1. Question Formation students write questions on board first

2. He plays soccer. Statement → Does he play soccer? Yes/No question
Question formation
He plays soccer Statement
→ Does he play soccer? Yes/No question
→ How often does he play soccer? Wh question
You are late Statement
→ Are you late? Yes/No question
→ Why are you late? Wh question
She will join us at the pub. Statement
→ Will she join us at the pub? Yes/No question
→ When will she join us at the pub? Wh question

3. Question formation
Basic Structure Look at these example sentences. They all have the auxiliary verb or modal before the subject:
Auxiliary verb +
Subject
Main verb
Auxiliary
Subject
Main verb Do
you
like
dark beer?
Are
they
coming
to the party?
Will he
get
the job?
Has
she
finished
the homework?
What
did
buy?
When
will
get married?

4. Question formation – Simple Present & Simple Past
Note The simple present and the simple past have no auxiliary. We make questions by adding the auxiliary do/does for the present simple or did for the past simple:
Statement
do/does or did
Yes/No question
Wh question
You always buy red wine. do
Do you always buy red wine?
How often do you buy red wine?
He always smells sweaty.
does
Does he always smell sweaty?
Why does he always smell sweaty?
We ate the pizza.
did
Did you guys eat the pizza?
When did you guys eat the pizza?

5. Question formation – The Verb “BE”
Exception
For the main verb be in the Simple Present and Simple Past, there is no auxiliary verb. Therefore, to make a question, the main verb is placed before the subject.
Statement
Resulting question
He is a total jerk.
Is he a total jerk?
Why is he a total jerk?
We are late.
Are we late?
How often are we late?
It was really cold outside.
Was it really cold outside.
When was it really cold outside?
I was home all weekend.
Were you home all weekend?
Where were you all weekend?

6. Yes/No Question Formation
There are 3 ways to make YES/NO questions

7. Yes/No questions: 01
1. Move the auxiliary (helping verb) to the front of the sentence. Examples The baby is sleeping. → Is the baby sleeping? I have finished. → Have you finished? They are delicious. → Are they delicious? She was surprised. → Was she surprised? He had won the game. → Had he won the game?

8. Make questions for the following answers:
Nope, I’m not.
Yes, of course they were.
Yeah, I think we have.
No, she certainly isn’t.
Are you crazy? Of course he wasn’t.
No, you aren’t. Not at all.
Yup. We are. As usual.
No, no, no. I’ve already told you I wasn’t.

9. Yes/No questions: 02 They’ll be here soon. → Will they be here soon?
2. Move the modal (helping verb) to the front of the sentence.
Examples
They’ll be here soon.
→ Will they be here soon?
We should go out.
→ Should we go out?
I wouldn’t do that.
→ Wouldn’t you do that?
He can help us.
→ Can he help us?

10. Make questions for the following answers: 1. Oh my god, no
Make questions for the following answers: 1. Oh my god, no. Of course I wouldn’t. Never ever ever. 2. Ummm, I think we will… 3. Yeah, she probably should. 4. No, sorry, I can’t. 5. Him? No way. I know he couldn’t. 6. Yes, you certainly may. 7. I’d love to, but I shouldn’t. 8. No, it won’t unfortunately.

11. → Does she play the piano? We go out every week.
Yes/No questions: 03
3a) For the simple present for verbs other than “be”, add do / does
3b) For the simple past for verbs other than “be”, add did
Examples
She plays the piano.
→ Does she play the piano?
We go out every week.
→ Do you go out every week?
He lost his passport.
→ Did he lose his passport?

12. Make questions for the following answers:
Yes, I do.
No, he didn’t. It’s not true.
No, she doesn’t. She’s never learned.
Sure we did. Didn’t you know?
I’m not 100% sure, but I think they do.
Yes, believe it or not but he does. Pretty often, in fact.
Yes, you did. Good job!
No, they don’t. Everyone knows they don’t.

13. WH questions (who what where when why how)
WH word
Aux. verb
not
Subject
Main verb
Answer
Where do
you
live
now?
Downtown.
When
will
your friend
find out?
Tomorrow.
Why
has
n’t
the work
been done?
Because we’ve been too busy.
Who(m)
did he
meet
with?
The boss of the company.
Who
Who = subject
finished?
We all have.
Whose car
borrow
for your trip?
My dad’s.
How long
have
they
been
married?
Just over a year.
How often
does
your cat
catch
birds?
At least once a week.
How many (boxes)
would
need?
About a dozen.
How much (beer)
should I
bring?
As much as possible.

14. WH questions
→ wh- + auxiliary verb (be, do or have) + subject + main verb OR
→ wh- + modal verb + subject + main verb:
*When the question-word is who, it acts as the subject. **In Present Simple and Past Simple tenses, there is no auxilary verb with who.

15. Wh questions with BE in simple present & simple past
→ No modal or auxiliary verb

16. Wh questions
However… When what, who, which or whose is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary. We use subject + verb.

17. Let’s practise… Make questions with the following answers…
Approximately 250.
Twice a week.
Only once.
500 kilograms.
It’s Jennifer’s.
1985.
Mrs. Cunningham.
Pizza and beer.
Mongolia.
Because I love her.
35 centimetres or less.
About twenty bucks.
At least 50 kilometres.
Probably an hour or more.
Nine o’clock, I guess.