MAKING QUESTIONS

MAKING QUESTIONS
1. We invert subject + verb with to be, have got and modal verbs.
 Is he happy?
 Were you at work yesterday?
 Are they working hard?
 Have you got a computer?
 Can they speak English fluently?
 Could you call back later?
 Would you like to leave a message?
2. We use do / did with the other verbs.
 Do you have a flashdrive?
 Does he live in New York?
 Did they travel to Japan in 2005?
 Did she write the letter last week?
3. Question words
Why is he so happy?
Where were you last night?
Who are you?
What do you have in your bag?
When can we have lunch together?
How many books have you got?
How much is this book?
How far do you live?
How tall is your sister?
How fast were you driving when the police arrested you?
How long have they been married?
How often do you go to this department store?
Who did they travel to Japan with?
Who did she write the letter to?
Where are you from?

4. Be careful!
 Who comes tonight? (On cherche le sujet!)
 Who do you come with tonight?
(On cherche le complément de verbe!)
 Who invited you to this party?(On cherche le sujet!)
 Who did you invite to your party?
(On cherche le complément de verbe!)
INTERROGATIVE FORM IN THE DIFFERENT VERB TENSES
1. PRESENT SIMPLE
Do I work…?
Do you work…?
Does he, she, it work…?
Do we work…?
Do you work…?
Do they work…?
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Am I working…?
Are you working…?
Is he, she, it working…?
Are we working…?
Are you working…?
Are they working…?
3. SIMPLE PAST
Did I start…?
Did you stop…?
Did he, she, it try…?
Did we give…?
Did you like…?
Did they have…?
4. PRESENT PERFECT
Have I talked…?
Have you cleaned…?
Has he, she, it lost…?
Have we finished…?
Have you written…?
Have they done…?

5. PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE
Am I arrested?
Are you arrested?
Is he, she, it arrested?
Are we arrested?
Are you arrested?
Are they arrested?
6. SIMPLE PAST PASSIVE
Was I arrested?
Were you arrested?
Was he, she, it arrested?
Were we arrested?
Were you arrested?
Were they arrested?