Questions (yes/no + wh)

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today you will learn 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                  Which                What

When               Where                 Why               How

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'Who'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'Which'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'What'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'When'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'Where'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'Why'

Maak zelf een vraag met:
'How'

....... have you been?

1. Which
2. Who
3. What
4. Where

......... do you live with?

1. Who
2. When
3. Where
4. How much

........ is my bike?

1. Who
2. Where
3. Which
4. Why

..... can we study better?

1. how
2. who
3. which
4. why