Samenvatting Questions

QUESTIONS
and short answers

, QUESTIONS


CLOSED QUESTIONS (YES OR NO QUESTIONS)


1. - Can you swim?
- Has he done that?
- Are you having dinner?
2. - Do you live here?
- Does he work with you?
3. - Are you tired?
- Is he your brother?
FORM
1. Put the auxiliary before the subject.
auxiliary (be, have, modals, …) – subject – correct form of main verb
2. If there is no auxiliary, use a form of ‘do’
form of ‘do’ – subject – infinitive of main verb
3. If the verb is a form of ‘be’, put it before the subject.
form of main verb (= ‘to be’) – subject

Exercise 1: Turn the following statements into questions.
1. You can come tomorrow.
 Can you come tomorrow?
2. He works with Unilever.
 Does he work with Unilever?
3. He can predict the future.
 Can he predict the future?
4. I want to stay inside.
 Do you want to stay inside?
5. She picked up the letter and read it.
 Did she pick up the letter and read it?
6. The camcorder needs a new battery.
 Does the camcorder need an new battery?
7. I can smell something burning.
 Can you smell something burning?
8. Her last book sold millions of copies.
 Did her last book sell millions of copies?
9. He has two employees.
 Does he have two eployees?
10. He has been waiting for two hours.
 Has he been waiting for two hours?