GRAMMAR REFERENCE: question forms

There are two types of questions in English: A. Circle the question with the correct form.
yes/no questions 1 a) What learning strategies do help you
wh- questions remember vocabulary easily?
b) What learning strategies help you
Yes/No questions begin with an auxiliary verb remember vocabulary easily?
and their answer is Yes or No. 2. a) Which language you wanted to learn when
Auxiliary verb + subject + verb you were a child?
Does he speak English? b) Which language did you want to learn
Did they learn Spanish here? when you were a child?
Have you studied abroad? 3. a) You need help with your homework?
b) Do you need help with your homework?
There are two types of wh- questions: 4. a) Who did come into the classroom?
object questions b) Who came into the classroom?
subject questions 5. a) When did you first speak to a native?
Object questions require an auxiliary verb and b) When you first spoke to a native?
use the following order:
Wh- word + auxiliary verb + subject + infinitive B. Reply to the following statements with a
What did they want? question. Are they subject or object questions?
Where do you study? 1 Joan is sending a book to me.
When did you move in? Who´s ______________________________________?
The answer to these questions can be found after 2 My sister speaks four languages.
the verb; that is, in “object territory”: Which _______________________________________?
They wanted their passport. 3 I got a new dictionary for my birthday.
I study in London. What ________________________________________?
I moved in last week. 4 We paid a lot of money for that book.
How much ___________________________________?
Subject questions do not require and auxiliary 5 Our dad has taught English for many years.
and therefore conjugate the main verb. They use Who _________________________________________?
the same word order as an affirmative sentence 6 My partners were having a good chat.
(wh-word + verb) What _________________________________________?
Who speaks German? 7 We don´t have a tutor.
What happened? Why __________________________________________?
Who arrived first? 8 The class is interrupted all the time.
The answer to the wh-word is found before the Who __________________________________________?
verb; that is, in “subject territory”.
Thiago speaks German. C. Complethe the questions with a preposition
An accident happened. from the box.
Sonja arrived first.
for to about at with
Questions ending in prepositions are also
common when we use a verb + preposition in 1 Who do you live __________?
expressions such as look for, speak about, talk to. 2 What are you thinking __________?
We usually keep the verb and preposition 3 What singers do you listen __________?
together: 4 Who does your father work ____________?
What are you looking for? 5 What is she looking ____________?
What did they speak about? 6 When there´s a problem, who do you talk ____?
Who did you talk to? 7 What is the child playing __________?
 GRAMMAR REFERENCE: review of verb tenses
The present simple is used to talk about
something that is always true, habits/routines,
states:
Plants need water. (+)
She doesn´t smoke. (-)
Do we need more time? (?)
The present continuous is used to talk about
actions happening at the time of speaking or to
refer to temporary situations happening around
now.
We are reading a book. (+)
She is not staying here. (-)
Are you studying Chinese? (?)
The past simple is used to talk about finished
actions, events and states in the past:
I worked hard last week. (+)
She didn´t need money. (-)
Did they stay here? (?)
The past continuous is used to talk about an
action in progress (unfinished) at a particular time
in the past.
I was driving to work at 9. (+)
She wasn´t listening to me. (-)
Were they living in Europe then? (?)
Action verbs can be used in the continuous form.
State verbs do not indicate actions and, therefore,
they cannot be used in the continuous form. They
refer to a state or condition which does not change.
Some of them refer to:
thinking: know, believe, mean, understand, etc.
likes/deslike: love, hate, want, prefer, like, etc.
perception: see, hear, seem, appear, feel. etc.
belonging: own, have, posses, contain, etc.
Some of these can be used in the continuos form
when they describe actions:
I´m seeing Tom tonight (seeing=meeting)
We are having lunch. (having=eating)
The present perfect is used for actions/states
starting in the past and continuing up to the
present.
I have been in London for a week.
She hasn’t arrived yet.
Have they finished?
A. Read the text below and put the verbs in
brackets in the correct tense.
My name is Claude. I´m twenty-two years old and
I __________ (be) a student. I ______________ (study)
modern languages in Berlin, where I __________
(grow up), but at the moment _______________
(take) an English summer course in London. I
_______________ (never/be) abroad so I _____________
(be) very excited!
When I first ____________ (hear) about the course, I
____________ (work) part-time as an online teacher
because I __________ (need) money to pay for my
studies. At that moment, I __________ (think) it was
impossible to study abroad, but luckily I __________
(get) a scholarship from my university.
I _______ (like) London so much that __________
(plan) to move here after finishing my studies.
B. Complete the sentences with a verb from
the box.
have prefer hope look think cost belong need
Tina: That tablet computer ________________ to me.
It´s brand new.
Mike: How much did it _______________?
Tina: It __________ expensive but I __________ for my
studies.
Mike: Sure. I had to buy a computer, too. I
____________ a desktop computer.
Tina: I ____________ a tablet because it is light and
portable.
Mike: Yeah, it ____________ very practical.
Tina: It is! I ___________ I can make the most of it.
Mike: I ____________ you will!
C. Complete the following sentences with the
right verb tense.
1 a. I _______________ (think) about moving to
London, but I wasn´t sure.
1 b. I _______________ (think) moving to London
would be really stressful, but I was wrong.
2 a The teacher usually _______________ (have) a
good relationship with most students.
2 b. The teacher _______________ (have) a
conversation with the student assistant now.