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Questions (Present and Past)

Questions (Present and Past)

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English

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University

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Hard

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Pablo Rocha

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9 Slides • 16 Questions

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​Questions with
BE

​You can use the verb BE to make questions in past and present.

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​Question Mark: "?"​

​Auxiliar: they are not "verbs"

​Verb: the action.

Complements: they tell us extra information in the sentence.

Subject: the person who performs the action.​

WH words​

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​these elements are placed in a sentence in a specific order.

​Elements

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Reorder

Reorder the following

BE

SUBJECT

COMPLEMENT

QUESTION MARK

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​BE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ?

-Are you a good student?

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-Were you my student last term?​

BE = AM IS ARE / WAS WERE​

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Reorder

Find the question.

IS

SHE

YOUR

FRIEND

?

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Reorder

What is the question?

Was

she

in Canada

last year

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Was she in Canada last year?​

​Were The Beatles a great band?

Was I the love of her life?​

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​Past

Is she your friend?​

​Are you a musician?

Am I a good person?​

​Present

​BE Question order.

You can use "BE" in present and past to make questions.​

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Reorder

Reorder the following

WH

BE

Subject

Complement

Question Mark

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When was she in Canada?​

​Why were The Beatles a great band?

Why was I the love of her life?​

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​Past

Why is she your friend?​

​Why are you a musician?

Why am I a good person?​

​Present

​BE Question order.

You can use "BE" in present and past to make questions.​

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​Questions with
OTHER VERBS

​You can use any verb to make questions in past and present.

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Reorder

Reorder the following

auxiliar

subject

verb

complement

question mark

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Reorder

Reorder the following

do-does/did

subject

verb

complement

question mark

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​AUX SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT ?

-Do you study hard? Did you study hard?

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-Does she like playing the guitar?​ Did she like playing the guitar?

do - does = Present did = past​

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​WH AUX SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT ?

-Why do you study hard? Why did you study hard?

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-When does she like playing the guitar?​ Where did she like playing the guitar?

WH = where when why what how etc. Aux = do - does / Present; did / past​

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​Practice

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Fill in the Blanks

hungry / you / are

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

there / a bank near here / Is

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

you / be / born / where

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

that noise / what / be

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

your parents / live with / you (present)

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

last week / have / a holiday / she

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

your sister / where / work

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

start studying / English / you / when

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

talk / they / about / what

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

yesterday/ talk / the teacher / about / what / in class

Type answer...

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​Questions with
BE

​You can use the verb BE to make questions in past and present.

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