Questions are formed for all tenses except present simple and past simple by changing the position of the auxiliary verb {am, was, will, etc.) and the subject (I, you, she, he, etc.):
You 're going > Are you going?
He hasgone > Has he gone?
Questions are formed for the present simple and past simple by using do, does, or did:
They work here. Dothey work here?
She lived here. Did she live here?
Asking General and Special Questions
The climate istemperate.
Isthe climate temperate?
Whatis the climate like?
The US produces food
products.
Doesthe US produce food products?
What doestheUS produce?
There aremany ethnic groups.
Arethere many ethnic groups?
What ethnic groups are there in the US?
Make questions from these statements.
1 She likes travelling
Does she like travelling?
2They're working.
Are they working?
3 He was playing tennis.
4 She went to school today.
5 They live here.
6 She's eating at the moment.
7 They drove to the station.
8 She's reading.
9 He had breakfast early.
10 They came yesterday.
11 She drives to work.
12 He left this morning.
13 He was writing a letter.
14 They watched television.
15 She's at home.
16 They went home.
17 She likes horror films.
18 He's walking home.
19 They were eating ice cream.
20 They gave him the money.
In your notebook, make ten questions from the box below, and give the answers.
Who
Why
When
Where
What
What time
How
How much
are you going?
did they leave?
is she talking to?
did they come here?
are you looking at?
did it cost?
Example: Why did they leave?
Because they wanted to catch the train.
Who asked you? Who did you ask? Question words used as subject or object
Who drove the car?
Who did you see?
What happened?
What did you do?
who and what are sometimes the subject.
who and what as subject + verb:
Alison asked you. Whoasked you?Alison.
NOT Who did ask you!
who and what are sometimes the object.
who and what as object + question form of verb:
You asked Steve. Who did you ask?Steve.
Who stayed withyou?
but Who did Jane stay with?(Preposition at the end.)
Write the questions.
1 Who came to see you? Simon came to see me.
2 Who did Julie meet last night? Julie met Barbara.
3 What you reading? I like reading novels.
4 Who ? Joe made the cake.
5 Who ? Helen found the car keys.
6 What ? A cigarette started the fire.
7 What you ? I want some help.
8 Who you? Caroline told me.
9 Who with Paul? Sue stayed with Paul.
10 What you ? I said nothing.
11 Who ? David came with Mary.
12 What you ? I study medicine.
13 Who ? Linda lives with her parents.
14 Who ? Greg opened the door.
15 What ? Something terrible happened.
MODALS
'Modals' are the small verbs like can, must, and might, which give certain
meanings to main verbs.
FORM
There are twelve modal verbs:
Can
Could
May
Might
Shall
Should
Will
Would
Must
Ought to
Need (to)
Dare
Positive is formed by putting the modal between the subject and the
main verb:
We should stay.
You oughtto go.
He might come.
Negative is formed by adding not (or n't) after the modal:
We shouldn't stay.
You ought notto come.
He might notcome.
Questions are formed by changing the position of the modal and the subject:
Should we stay? Shouldn'twe stay?
Ought you to go? Oughtn'tyon to go?
Might he come? Mightn'the come?
Notes
need can be needn't [modal form) or don't need to (verb form).
Negative questions generally use n't. If not is used, there is a different word order: