{"id":1972,"date":"2017-03-07T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2017-03-07T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T10:55:41","slug":"formation-of-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/formation-of-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Formation of questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to know how to form questions. The rules given below apply to almost all written questions and most spoken questions.<\/p>\n<h2>Auxiliary verb before subject<\/h2>\n<p>In a question, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/auxiliary-verbs.htm\">auxiliary verb <\/a>comes before the subject. Note that if there are two auxiliary verbs, only the first comes before the subject.<\/p>\n<p>Study the examples given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He<strong> is working<\/strong> in the garden. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is he working<\/strong> in the garden? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>are playing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are they playing?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>was raining.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Was it raining?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>That <strong>was<\/strong> a difficult question. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Was<\/strong> that a difficult question? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>have arrived<\/strong>. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Have<\/strong> they arrived? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>She<strong> has been told<\/strong>. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Has<\/strong> she been told? (NOT Has been she told?)<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>have been waiting<\/strong> for hours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Have<\/strong> they been waiting for hours?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sentence given above contains two auxiliary verbs, but we have already learned that only the first auxiliary verb comes before the subject in a question.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She <strong>should have been<\/strong> more careful. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Should<\/strong> she have been more careful? (Question)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cases where there is no auxiliary verb<\/h2>\n<p>Affirmative sentences in the simple present and simple past tense do not have an auxiliary verb. We use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/usage\/primary-auxiliaries.htm\"><strong>do, does or did<\/strong> <\/a>to change them into questions.<\/p>\n<p>Note that <strong>do and does<\/strong> are used in the present tense. <strong>Do<\/strong> is used with plural nouns and the pronouns<strong> I, we, they and you. Does<\/strong> is used with \u00a0singular nouns and the pronouns <strong>he, she and it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did<\/strong> is used in the past tense with both singular and plural nouns and pronouns. Study the examples given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She <strong>writes<\/strong> plays for radio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This statement is in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/simple-present-tense-overview\/\">simple present tense <\/a>and it doesn\u2019t have an auxiliary verb. When we change this statement into a question, we use <strong>does<\/strong> as the first word. Note that we use does because the subject is a third person singular pronoun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does she write plays for radio? (NOT Does she writes plays for radio?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More examples are given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike likes cakes. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Does Mike like cakes? (NOT Does Mike likes cakes?)<\/li>\n<li>They live in the same city. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Do they live in the same city? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>Here we use do because the subject is a plural pronoun.<\/li>\n<li>I like Mozart. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Do you like Mozart? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>I liked the concert. (Statement)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This statement is in the simple past tense. When we change it into a question, we use did as the first word. Note that did is used with both singular and plural nouns and pronouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you like the concert? (Question) (NOT Did you liked the concert?) Did + like = liked<\/li>\n<li>I met them yesterday. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Did you meet him yesterday? (Question)<\/li>\n<li>She went to the movies last night. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Did she go to the movies last night? (NOT Did she went to the movies last night?)<\/li>\n<li>Susie called James in the morning. (Statement)<\/li>\n<li>Did Susie call James in the morning? (Question) (NOT Did Susie called James in the morning?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Word order with question word as subject<\/h2>\n<p>When the subject is a question word (e.g. who, which, what or whose), it comes before the verb in questions. Do is not normally used in these questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who is that? (NOT Is who that?)<\/li>\n<li>Who called in the morning? (NOT Who did call in the morning?)<\/li>\n<li>Who took my pen? (NOT Who did take my pen?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to know how to form questions. The rules given below apply to almost all written questions and most spoken questions. 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