Word Order in

Question Forms
Yes/No questions
She is a great person Affirmative sentence

Is she a great person?

They like food Affirmative sentence

Do they like food?

Do and does are used to make

questions in present simple.
Yes/No questions
She was a great person Affirmative sentence

Was she a great person? Was and were are used according
to the subject
They liked food Affirmative sentence

Did they like food?

Did is used to make questions in

past simple.
 Wh- questions (Information questions)

What did they do? What is her job?

Auxiliary Wh- word Verb BE

Wh- word

What • Things
When • Time
Why • Reasons
How • Manners
Where • Places
Who • People
Which • Options
What and How questions
• They can be used with a nouns and adjectives or
adverbs to start questions.

 What animals do you own?

Noun
 How beautiful is she?

Adjective
 How quickly do you speak?

Adverb
Using Like in questions
• It is used to talk about appearance or personality and
characteristics.

 What does he look like? He is short and has blue

Appearance eyes.

 What is your mum like? She is funny but serious,

too.
Personality