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    This document discusses forming yes/no and WH questions in English. For yes/no questions, the subject and verb are inverted by placing the verb before the subject when there is a helping verb. When there is no helping verb, "do" or "does" is added before the subject. WH questions about the subject replace the subject with the WH word. All other WH questions follow the structure of yes/no questions with the WH word first. Several examples are provided to illustrate these rules. Online practice exercises for forming questions are also listed.

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    This document discusses forming yes/no and WH questions in English. For yes/no questions, the subject and verb are inverted by placing the verb before the subject when there is a helping verb. When there is no helping verb, "do" or "does" is added before the subject. WH questions about the subject replace the subject with the WH word. All other WH questions follow the structure of yes/no questions with the WH word first. Several examples are provided to illustrate these rules. Online practice exercises for forming questions are also listed.

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    This document discusses forming yes/no and WH questions in English. For yes/no questions, the subject and verb are inverted by placing the verb before the subject when there is a helping verb. When there is no helping verb, "do" or "does" is added before the subject. WH questions about the subject replace the subject with the WH word. All other WH questions follow the structure of yes/no questions with the WH word first. Several examples are provided to illustrate these rules. Online practice exercises for forming questions are also listed.

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    This document discusses forming yes/no and WH questions in English. For yes/no questions, the subject and verb are inverted by placing the verb before the subject when there is a helping verb. When there is no helping verb, "do" or "does" is added before the subject. WH questions about the subject replace the subject with the WH word. All other WH questions follow the structure of yes/no questions with the WH word first. Several examples are provided to illustrate these rules. Online practice exercises for forming questions are also listed.

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    Forming Questions

     Yes/ No  WH Questions
    Questions
    YES/ NO QUESTIONS
     Inverting the subject and the verb

    Adding helping verb before the subject


    Inverting The Subject
    And The Verb
    When there is:

    •A helping verb
     A modal
    •To be
    As the main verb-these are placed

    before the subject. (the subject and the

    verb are inverted).

    The main verb doesn’t change its form


    Examples

    •It is raining

    •Is it raining?

    •He has gone out

    •Has he gone
    out?
    She doesn’t come here often.
    Doesn’t she come here often?

    He hasn’t phoned us.


    Hasn’t he phoned us?
    She can play the piano

    Can she play the piano?


    Adding Helping Verb
    Before the Subject

    When there is no helping verb


    (as in the Present Simple and the Past Simple)
    a helping verb is supplied.

     Do/Does (Present Simple)


     Did (Past Simple)
    To form questions this helping
    verb is placed before the
    subject.
    The main verb is always in its
    base form
    Examples

    Eli jogs every night.

    Does Eli jog every night?


    They play tennis twice a week.

    Do they play tennis twice a week?

    They started work very early.

    Did they start work very early?


    WH Questions

    WH questions about All other WH-


    the subject questions
    WH Questions
    About The Subject
    When the questions is about the subject,
    the WH- word (who, what, which) replaces
    the subject and the verb is always in the
    singular.
    Nothing else changes in the sentence. (there
    is no inversion of subject and the verb and
    nothing is placed before the WH- word).
    Examples

     Vera has lost her watch.

    Who has lost her watch?

    They are learning French.

    Who is learning French?


    All Other WH- Questions

    When the question is


    about the object of
    the verb or object of
    a preposition…
    (1) The WH-word (who, whom, what, which)
    that replaces the object is the first
    word of the question, and (2) the
    rest of the questions is exactly like
    a yes/no question.
    Examples

    Rita is phoning a friend.

    Who is phoning a friend?

     Jack plays tennis.

    What does Jack play?


    The plane arrived late because of the
    weather.

    Why did the plane arrive late?


    An On – Line Practice

    Open the following URL, in order to practice


    forming Questions in English.

    http://www.quia.com/cm/14105.html

    http://grammar.englishclub.com/q_questions.htm

    http://a4esl.org/q/j/ko/mc-eiken5.html
    http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/dg-wh.html

    http://www.quia.com/rr/9433.html

    http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/MultipleChoice/whquestion.html

    http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_questionforms.htm
    The end
    I hope you Enjoyed your work,

    Michal Mayost

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