she 3. Is she wearing
this woman laughing? Native American
doing? regalia?

This time, form

the questions
for the answers
given below.

3. Yes, she is
1. This woman 2. No, she is wearing Native
is crying or not laughing. American
praying.
regalia.
 Part 2:

Questions
with

DO
Does
Did
 Forming yes/no questions

simple Do + I/ you/ we/ they + verb ?

present Does + he/ she/ it + verb ?
simple Did + I/ you/ he/ she/ it/ we/ they + verb?
past

Do you know a lot about California?

Does Governor Davis still give many speeches?

subjects verbs

Did this explanation help you?

1. Do you 2. Do you 3. Does he Form questions
see what I want to know we’re with do or
see? catch him? watching? does that fit
the answers
below.

1. Yes, we do. 2. Yes, we do. 3. No, he doesn’t.

Forming WH-Questions with Do,
Do Does,
Does or Did
Compare: Yes,
I do.
Do you read every day?
What do you read every day?

Word order:
wh-question
1. word A
2. do, does, or did, new
3. the subject, novel
4. the verb/base form, .
and the
rest of the sentence.
 WH
question do
word does
did
Subject
Verb
in base
form
Or:
the apple
rule
 WH
d
S
V/bf
The
apple
rule:
 Rrrrrgghhh
worked in
the garden
yesterday.

Exception:
who or Who???
what as
subjects Who
worked in the
garden
yesterday???
Form wh-questions with DO, DOES, or DID.

When … does class begin?

What … do I do now?

Who …
worked
on the computer?

What … did you say?

 Part 3:

Comparing Wh- Questions

in Simple Present
and

Present Progressive
 Here are the rules:

1. Start the question with the question What

word: what, when, how… Where
2. In the simple present, add do or does. do
3. In the present progressive, add a form of is
be
4. .Add the subject. you she
5. For the simple present, add the verb in
the base form. see?
6. For the present progressive, add the going?
verb + ing. Voila!
 Consider the same thing in a chart:

do/
question does or verb base form
word a form subject or verb + ing
of be

What do you see?

Where is she going?

a helping
word
 IMPORTANT!
Be careful with
who and what.

When who and what ask about the subject**,

** subject=
the person don’t use do or does!
or thing
who does
Who works really hard?
the action
Anton works really hard.

subjects What is not working?

My car is not working.
 However, when who or what **object= the
ask about the object**, person or thing
use do or does in the simple affected by the
present -- but never in the action of the verb
present progressive!!!
object

Who(m) is he smiling at?

He is smiling at a girl.
subjects:
he, you, I What do you see?
I see four leaves.

object