Sentences - Making questions

 

A question has a different sentence structure than a normal (affirmative) sentence. Basically: when there's a helping verb (to do/to be/to have/can/could/may/might/must/will/shall), you put the helping word at the start of the sentence (She is very nice. > Is she very nice?). If there isn't a helping verb, you use do/does/did (does with he/she/it in present tense, do with others, did for past tense). For example: She liked history. > Did she like history? Question words like Who/What/When/Why/How Always come at the front of a sentence> Why did she like history?

Below, you'll find out how to know more about this and you'll get some practice.

 

The assignment:

Step 1: Go to the Magister ELO and watch the video about "How to make questions" (video 8) on the ELO whilst taking notes in your notebook.

 

Step 2: Click on the links below and do the exercises you find there. Please write your scores below the notes on this subject in your notebook.

Making questions 1

Making questions 2

Making questions 3

 

Step 3: Did you do well? Then continue with "making negations" on the next page.

Didn't do so well? Do some extra practise on :

www.digischool.nl

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.perfect-english-grammar.com