Questions (yes/no + wh)

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today we'll focus on how to...

... form simple questions in English using question words and auxiliary verbs.

Can you give an example of a
yes/no question?

Can you give an example of a
question using a question word (why,how,when etc.)

A yes -no question always has

A verb that can help ("do," "does," "did," "is," "are," "was," "were," "can," "could," "will," "would," "should," "may," "might," and "must.")

+

A person or thing doing the action

+

the action

He can bake. → 

Can he bake?

Nina played the violin. → 

Did Nina play the violin?

An open question always has:  

A question word: 

What, where, when, why, who, which, and whose. 

Also, How is commonly used.

Where do they live?

Change the sentence into a question
The school is open today.

Change the sentence into a question
The waiter was rude

Change the sentence into a question
I am sick

Change the sentence into a question
He reads every day.

Change the sentence into a question
The printer breaks all the time.

Change the sentence into a question
We want more money.

Change the sentence into a question
She has a smile on her face.

Change the sentence into a question
The boss noticed the mistake

Fix the Common Mistake:
Have you a dog?

Fix the Common Mistake:
You will go to the park?

Fix the Common Mistake:
It is 4 o’clock?

Fix the Common Mistake:
Understand you the question?

Fix the Common Mistake:
Where did Peter went?

Fix the Common Mistake:
Like you music?

Fix the Common Mistake:
Does Frank works in Sheffield?

Question words

Who: used to ask about a person's identity or to identify a person in a group
What: used to ask about something or to request information
Where: used to ask about a location or place
When: used to ask about a time or date
Why: used to ask about a reason or cause
How: used to ask about a method or manner
Which: used to ask about a choice or selection
Whose: used to ask about possession or ownership