QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS…
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Judge a man by his questions, rather than by his answers. Voltaire.
HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH
Yes/no questions
With the verb “to be”
BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT?
Are your teachers very boring?
Is your mum from Scotland?
Are boys and girls very different?
Are you very good-looking?
Are you and your friends tired?
Is English your favourite subject?
With the verb “to be”
BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT?
Are your teachers very boring? Yes, they are!
Is your mum from Scotland? No, she isn’t.
Are boys and girls very different? No, they aren’t.
Are you very good-looking? Yes, I am.
Are you and your friends tired? Yes, we are!
Is English your favourite subject? Yes it is!
Write questions for these answers:
a.- _________________? No, I’m not.
b.- _________________? Yes, he is.
c.- ______________? No, they aren’t.
d.- ________________? No, he isn’t.
e.- ________________? Yes, it is
Wh-questions
Question words
-WHEN? - WHICH (one)?
- WHERE? - WHOSE?
- WHO? - WHOM?
- WHY?
- HOW?
-WHAT?
Question words
-HOW MUCH?
- HOW MANY?
- HOW LONG?
- HOW OFTEN?
- HOW FAR?
-WHAT KIND OF..?
OPEN QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB “TO BE”
WH-+BE +SUBJECT +COMPLEMENTS ?
Where are your parents from?
What is your favourite subject this year?
When is your birthday?
Who is the most attractive boy/girl?
How much is a hamburger?
OPEN QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB “TO BE”
WH-+BE +SUBJECT +COMPLEMENTS ?Where are your parents from? They are from New York.
What is your favourite subject this year? It’s English!
When is your birthday? It’s on August the 8th.
Who is the most attractive boy/girl? Me!
How much is a hamburger? It’s 3€
Yes/no questions
With the Present Continuous
BE+ SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPLEMENTS
Are your parents watching TV now?
Is your teacher wearing a tie today?
Are the pupils enjoying this lesson?
Are you listening to the teacher?
BE+ SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPLEMENTS
Are your parents watching TV now? No, they aren’t.
Is your teacher wearing a tie today? No, he isn’t.
Are the pupils enjoying this lesson? Yes, they are!!
Are you listening to the teacher? No, I’m not.
BE+ SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPLEMENTS
-__________________? No, he isn’t. He’s wearing a pink shirt.
- __________________? Yes, they are. They love pizza!
- __________________? No, she isn’t. She’s watching TV.
Wh-questions
With the Present Continuous
Question words
-WHEN? - WHICH (one)?
- WHERE? - WHOSE?
- WHO? - WHOM?
- WHY?
- HOW?
-WHAT?
Question words
-HOW MUCH?
- HOW MANY?
- HOW LONG?
- HOW OFTEN?
- HOW FAR?
-WHAT KIND OF..?
WH+ BE+SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPL?
What is your teacher wearing today?
Where are your friends studying English?
Why are your classmates yawning?
BUT:
Who is kissing my boyfriend/girlfriend?
WH+ BE+SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPL?What is your teacher wearing today? He’s wearing jeans.
Where are your friends studying English? They’re studying English at IES ALBERO.
Why are your classmates yawning? Because they’re bored.
BUT:
Who is kissing my boyfriend/girlfriend? My girlfriend/boyfriend!
WH+ BE+SUBJECT+V-ING+COMPL?- ___________________________? He’s eating an apple.
- ___________________________? She’s studying.
-_______________________? It’s sleeping on the sofa.
- __________________? I’m wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
BUT:
- _____________________? Your dad is cooking dinner.
Yes/no questions
with the Present Simple.
DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMPL?
Does your mum speak English?
Do your teachers give boring lessons?
Does your grandma smoke cigars?
Do you and your friends like English?
Does your English teacher dance ballet?
DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMPL?
Does your mum speak English? Yes, she does.
Do your teachers give boring lessons? No, they don’t. Never!
Does your grandma smoke cigars? Yes, she does. At weekends
Do you and your friends like English? Yes, we do. We love it!
Does your English teacher dance ballet? Yes, he does. He’s a terrific dancer!
DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMPL?
-_______________________? No, he doesn’t.
-_____________________? Yes, she does. Twice a week.
- ______________________? No, they don’t. They hate Italian food.
- __________________? Yes, he does. He is a great cook.
- ______________________? No, I don’t. It’s boring!
Wh-questions
With the Present Simple
Question words
-WHEN? - WHICH (one)?
- WHERE? - WHOSE?
- WHO? - WHOM?
- WHY?
- HOW?
-WHAT?
Question words
-HOW MUCH?
- HOW MANY?
- HOW LONG?
- HOW OFTEN?
- HOW FAR?
-WHAT KIND OF..?
WH+DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMP?
Where does your best friend live?
How often do your parents go out?
When does your sister see her boyfriend?
What does your teacher do at weekends?
WH+DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMP?
Where does your best friend live? He/She lives in Chicago.
How often do your parents go out? They go out once a week.
When does your sister see her boyfriend? She sees him at weekends.
What does your teacher do at weekends? He goes out with his friends.
WH+DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB+COMP?
-____________________? She usually eats salad and fruit.
- ____________________? He works as a waiter.
-_____________________? They get up at 6.30 a.m.
-_____________________? It sleeps in the garage.
- _____________________? I have a shower once a week.
- _____________________? She reads History books.
