How to change statements into questions

Change statements into questions

A sentence that tells us something is a statement. In modern English, auxiliaries are the only verbs which can be put before the subject of a sentence to form questions.

• He is a good fellow.
• Is he a good fellow?
• They have won the race.
• Have they won the race?
• The cat will kill the mice.
• Will the cat kill the mice?

In the case of other verbs, the auxiliaries do and its forms (does and did) have to be used before the subject.

• John enjoys playing tennis. (statement)
• Does John enjoy playing tennis? (question)
• Sharon makes models from clay.
• Does Sharon make models from clay?
• Alice goes to school by train.
• Does Alice go to school by train?
• The children practise the violin each morning.
• Do the children practise the violin each morning?
• Our team played well yesterday.
• Did our team play well yesterday?
• He fell from the ladder.
• Did he fall from the ladder?
• They went to Mumbai.
• Did they go to Mumbai?
• She likes to see pictures.
• Does she like to see pictures?
• They make good cheese.
• Do they make good cheese?

Sections in this article

Transformation of sentences - I
Transformation of a Simple sentence into a compound sentence
Transformation of a compound sentence into a simple sentence
Transformation of a simple sentence into a complex sentence
Transformation of a complex sentence into a simple sentence
Transformation of sentences containing too
Interchange of degrees of comparison
Combining two sentences using too...to and so...that
How to combine two sentences using too...to