Y1 S7 asking questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

today's lesson:

Asking Questions

after this class you wil have learned:

# how to ask polite questions.

# how to answer yes/no questions politely

how can you ask a polite question?

you like movies?

you swim?

go home now?

he eat meat?

you sing in the shower?

how can you ask a polite question?

you like movies?

you swim?

go home now?

he eat meat?

you sing in the shower?

____________

__________

________

_______

______

with the present simple we learned:

affermative: subject + verb 

interrogative: do/does + subject + verb

you need some help.

with the present simple we learned:

affermative: subject + verb 

interrogative: do/does + subject + verb

you need some help...

I walk to school               Do I walk to school?

DO/DOES

The children like the English teacher.

Do they like the English teacher?

My cat eats an ice cream.

Does he eat an ice cream?

But English wouldn't be English if we didn't have

exceptions.

!

if the sentence contains be (am, is, are), can, must, do, may.

you simply move this word to the beginning of the sentence!

example: 

Marty can swim  => Can Marty swim?

Tom and Sarah are twelve years old  => Are Tom and Sarah twelve years old?

 

But every question has an answer.

Do you like Billie Eilish?

Yes

Do you like Billie Eilish?

Yes, I do

The English are very polite! They will always answer with more than one word!

you repeat the subject and then the verb.

Does your dog bite?

Are you going to the party?

May I use your phone?

No, he does not.

Yes, I am.

Yes, you may.

short yes and no answers

Note that this is the present continuous!

Does your dog bite?

Are you going to the party?

May I use your phone?

No, he does not bite. He is very sweet. 

Yes, I am going to the party! I am really looking forward to it! 

Yes, you may use my phone. Here it is.

meaning:

Do you have any questions?

Do you have a question?

Have you ever eaten lasagna?

Will you answer this question politely?

Have you learned something usefull in this lesson?

Yes, I have

No, I have not

I don't know, I was playing Among Us the whole lesson.