โ How do we ask questions in English?
๐ In short
To ask questions in English we use words that usually start with wh: What, Where, Whoโฆ And for a yes-or-no question we start with Do, Does, Is or Are.
๐ The lesson
1 Question words
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| What | What | What is your name? |
| Where | Where | Where do you live? |
| Who | Who | Who is your teacher? |
| When | When | When is your birthday? |
| Why | Why | Why are you sad? |
| How | How | How are you? |
| How many | How many | How many brothers do you have? |
2 do and does
With ordinary verbs in the present we start the question with Do, or Does with he, she and it, and the verb stays without s.
- Do you like pizza? โ Yes, I do.Do you like pizza? Yes, I do.
- Does she play tennis? โ No, she doesn't.Does she play tennis? No, she doesn't.
3 With to be
With am, is and are we put the verb before the subject.
- Are you ready?Are you ready?
- Is he your brother?Is he your brother?
๐ก Watch out!
- After Does the verb goes back to its base form: Does he play?, not Does he plays?
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 ... is the cat? โ It's in the garden.
2 ... she like chocolate?
3 Choose the correct question:
โ there is and there areโ can and can't