Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions, Questions Questions ……

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Questions Questions with the with the verbverb

BEBE

AreAre you dancing in the air? Or areare you laughing at me?

What isis this? IsIs this a fly? IsIs it a bee?

Why are are you annoying me?

What are this man’s questions?

If there is a BE verb in the sentence, start the question with the form of BE :

Am I right?

Are you sure?

Is that true?

verbs

subjects

Forming Yes/No Questions

In the present continuous present continuous too, we form questions by

starting the sentence with the

form of BEBE:

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 BEBE verbs below.

Is …Is … Are … the baby sleeping?

the little girl smiling at the baby?

they playing?

Forming WH-Questions with

BEBECompare:

Are you reading?

What are you reading?

In a wh-question with BEBE, simply place the wh-question wordwh-question word

first …

Yes, I

am.

A new novel.

… followed by the BEBE verbverb …

… and the subjectsubject. Easy!

Form three questions with BEBE using the question wordsquestion words below.

How …What …

Where …

is this stuff in this box?

am I going to put it all together?

is my mail?

1. What are these two men doing?

2. Are they driving a car?

3. Are they talking to each other?

1. They are riding their horses.

2. No, they are not driving a car.

3. No, they’re not talking to each other.

Now answer these

questions.

1. What is this woman doing?

2. Is she laughing?

3. Is she wearing Native American regalia?

1. This woman is crying or praying.

2. No, she is not laughing.

3. Yes, she is wearing Native American feathers.

This time, form the

questions for the answers given below.

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Questions Questions withwith

DO DO Does Does

DidDid

verbs

simple presen

t

Forming yes/no questions

Do + I/ you/ we/ they + verb ?Does + he/ she/ it + verb ?

Do you know a lot about America?

Does Barack Obama still give many speeches?

subjects

Form questions with dodo or

doesdoes that fit the answers

below.

Form questions with dodo or

doesdoes that fit the answers

below.

1. Yes, we do.

2. Yes, we do.

3. No, he doesn’t.

1. Do you see what I see?

2. Do you want to catch him?

3. Does he know we’re watching?

Forming WH-Questions with DoDo, DoesDoes, or DidDid

Compare:

Do you read every day?What do you read every

day?

Word order: wh-question word dodo,, doesdoes, or, or diddid, the subject,

the verb/base form,

and the rest of the sentence.

Yes, I do.

A new nove

l.

1.1.2.2.

3.3.4.4.

Form wh-questions with DODO, DOESDOES, or DIDDID.

When …

What …

does class begin?

do I do now?

Who …Is working on

the computer?

Part 3:Part 3:

Comparing Wh- QuestionsComparing Wh- Questions

in Simple Present in Simple Present andand

Present continuousPresent continuous

Here are the rules:

1. Start the question with the question word: what, when, how…

2. In the simple present, add do or does.

3. In the present continuous, add a form of be.

What

do

is

4. Add the subject.

5. For the simple present, add the verb in the base form.

6. For the present continuous, add the verb + ing. Voila!

you

see? going

?

Where

she

Consider the same thing in a chart:

question word

do/ does or a form of be

subjectverb base

form or verb + ing

What

Where

do

is

you

she

see?

going?

a helping word

IMPORTANT! Be careful with who and what.

When who and what ask about the subject**, don’t use do or does!

Who works really hard? Anton works really hard.

What is not working? My car is not working.

subjects

** subject=

the person or thing

who does the action

However, when who or what ask about the object**,

use do or does in the simple present -- but

never in the present continuous!!!

Who(m) is he smiling at? He is smiling at a girl.What do you see? I see four leaves.

subjects: he, you, I

object

object

**object= the person or thing affected by the action of the verb