1. QUESTION FORMS
We make questions by:
1: moving an auxiliary to the front of the clause:
Everybody is watching >> Is everybody watching?
They had worked hard >> Had they worked hard?
He's finished work >> Has he finished work?
Everybody had been working hard >> Had everybody been working hard?
He has been singing >> Has he been singing?
English is spoken all over the world >> Is English spoken all over the world?
The windows have been cleaned >> Have the windows been cleaned?
2: … or by moving a modal to the front of the clause:
They will come >> Will they come?
He might come >> Might he come?
They will have arrived by now >> Will they have arrived by now?
She would have been listening >> Would she have been listening?
The work will be finished soon >> Will the work be finished soon?
They might have been invited to the
party
>>
Might they have been invited to the
party?
3: The present simple and the past simple have no auxiliary. We make
questions by adding the auxiliary do/does for the present simple or did for the
past simple:
They live here >> Do they live here?
John lives here >> Does John live here?
Everybody laughed >> Did everybody laugh?
Questions - common mistakes
Common mistakes Correct version Why?
What meant you by
saying that?
What did you mean by
saying that?
You like this film? Do you like this film?
If there is no auxiliary
(helping) verb, we put
do, does or did before
the subject.

2. Where you are going
this afternoon?
Where are you going
this afternoon? We put an auxiliary
verb before the subject.
You did read the letter? Did you read the letter?
Who did give you the
information?
Who gave you the
information?
We don't use do, does or
did when we use what,
which, who or whose as
the subject.
Does he knows your
sister?
Does he know your
sister?
When there is an
auxiliary verb, the main
verb is in the infinitive
form.Where will she studies? Where will she study?
Can you tell me where
can I buy a good
camera?
Can you tell me where I
can buy a good camera?
Word order in indirect
question is the same as
in a normal sentence:
SUBJECT + VERB + ...
1) When begins the race? - ?
2) Sell you fish? - ?
3) Who does the trumpet play? - ?
4) Where flew the plane? - ?
5) Do you have got a brother? - ?
6) Plays Mike volleyball? - ?
7) Can the man the car drive? - ?
8) Why wrote you this letter? - ?
9) Do you can remember her name? - ?
10) Think you not that it's time to go? - ?

3. Write fourteen questions based on the answers in this short text.
Frank was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. He went to school in Buenos Aires for
before moving to Denver. He misses Buenos Aires, but he enjoys studying and
living in Denver. In fact, he has lived in Denver for over four years. Currently,
he is studying at the University of Colorado where he is going to receive his
Bachelor of Science next June. After he receives his degree, he is going to return
to Buenos Aires to marry Alice and begin a career in research. Alice studies Art
history at the University in Buenos Aires and is also going to receive a degree in
Art History next May. They met in Peru in 1995 while they were hiking together
in the Andes. They have been engaged for three years.
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