18 - ] Basic Grammar For Beginners
24 - Making Questions
Yes , No Questions .
1 . Sentences with helping verbs or modals are made
questions by inversion [ using the helping verb or modal before the subject ] .
He is a clever doctor .
Is he a clever doctor ?
She can drive a car .
Can she drive a car ?
He could solve the problem .
Could he solve the problem ?
She has finished her dinner .
Has she finished her dinner ?
2 . Sentences with present or past verbs are made
questions by adding “do” , “does” for present simple , and “did” for the past
simple before the sentence and using the infinitive .
They live near the sea .
Do they live near the sea ?
She gets up early everyday .
Does she get up early everyday ?
He paid the bill .
Did he pay the bill ?
Exercise
Make questions from these sentences :
1 . He can bring the children with him .
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2 . I must leave now .
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3 . They have enough money to live on .
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4 . They are British .
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5 . Children like chocolates .
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6 . He sells children’s toys .
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7 . You speak Italian .
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8 . It barks a lot .
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9 . You walk to school .
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10 . She wrote the lesson .
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11 . She met him before .
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12 He knows the answer .
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13 . She eats too much .
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WH Questions
1 . Wh words or question words are who , whose ,
which , why , where , when , what , how . They are used in front of the
questions .
- who is used to ask about the subject or
object [ personal ] .
Sally has just arrived .
Who has just arrived ?
I invited Ali to the party .
Who did you invite to the party ?
- whose is used to ask about possession .
This book is Mary’s .
Whose book is this ?
- which is used to choose one of two
things mentioned .
A plane is faster than a car .
Which is faster , a car or a plane ?
- why is used to ask about
reason or purpose .
I’m going to the bank to cash a cheque .
Why are you going to the bank ?
He didn’t come on time because he missed the school bus
.
Why didn’t he come on time ?
- where is
used to ask about places .
I’m going to spend the summer holiday in Alexandria .
Where are you going to spend the summer holiday ?
- when is
used to ask about the time .
I’ll be back on Monday .
When will you e back ?
- what is
used to ask about subject or object [ things ] .
A book is on the shelf .
What is on the shelf ?
I had an egg and some cheese for breakfast .
What did you have for breakfast ?
- how is used to ask about the
manner in which the action was done . We can add adjectives to how .
He speaks softly .
How does he speak ?
She ate like a horse .
How did she eat ?
- how old is used to ask about age .
My eldest daughter is thirteen years old .
How old is your eldest daughter ?
- how often is
used to ask about frequency .
We visit our grandmother once a week .
How often do you visit your grandmother ?
- how wide is
used to ask about the width .
The canal is 200 meters wide .
How wide is the canal ?
- how long is used to ask about the length of space or
length of time .
Suez Canal is about 165 kilometers long .
How long is Suez Canal ?
It took her half an hour to get to the station .
How long did it take her to get to the station ?
- how many is
used to ask about number [ countable nouns ] .
There are seven days in a week .
How many days are there in a week ?
- how much is
used to ask about quantity [ uncountable nouns ] or price .
I take a lot of sugar in my tea .
How much sugar do you take in your tea ?
- how tall is
used to ask about height [ persons or things ] .
Father is 185 cm tall .
How tall is father ?
The tree is 30 meters .
How tall s the tree ?
- how high is used to ask about height [ things ] .
Cairo Tower is about 190 meters high .
How high is Cairo Tower ?
- how heavy is used to ask about weight .
The bag is about 20 kilos .
How heavy is the bag ?
- how deep is
used to ask about depth .
The river is 25 meters deep .
How deep is the river ?
- how fast is
used to ask about speed .
They were driving a hundred miles an hour .
How fast were they driving ?
Exercise
Ask questions to which the underlined words can be
answers :
1 . He stayed two weeks there .
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2 . He drank all the milk .
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3 . He is 20 years old .
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4 . I took the pencil from them .
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5 . They went to the theater .
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6 . He’s going to the library to borrow a book .
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7 . He sailed to France a week ago .
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8 . They usually have their lunch in a restaurant .
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9 . The bag is mine .
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10 . He was punished for his laziness .
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11 . Tom wrote this composition .
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12 . The blue one is mine .
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13 . They are reading their new books .
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14 . The country house is about 150 kilometers
from the city .
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15 . The truck weighs about 10 tons .
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16 . I paid 200 pounds for this shirt .
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17 . Our school is about four stops from home .
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18 . About twenty people came to the party .
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19 . He was driving 90 miles an hour .
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20 . Mr. Khalid teaches us English .
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