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    Question Forms - LearnEnglish

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    This document explains how to form questions in English. It shows that questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb when using auxiliary verbs like "be", "have", "do", or modal verbs. Question words like "what", "when", "why" come before the inverted verb. For regular verbs in the present simple and past simple, "do"/"does" and "did" are used as auxiliary verbs before the main verb. Some questions do not invert subject and verb when using subject questions with "who" or "what". Examples and exercises are provided to help learners practice forming different types of questions in English.

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    This document explains how to form questions in English. It shows that questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb when using auxiliary verbs like "be", "have", "do", or modal verbs. Question words like "what", "when", "why" come before the inverted verb. For regular verbs in the present simple and past simple, "do"/"does" and "did" are used as auxiliary verbs before the main verb. Some questions do not invert subject and verb when using subject questions with "who" or "what". Examples and exercises are provided to help learners practice forming different types of questions in English.

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    This document explains how to form questions in English. It shows that questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb when using auxiliary verbs like "be", "have", "do", or modal verbs. Question words like "what", "when", "why" come before the inverted verb. For regular verbs in the present simple and past simple, "do"/"does" and "did" are used as auxiliary verbs before the main verb. Some questions do not invert subject and verb when using subject questions with "who" or "what". Examples and exercises are provided to help learners practice forming different types of questions in English.

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    This document explains how to form questions in English. It shows that questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb when using auxiliary verbs like "be", "have", "do", or modal verbs. Question words like "what", "when", "why" come before the inverted verb. For regular verbs in the present simple and past simple, "do"/"does" and "did" are used as auxiliary verbs before the main verb. Some questions do not invert subject and verb when using subject questions with "who" or "what". Examples and exercises are provided to help learners practice forming different types of questions in English.

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    Grammar (/grammar) > A1-A2 grammar (/grammar/a1-a2-grammar) > Question forms

    Question forms

    Do you know how to make questions? Test what you know with interactive exercises
    and read the explanation to help you.

    Look at these examples to see how questions are made.

    Is he a teacher?
    Does she eat meat?
    When did you get here?
    How much does a train ticket cost?

    Try this exercise to test your grammar.

    Grammar test 1

    Read the explanation to learn more.

    Grammar explanation
    To make questions, we often put the verb before the subject. This is called inversion.

    Affirmative Question

    I am late. Am I late?

    I can help. Can I help?

    She is sleeping. Is she sleeping?

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    Affirmative Question

    We have met before. Have we met before?

    If there is a question word (why, what, where, how, etc.), it goes before the verb.

    Question Question with question word

    Are you late? Why are you late?

    Was she there? When was she there?

    Can I help? How can I help?

    Have we met before? Where have we met before?

    This is true for sentences with be, sentences that have auxiliary verbs (e.g. They are
    waiting. She has finished.) and sentences with modal verbs (can, will, should, might,
    etc.).

    Questions in the present simple and past simple


    For other verbs in the present simple, we use the auxiliary verb do/does in the
    question.

    Question with question


    Affirmative Question
    word

    You work at Do you work at


    Where do you work?
    home.   home?

    It costs £10.  Does it cost £10? How much does it cost?

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    We use the auxiliary verb did in the past simple.

    Question with question


    Affirmative Question
    word

    She went home.  Did she go home? Where did she go?

    They went to the Did they go to the


    Where did they go?
    cinema.  cinema?

    Subject questions
    In some questions, who or what is the subject of the verb. There is no inversion of
    subject and verb in these questions.

    Who broke the window?


    Who is knocking on the door?

    Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

    Grammar test 2

    Try another grammar lesson(/grammar/a1-a2-grammar)

    Language level
    A1 - Elementary (/taxonomy/term/1510)

    A2 - Pre-intermediate (/taxonomy/term/1496)

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