Changing Statements

into Questions
Review
Can you read each question with
proper intonation?
1. Do you know where you’re going
to?
2. Did you deliver your report
correctly?
3. Can you sing well?
4. Have you ever been to Sorsogon?
 The Ferris Wheel Ride

Myrna was scared to ride on the ferris

wheel.
On fiesta day, her cousin asked her to
ride on the ferris wheel. When the ferris
wheel turned around, Myrna felt dizzy. She
couldn’t look down. She felt as if she was
falling.
Study how each sentence in the selection
is changed into a question.

1. Myrna was scared to ride on the ferris wheel.

(statement)
Was Myrna scared to ride on the ferris wheel?
(question)
2. One fiesta day, her cousin asked her to ride
on the ferris wheel. (statement)
Did her cousin ask her to ride on the ferris wheel
one fiesta day? (question)
3. When the ferris wheel turned around,
Myrna felt dizzy? (statement)
Did Myrna feel dizzy when the ferris wheel
turned around? (question)
4. She could be the winner. (statement)
Could she be the winner? (question)
5. She felt as if she was falling. (statement)
Did she feel as if she was falling?
(question)
 How do we change statements to
questions?
1. One way of changing statements into
questions is to change the word order. The verb
comes first and the subject follows the verb.
The students are dismissed.
Are the students dismissed?

I am confused.
Am I confused?
 Math is difficult.
Is Math difficult?

The boys were honest.

Were the boys honest?

2. Some statements need helping verb

does, do and did when changed to
questions.
a. Use does if the verb in the statement is in the
present-singular form.
Agatha covers her new book.
Does Agatha cover her new book?

The librarian always assists me.

Does the librarian always assist me?

b. Use do if the verb in the statement is in the

present-plural form.
 The children collect shells every morning.
Do the children collect shells every morning?

Parents advise their children.

Do parents advise their children?

c. Use did if the verb use in the statement is in the

past-plural/past-singular form.
Singular subject
Juan plowed the field.
Did Juan plow the field?
Plural subject
The visitors enjoyed the refreshments.
Did the visitors enjoy the refreshments?

Celso and Chester graduated with honors.

Did Celso and Chester graduate with honors?
Change these statements into questions.
1. God is my protector.
Is God my protector?
2. Timmy is so inattentive.
Is Timmy so inattentive?
3. The flowers are wilting.
Are the flowers wilting?
4. The audience was excited.
Was the audience excited?
5. The rebels were killed in an encounter.
Were the rebels killed in an encounter?
Change these statements into questions
using does, do or did.
1. Jason delivers newspaper.
2. Abe and Leo earn money by drawing
cartoons.
3. The school celebrated its foundation day.
4. The train came on time.
5. The teacher showed a good sense of
humor.
 Are your answers like these?
1. Does Jason deliver newspaper?
2. Do Abe and Leo earn money by drawing
cartoons?
3. Did the school celebrate its foundation
day?
4. Did the train come on time?
5. Did the teacher show a good sense of
humor?
Read the following statements.
Change each into a question. The first
one is done for you.
Nina made some curtains.
Did Nina make some curtains?
1. Ali will go to a fishing village.
2. Boys run faster than girls.
3. Colors are important to us.
4. Elmer drew building plans.
5. Isaac chases Buddy.
 Assignment:
Change each statement into a question.
1. Julio is an architect.
2. The tournament lasted a week.
3. Mang Tomas plows the field.
4. We can use your car in going to the
concert.
5. Children adore candies.