asking questions in english

Asking questions in English

GENERAL QUESTIONS

Asking questions about routines and habits:

Wh word (optional)

auxiliary person verb

What

do

I like?

Why you study?

Where they eat?

When we want?

How much

does

he need?

How many she buy?

How it go?

do x do

What do you do?

AUXILIARY

VERB

WHO

Who do you like? Who does Juliana like?

Who likes you? Who likes Juliana?

Asking questions about the past:

Wh word (optional)

auxiliary person verb

What

did

I like?

Why you study?

Where they eat?

When we want?

How much he need?

How many she buy?

How it go?

did x do

What did you do?

AUXILIARY

VERB

WHO

Who did Juliana call?

Who called Juliana?

Asking questions about the future:

Wh word (optional)

auxiliary person verb

What

will

I like?

Why you study?

Where they eat?

When we want?

How much he need?

How many she buy?

How it go?

Asking questions with verb to be in the present:

Wh word (optional)

Verb to be person

Who am I?

Where

is

he?

Who she?

When it?

How

are

you?

How many they?

How we?

Asking questions with verb to be in the past:

Wh word (optional)

Verb to be person

Where

was

I?

Who he?

Who she?

Where it?

How

were

you?

How many they?

How we?

Asking questions with modal verbs:

Wh word (optional)

Modal verbs person Main verb

WhoCan

Could

Would

Should

Must

I call?

Where you go?

When he travel?

What she do?

How much it cost?

How many they buy?

How we escape?

Remember:

do / does – questions in the present

did – questions in the past

will – questions in the future

verb to be – inversion

modal verb - inversion

Negative Questions

It’s also possible to ask negative questions:

Don’t you work here? Isn’t she your cousin? Didn’t they talk to her? Can’t we help them? Doesn’t he love you? Aren’t you late? Etc.

Activity 1

Pretend you’re a journalist and ask questions to your friend.

Remember to ask questions using the present, past, future, verb to be and modals.

TAG QUESTIONS

To confirm information;

To check if something is true or not;

Affirmative sentence : negative question

Negative sentence: affirmative question

Tag questions: present

You like ice-cream, don’t you? You don’t like ice-cream, do you?

He plays soccer, doesn’t he? He doesn’t play soccer, does he?

Tag questions: past

You saw that movie, didn’t you?

You didn’t see that movie, did you?

Tag questions: future

You will go, won’t you?

You won’t go, will you?

Tag questions: verb to be present

We are friends, aren’t we?

I am your classmate, aren’t I?

They aren’t your sisters, are they?

John is very smart, isn’t he?

The movie isn’t today, is it?

Tag questions: verb to be past

We weren’t friends, were we?

I was your boss, wasn’t I?

They were your neighbors, weren’t they?

Julia wasn’t at the mall, was she?

The game was yesterday, wasn’t it?

Tag questions: modals

We can do it, can’t we?

I couldn’t travel, could I?

They must study, mustn’t they?

James shouldn’t work more, should he?

Mariana would date him, wouldn’t she?

Pay attention!

Use the correct auxiliary!

Present: do/does/don’t/doesn’t

Past: did/didn’t

Future: will/won’t

Verb to be: no auxiliary

Modal verbs: no auxiliary

Activity 2

Try to guess information about your friend using the tag questions.

Remember to use tag questions with present, past, future, verb to be and modals.

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