WORD ORDER

IN QUESTIONS
ENGLISH TOPIC
QUESTION WORDS

WHO WHEN WHAT HOW WHERE

Где
Что
Кто Когда Как Куда
Какой Откуда

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With “to be”

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With “to be”

We use “to be” in questions when there is no action in the sentence:

“am/is/are” in the present tense
“was/were” in the past tense.

Exception: was/were born – был рожден!

I was born in Bishkek in 1996.

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EXAMPLES:

Question To be S
     
When is the party?
Who were they?
How old are you?
Where was the lesson?
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With Auxiliary:

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With Auxiliary:

We use “auxiliary” in questions when there is a verb:

“do/does” in the present tense

“did” in the past tense.

We also can use some modal verbs instead of auxiliary ones:

Can, must, should, etc.

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EXAMPLES:

Question Auxiliary/Can S V
       
When can we come?
What music do you like?
Where did they live?
How does he do?
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 Always together

HOW OFTEN HOW OLD HOW FAR

How often do you have classes? How old ate you? How far is your home from here?
How often does she study? How old is the building? How far do we need to go?

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Prepositions in questions:

When we have prepositions in question sentences we put

them at the end:
• Who do you go to the party with?
• What did they talk about?

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 Answer the following questions:
Practice
• Who is your favourite actor or actress?
• Where do you live?
• When is your birthday?
• Why do you want to learn English?
• What do you do in your free time?
• Which do you prefer – chocolate or pizza?
• How do you celebrate your birthday?

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