Question Formation in English - by Viv Quarry. Question Formation in English - by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com) There are two basic types of questions in English. 1. 'Wh' questions ask for specific information and start with a question word.
What Which When Where Whereabouts Why Whose How The most common question structure is: Question word + Auxiliary Verb + Object or Main Verb. 'Wh' questions usually have a FALLING INTONATION. 'What' can be followed by a noun and is usually used when there is an unlimited number of possibilities. Eg. Which one do you like the most? When asking about people it is better to use which. 'How' can combine with adjectives and adverbs.
How many (countables), How much (uncountables), How tall (height), How old (age), How big (size), How fast (speed), How often (frequency), How many times (number), How long (duration), How far (distance) Prepositions often come at the end of a question. Eg. What are you afraid of? Who did you dance with? Who did you give it to? Who is he getting married to? Eg. English grammar: forming questions. If there is an auxiliary (helping) verb (be, have, can, will, etc.) we put it before the subject (he, she, I, etc.)
Is anybody in the office? Have you ever visited London? What time Will they be here? If there is no auxiliary (helping) verb, we put do, does or did before the subject. Do you know my older brother? We put wh- words (when, where, why, who, how, etc.) at the beginning of the question. How long have you been waiting for me? We don't use do, does or did when we use what, which, who or whose as the subject. What happened to you? Forming Questions Worksheets. Question forming is often difficult for foreign language speakers due to the mandatory word order inversion in English questions.
This is especially true for Spanish speaking students, where word order inversion is uncommon. In each question, students are presented with a group of words. The object is to put these words in the correct order to form a syntactically correct question. Practice involves rewriting sentences. Below you'll find our forming questions worksheets. Beginning Level Intermediate Level Advanced Level. How to form questions in English. Questions - Asking Questions in English Learn English. Advertisements Grammar Books English Questions Simple Guide to Asking Questions in English Overview | Closed questions | Open questions | Rhetorical questions | Tag questions | Direct / Indirect Questions What is a question?
A question is a request for information or action. We ask questions all the time. As an English learner it is probably one of the most important skills to practise. There are several different kinds of question (see above). With the right tone of voice any sentence can be turned into a question, but when writing a question you should always end the sentence with a question mark (?). You can practise asking and answering questions on the forum. Sponsors English Grammar Sponsored Links. Question forming in english.