Question Form

Question Form

HA2 English

Why review question form?

Frequent problems!

Can you fix the problem?

• INCORRECT 😕: Why China couldn't stop Covid 19 when it started?

• Problem: WORD ORDER (auxiliary does before subject)

• CORRECT 😃: Why couldn't China stop Covid 19 when it started?

A useful trick:

Remember Q A S V O

Questions form follows this order: QASVO

Question Word (Q) +

Auxiliary -Does, to be, did, will...-(A) +

Subject (S) +

Verb (V) +

Object (comme le complément de phrase)

 

Subject-verb agreement is expressed on the auxiliary rather than the main verb

• TAKE NOTE:

• It's not "Do she GOES to school?" 😖

• It's "DOES she go to school?" 😁

Tense is also expressed on the auxiliary rather than on the main verb

• SIMPLE PAST:

• It's not "Does she WENT to school?" 😖

• It's "DID she go to school?" 😁

• The main verb is invariable here (i.e. does not change).

Another example to show tense in questions

• SIMPLE FUTURE:

• It's not "Does she WILL GO to school?" 😖

• It's "WILL she go to school?" 😁

• The main verb is invariable here (i.e. does not change).

Another example to show tense in questions

• PRESENT PERFECT:

• It's not "HAS she WENT to school? 😵

• It's "HAS she GONE to school?" 😁

• The main verb = past participle in perfect tenses

• Note: Agreement is also expressed on the auxiliary: SHE HAS gone...

Practice forming questions correctly

Remember to use QASVO

Multiple Choice

How often ___________ his English homework?

• do Alex

• does Alex

• do Alex does

• does Alex do

Multiple Choice

What time _____________ work?

• Lorena finishes

• do Lorena

• does Lorena finish

• does Lorena finishes

Multiple Choice

Mathilde has gone somewhere, but I don’t know where _______.

• she has gone

• she is gone

• has she gone

• went she

Multiple Choice

This word means something. What ____________ ?

• means

• it means

• does mean

• does it mean

Multiple Choice

Joël didn’t come to the ceremony for some reason. Why _______________?

• didn't he come?

• he did not come?

• didn't he comes?

• didn't he came?

Multiple Choice

Why __________________ here?

• is that strange man standing

• standing that strange man

• does that strange man stands

• that strange man standing

Multiple Choice

Which question is grammatically correct?

• Which car did Coralie decides to buy?

• Which car did Coralie decided to buys?

• Which car did should Coralie decide to buy?

• Which car did Coralie decide to buy?

Multiple Choice

Which question is grammatically correct?

• Why didn't Laurence want to go the movies?

• Why Laurence not want to go to the movies?

• Why didn't Laurence not wanted to go to the movies?

• Why not Laurence wanted to go to the movies?

Multiple Choice

Which question is grammatically correct?

• How long did Doralie stayed in London?

• How long did Doralie stay in London?

• How long Doralie stayed in London?

• How long does Doralie stayed in London?

Multiple Choice

Which question is grammatically correct?

• What instrument could Alex played when he was a child?

• What instrument could Alex have play when he was a child?

• What instrument could Alex play when he was a child?

• What instrument Alex could played when he was a child?

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Open Ended

Write a well-formed question that logically incorporates this vocabulary from Talking to Strangers: "in awe of" (from page 9)

Note: Your questions will be verified to see if you can a) use the vocbulary 2) correctly form questions

Open Ended

Write a well-formed question that logically incorporates this vocabulary from Talking to Strangers: "bigwig" (from page 9)

Note: Your questions will be verified to see if you can a) use the vocbulary 2) correctly form questions

Open Ended

Write a well-formed question that logically incorporates this vocabulary from Talking to Strangers: "sloppy" (from page 26)

Note: Your questions will be verified to see if you can a) use the vocbulary 2) correctly form questions

Open Ended

Write a well-formed question that logically incorporates this vocabulary from Talking to Strangers: "in tow" (from page 31)

Note: Your questions will be verified to see if you can a) use the vocbulary 2) correctly form questions

One last activity!

Listen to this famous 80s song on the the next slide; then identify the "QUESTION" title. 😎

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Practicing Question Formation

• You can come back to try this exercise as often as you like throughout the semester.

• Get in touch with me if you have any trouble with this language tutorial!

• Remember to use correct question form in class discussions. 😏