Questions Formation Worksheet

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[A standard focus on form sheet.  Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the assumption is that if I was going to do a boring  focus on form lesson, than the least I could do was make it more interactive instead of just giving the students the structure.]

Forming Questions

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), do, does, did, have, has, is, main verb, question word, past participle (V3), subject, V+ing

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:

subject

verb

Yes or no questions (questions with a yes or no answer) are formed in the following way:

Information questions (questions that ask for information) are formed in the following way:

who

what

where

why

when

how

are all examples of

Present tense:

I eat, he eats

Do I eat? What do I eat? Does he eat? What does he eat?

Past tense:

I ate

Did I eat? What did I eat?

Present Prefect Simple

I have eaten, He has eaten

Have I eaten?  What have I eaten? Has he eaten?  What has he eaten?

 Present Continuous

I am eating, he is eating, you are eating

Am I eating? Is he eating? Are you eating?  What am I eating?  What is he eating?  What are you eating?

Past Continous

I was eating, You were eating

Was I eating?  What was I eating?  Were you eating?  What were you eating?

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been eating, He has been eating

Have I been eating? What have I been eating?  Has he been eating?  What has he been eating?

Answers

Forming Questions

Directions: Put the words below into the appropriate box.  Some words you will use more than once.

am, are, auxiliary verb, base form of the verb (V1), do, does, did, have, has, is, main verb, question word, past participle (V3), subject, V+ing

In English, affirmative sentence statements are formed in the following way:

subject

verb

Yes or no questions (questions with a yes or no answer) are formed in the following way:

auxiliary verb

subject

verb

Information questions (questions that ask for information) are formed in the following way:

question word

auxiliary verb

subject

verb

who

what

where

why

when

how

are all examples of

question words

Present tense:

I eat, he eats

Do I eat? What do I eat? Does he eat? What does he eat?

question word	do	subject	V1
	does

Past tense:

I ate

Did I eat? What did I eat?

question word

did

subject

V1

Present Prefect Simple

I have eaten, He has eaten

Have I eaten?  What have I eaten? Has he eaten?  What has he eaten?

question word	have	subject	V3
	has

 

Present Continuous

I am eating, he is eating, you are eating

Am I eating? Is he eating? Are you eating?  What am I eating?  What is he eating?  What are you eating?

question word	am	subject	V+ing
	is
	are

Past Continous

I was eating, You were eating

Was I eating?  What was I eating?  Were you eating?  What were you eating?

question word	was	subject	V+ing
	were

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been eating, He has been eating

Have I been eating? What have I been eating?  Has he been eating?  What has he been eating?

question word	have	subject	been	V+ing
	has