This document provides instructions for forming yes/no and wh- questions in English. It discusses three main cases:
1) Questions using auxiliary verbs like "be", where the subject and verb are inverted (e.g. "Are you happy?").
2) Questions using modal verbs like "can", where the subject and modal verb are inverted (e.g. "Can I help you?").
3) Questions using auxiliary "do/does", where it is added to simple present tense verbs and the subject and auxiliary are inverted (e.g. "Does he smoke?").
2. •DON’T USE AN AUXILIARY (“BE” IS AN AUXILIARY)
•INVERT THE WORD ORDER OF SUBJECT-”BE”
CLOSED or“YES/NO QUESTIONS” – THE ANSWER IS “YES or NO”
AM
IS
ARE
I
HE, SHE, IT
YOU, WE, THEY
INVITED?
SINGLE?
A TEACHER?
IN LOVE WITH HIM?
OPEN or “WH- QUESTIONS”
WHAT
WHERE
WHOSE
HOW
…
IS
ARE
IS
ARE
YOUR FAVOURITE TV SHOW?
YOUR STUDENT’S BOOKS?
THIS PEN?
YOU?
3. •DON’T USE AN AUXILIARY (“CAN” IS A MODAL V.)
•INVERT THE WORD ORDER OF SUBJECT-”CAN”
CLOSED or“YES/NO QUESTIONS” – THE ANSWER IS “YES or NO”
CAN
I, HE, SHE, IT
YOU, WE, THEY
SMOKE HERE?
RIDE A HORSE?
SPEAK GERMAN?
HELP ME, PLEASE?
OPEN or “WH- QUESTIONS”
WHAT
WHERE
HOW
….
CAN
I, HE, SHE, IT
YOU, WE, THEY
DO NOW?
FIND A PEN?
SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES?
4. •USE THE AUXILIARY DO/DOES
CLOSED or“YES/NO QUESTIONS” – THE ANSWER IS “YES or NO”
DO
DOES
I, YOU, WE, THEY
HE, SHE, IT
SMOKE?
DRINK WINE?
SPEAK GERMAN?
OPEN or “WH- QUESTIONS”
WHAT
WHERE
HOW MANY
BEERS
….
DO/DOES
I, HE, SHE, IT
YOU, WE, THEY
DO?
STUDY ENGLISH?
DRINK EVERY DAY?