English Conversation Course By Gasper Paliska

Idiom of the day! Let the cat out of the bag – Why would someone put their cat in a bag? What did the cat ever do to them? Our last idiom actually means to disclose a secret that was supposed to be kept, well, as a secret. The next time someone lets the cat out of the bag do not immediately pick up your phone and call animal cruelty control.

An Easy Way To Form (Almost) Any Question In English This formula is called QUASM: QU estion word A uxiliary verb S ubject M ain verb

Simple Present Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB Where do you work? What does Martha think about the project? How like your new apartment? How many kids Bob have?

Simple Past Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB How did they learn English so fast? When you get home from work yesterday? What the manager think about your idea? Where buy that T-shirt?

Present Continuous Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB What are you doing at the moment? Why is he ignoring me? What time we meeting up for dinner? Who she dating now?

Past Continuous Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB Who were you talking to on the phone? What was Jim doing when you called? Why the children eating candy before dinner? How he feeling after the surgery?

Present Perfect Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB How much money have you spent on clothes this month? How long has your teacher worked at this school? What they been doing all day? the client been waiting for their order?

Future Questions: QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB SUBJECT MAIN VERB Who will you invite to the party? What your parents think about your plan? When are going to clean your room? Why is she to quit her job?

Exceptions Yes/No questions do not use a question word… …but they still follow ASM (Auxiliary verb – Subject – Main verb) Do you like bananas? Did you enjoy the movie? Are you studying English? Were you sleeping when I called you last night? Have you finished your homework? Will you call me when you get home? Are you going to accept the job offer? Should we take the early morning flight?

Cont. Questions where the main verb is “be” also don’t follow the pattern: Are you thirsty? Is she a teacher? Were your parents angry when you failed the test? Was her ex-boyfriend a basketball player?

References: https://www.espressoenglish.net/an-easy-way-to-form-almost-any- question-in-english/ https://voxy.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/top-10-most-common- idioms-in-english/