hello and welcome everyone this is minoo
from angle link and today i'm going to
review question forms with you because I
know this is a topic that many of you
find challenging by the end of the video
you will have a clear understanding of
how to formulate question forms in
English so when you're ready let's
figure let's start by looking at how we
formulate questions with the verb to be
let's look at our first sentence with
the verb to be
it is common simply put the verb is
behind the subject it is it common
that's right
let's look at another one he was here
put was before he was he here we are
ready our goes before we are we ready
and the last example there were many
people where there are many people now
let's look at how we formulate questions
with modal verbs first example Joe can
drive like the verb to be all you need
to do is to move the verb behind the
subject can Joe drive she could stay put
could behind she could she stay let's
look at another one we should stop easy
should we stop you would like some tea
what goes before you would you like some
tea I must find it must I fine
it now let's look at some other verb
tenses first tenses where you can see
the auxilary again it's easy enough
just move the auxilary before the
subject she's looking for a pen it goes
before the subject is she looking for a
pen we're going to start are we going to
start they were leaving
when he arrived put where before they
were they leaving when we arrived here
we have the present perfect with the
auxiliary has just move it behind she as
she just left the past perfect he had
had dinner before going out just move
had before he had he had dinner before
going out and finally with the future
tense will simple enough will will to
the beginning of the sentence before the
subject will prices fall now let's look
at tenses where you cannot see the
auxiliary as you know these are the
present simple and the past simple for
the present simple the auxiliaries you
need to bring in are do and does and for
the past simple did remember that do is
for I you we and day and does for he she
and it let's look at the first example
we have a deal notice that here have is
the main verb
therefore we need the auxiliary to do we
have a deal
John lives in London present simple here
we have John he so you need the
auxiliary does does John live in London
notice that the s that disappears from
live because it's on does and finally in
the past simple they went to the museum
the auxilary is did put it at the
beginning of the sentence and change
went back to go did they go to the
museum right now that you have reviewed
how to formulate questions let's look at
some question wats who what where when
how why how many how much how long how
often how far to formulate questions
with question words simply change your
statement into question add the question
word and then remove the answer for
example this is for Susan let's ask a
question with who change the question
form first is this for Susan add who and
remove Susan who is this fall he was
watching the film let's ask a question
with what change the question form was
he watching the film add what and remove
a film what was he watching there in the
garden let's ask a question with where
that's right are they in the garden and
then add we're removing in the garden
where are they next question
Sam will be back on Friday change the
question will Sam be back on Friday and
then ad when removing on Friday when
will sound be back they were walking
fast let's change the question form and
then ad how were they walking fast
how were they walking she left because
it was late
let's ask why correct changed a question
for did she leave because it was late
and now removed the answer why did she
leave we have bought five laptops let's
ask how many have we bought five laptops
remove the answer and add how many how
many laptops have you bought it costs
$80 let's ask how much question form
first does it cost $80 bad question
white how much does it cost we can stay
one hour
let's ask with how long question form
first
can we stay an hour ad question or it
how long can we stay they come here once
a week change the question do they come
here once a week ad how often how often
do they come here and your last example
she had walked 5
no meters question form had she walked
five kilometers and now add the question
wide how far had she walked right let's
look at two special cases
that's when who and what asked questions
about the subject of your statement in
this case there is no need to change
into question form you simply replace
the subject by who or what for example
John knows the way to ask a question
about John just replace John by who who
knows the way the wind damaged the
building you want to ask a question
about the subject the wind simply
replace the wind by what what damaged
the building let's finish by looking at
some common mistakes the most common
mistake is using your intonation to
change a statement into question it does
work in many languages but not in
English you do need to use the question
form so try to avoid saying it's alright
always change the question form is it
alright you might hear you know the
answer that doesn't sound very good in
English use the auxiliary and change
into question form do you know the
answer let's look at another common one
which you said doesn't sound good at all
use the auxiliary what did you say
another common mistake is using too
celery's or an auxilary with a modal
verb or with the verb to be let's look
at some examples you may hear someone
say do you have finished this is the
present perfect tense where we can see
the auxiliary it's half therefore there
is no need for another auxiliary simply
use half to make the question have you
finished or sometimes you may hear this
mistake does he can swim again the modal
verb makes the question itself no need
to use another auxiliary simply can he
swim and our final example you might
hear someone use an auxiliary with the
verb to be as you have seen the verb to
be makes the question itself simply
what's the own time well that's all for
this video I hope you have enjoyed it as
you know you can go to angling com to
read the explanations I've just given
you and do some exercises to review and
reinforce this point and thank you for
watching I look forward to seeing you in
the next video bye now