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Are you dancing in the air? Or
are you mocking me?
What is this? Is this a fly? Is it a bee?
Why are you bugging 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 progressive too, we form questions by
starting the sentence with the
form of BE:
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 BE verbs below.
Is …Is … Are … the baby sleeping?
the little girl smiling at the baby?
they playing?
Forming WH-Questions with
BECompare:
Are you reading?
What are you reading?
In a wh-question with BE, simply place the wh-question word
first …
Yes, I
am.
A new nove
l.… followed by the BE verb …
… and the subject. Easy!
Form three questions with BE using the question 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 regalia.
This time, form the
questions for the answers given below.
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 California?
Does Governor Davis still give many speeches?
subjects
Did + I/ you/ he/ she/ it/ we/ they + verb?simple past
Did this explanation help you?
Form questions with do or
does that fit the answers
below.
Form questions with do or
does 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 Do, Does, or Did
Compare:
Do you read every day?What do you read every
day?
Word order: wh-question word do, does, or did, the subject,
the verb/base form,
and the rest of the sentence.
Yes, I do.
A new nove
l.
1.2.
3.4.
Exception:who or what as subjects
Rrrrrgghhh worked in the garden yesterday.
Who???
Who
worked in the garden
yesterday???
Form wh-questions with DO, DOES, or DID.
When …
What …
What …
does class begin?
do I do now?
did you say?
Who …worked
on the computer?
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 progressive, 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 progressive, 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 progressive!!!
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