Question Formation Review

1. Question Formation Review March 23, 2012 Diplomado

2. Questions with Can • Structure • Can + subject + verb in base form • Examples • Can you read to me? • Can we sleep in the car? • Can I use the bathroom? • Make 3 of your own

3. Using WH questions words with Can • Structure • WH question + can + subject + verb in base form • Examples • What can you do for me? • Where can you ride your bike? • When can we come over for dinner? • How can I ever thank you? • Who can pick you up from the airport? • Why can’t I go to the party?***

4. Yes & No Questions with “be” • Structure • Form of “to be” + subject + rest of the question • Examples: • Are you friends with him? • Is that your mom? • Am I late? • Was yesterday your birthday? • Were you home last night? • Make 2 using present and past forms of “to be”

6. WH Questions with “be” • Structure: • WH- question + form of “to be” + subject… • Examples: • What is your name? • Where were you yesterday? • When will he arrive? • Who are you? • Why am I so tired? • How was your breakfast? • Make 3 of your own using past, present, and future forms of “to be”

7. Create the question • Lina Marcela is going to a restaurant. – • Oscar is reading the paper. - • Stacey is playing in the garden. - • She is wearing a red dress. - • Laura Sofia is doing her homework. - • Mandy is leaving at nine. - • Diego is repairing his bike. - • Elianais going out with Dan. - • They are meeting at two o'clock. - • Anyelais looking for Alvaro. -

8. Yes & No Questions Using Do, Does, & Did • Structure • PRESENT = Do/Does + subject + verb in base form • PAST = Did + subject + verb in base form • Examples: • Do you like pizza? – Yes, I like it. • Did you read The Hunger Games? – No, I didn’t read it yet. • Does Sarah watch a lot of TV? – Yes, she watches a lot of TV! • Do you have homework? – No, I don’t. • Does he work with you? – No, he doesn’t work with me. • In Negative responses always use helping verb do, does, or did

9. Make these sentences negative • I drink coffee. → • He is hungry. → • She has been busy. → • I wrote a letter. → • He speaks English. → • They are friendly. → • We will go home now. → • I am going to study harder. → • They danced a lot. → • Mary plays the guitar. →

10. Fill in using do, does, or did • __ Cesar live with his father? • __ you learn Spanish in primary school? • __ Yessica and Nora ride their bikes to school? • __ they play in the garden? • __ you call me yesterday? • __ Julian’s hamster live in a cage? • __ the cats always sit on the wall? • __ you clean the bathroom yet today? • __ Yuri play the drums in high school?

11. WH Questions with do, does, did • Structure • WH question + do/does/did + subject + verb in base form • Examples • What do you like to read? • Where did you travel? • When does she come home? • Why did he scream at you? • How do you know one another? • Who does your hair?

12. Create the question using WH questions with do, does, did • She pushes her bike. → • She carried a bag. → • We wait in the park. → • The policeman arrests the thief. → • She watched the match last night. → • She asked her friend because she did not know what to do. → • The teacher checked our homework. →

13. Exception with Who & What as subject • Structure • Who/What + verb • Examples • Who is that? • What is going on? • Who had your jacket? • What is your doctor’s name? • Who is in my backyard? • What keeps eating my flowers?

14. Create the question using a WH question • We ate fish. → • I opened the door. → • My radio is broken. → • Cindy had a dog. → • Julie does the homework. → • The truck is in my driveway. → • There are lots of clouds in the sky. →

15. Mixed Review Write questions in the tenses given in brackets. Decide whether or not to use a helping verb • you/know/this girl (Simple Present) • who/say/that (Simple Past) • why/she/want to do this (Simple Present) • he/go home (Simple past) • she/come/to our party (will-Future)