Thursday, December 12, 2013

Questions Formation Worksheet

[A standard focus on form sheet.  Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the assumption is that if I was going to do a boring  focus on form lesson, than the least I could do was make it more interactive instead of just giving the students the structure.]


Forming Questions

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), do, does, did, have, has, is, main verb, question word, past participle (V3), subject, V+ing

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:
subject
verb

Yes or no questions (questions with a yes or no answer) are formed in the following way:




Information questions (questions that ask for information) are formed in the following way:





who
what
where
why
when
how
are all examples of


Present tense:
I eat, he eats
Do I eat? What do I eat? Does he eat? What does he eat?







Past tense:
I ate
Did I eat? What did I eat?





Present Prefect Simple
I have eaten, He has eaten
Have I eaten?  What have I eaten? Has he eaten?  What has he eaten?








 Present Continuous
I am eating, he is eating, you are eating
Am I eating? Is he eating? Are you eating?  What am I eating?  What is he eating?  What are you eating?








Past Continous
I was eating, You were eating
Was I eating?  What was I eating?  Were you eating?  What were you eating?







Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eating, He has been eating
Have I been eating? What have I been eating?  Has he been eating?  What has he been eating?











Answers
Forming Questions

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), do, does, did, have, has, is, main verb, question word, past participle (V3), subject, V+ing

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:
subject
verb

Yes or no questions (questions with a yes or no answer) are formed in the following way:
auxiliary verb
subject
verb

Information questions (questions that ask for information) are formed in the following way:
question word
auxiliary verb
subject
verb

who
what
where
why
when
how
are all examples of
question words

Present tense:
I eat, he eats
Do I eat? What do I eat? Does he eat? What does he eat?

question word
do
subject
V1
does

Past tense:
I ate
Did I eat? What did I eat?
question word
did
subject
V1

Present Prefect Simple
I have eaten, He has eaten
Have I eaten?  What have I eaten? Has he eaten?  What has he eaten?

question word
have
subject
V3
has

 
Present Continuous
I am eating, he is eating, you are eating
Am I eating? Is he eating? Are you eating?  What am I eating?  What is he eating?  What are you eating?

question word
am
subject
V+ing
is
are

Past Continous
I was eating, You were eating
Was I eating?  What was I eating?  Were you eating?  What were you eating?

question word
was
subject
V+ing
were

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eating, He has been eating
Have I been eating? What have I been eating?  Has he been eating?  What has he been eating?

question word
have
subject
been
V+ing
has

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