Friday 4 November 2016

question forms

We make questions by:

1: moving an auxiliary to the front of the clause:
Everybody is watching>>Is everybody watching?
They had worked hard>>Had they worked hard?
He's finished work>>Has he finished work?
Everybody had been working hard>>Had everybody been working hard?
He has been singing>>Has he been singing?
English is spoken all over the world>>Is English spoken all over the world?
The windows have been cleaned>>Have the windows been cleaned?
2: … or by moving a modal to the front of the clause:
They will come>>Will they come?
He might come>>Might he come?
They will have arrived by now>>Will they have arrived by now?
She would have been listening>>Would she have been listening?
The work will be finished soon>>Will the work be finished soon?
They might have been invited to the party>>Might they have been invited to the party?

3: The present simple and the past simple have no auxiliary. We make questions by adding the auxillary do/does for the present simple or did for the past simple:
They live here>>Do they live here?
John lives here>>Does John live here?
Everybody laughed>>Did everybody laugh?

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