QUESTIONS IN ENGLISHin Present Simple

How do we form a question?

TYPES OF QUESTIONS:

• Yes / No questions

• Wh - questions

Questions with verb to be

Questions with other verbs

Questions with verb to be

Questions with other verbs

YES / NO QUESTIONSWITH VERB TO BE

BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENTS?

YES / NO QUESTIONS

Sentences using verb to be

• I am tall

• You are a police officer

• Mark is at school

• She is tired

• The dog is hungry

• We are in Cordoba

• You are Spanish

• The students are intelligent

Questions with verb to be

• Am I tall?

• Are you a police officer?

• Is Mark at school?

• Is she tired?

• Is the dog hungry?

• Are we in Cordoba?

• Are you Spanish?

• Are the students intelligent?

YES / NO QUESTIONS

Questions with verb to be• Am I tall?

• Are you a police officer?

• Is Mark at school?

• Is she tired?

• Is the dog hungry?

• Are we in Cordoba?

• Are you Spanish?

• Are the students intelligent?

Short answers

• Yes, you are / No, you aren’t

• Yes, I am / No, I’m not

• Yes, he is / No, he isn’t

• Yes, she is / No, she isn’t

• Yes, it is / No, it isn’t

• Yes, you are / No, you aren’t

• Yes, we are / No, we aren’t

• Yes, they are / No, they aren’t

YES / NO QUESTIONSWITH OTHER VERBS

DO / DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS?

YES / NO QUESTIONS

Sentences using other verbs

• I wake up early

• You read comics

• He watches football

• Sara lives in Madrid

• The cat eats fish

• We listen to rock music

• You work in an office

• The children like chocolate

Questions with other verbs

• Do I wake up early?

• Do you read comics?

• Does he watch football?

• Does Sara live in Madrid?

• Does the cat eat fish?

• Do we listen to rock music?

• Do you work in an office?

• Do the children like chocolate?

YES / NO QUESTIONS

Questions with other verbs

• Do I wake up early?

• Do you read comics?

• Does he watch football?

• Does Sara live in Madrid?

• Does the cat eat fish?

• Do we listen to rock music?

• Do you work in an office?

• Do the children like chocolate?

Short answers

• Yes, you do / No, you don’t

• Yes, I do / No, I don’t

• Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t

• Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t

• Yes, it does / No, it doesn’t

• Yes, you do / No, you don’t

• Yes, we do / No, we don’t

• Yes, they do / No, they don’t

WH - QUESTIONS

WH - QUESTIONSWITH VERB TO BE

WH-WORD + BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENTS?

WH - QUESTIONS

Questions with verb to be

• Where am I?

• How are you?

• Who is Mr. Smith?

• Why is she happy?

• When is the concert?

• Where are we?

• Who are you?

• Whose are those books?

Answers

You are in Cordoba

I’m fine

He is my English teacher

Because she has a new job

It’s on Saturday

You are in the city centre

We are the new students

Those books are mine

WH - QUESTIONSWITH OTHER VERBS

WH-WORD + DO / DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS?

WH - QUESTIONS

Questions with other verbs

• When do I start the exam?

• Where do you work?

• How does Mark go to work?

• Why does she go to the doctor?

• What does the cat eat?

• Why do we study English?

• What do you do?

• Who do they live with?

Answers

You start at 1 o’clock

I work at the police station

Mark goes to work by bus

Because she has the flu

The cat eats fish

Because you need it for your job

We are teachers

They live with their grandparents