QUESTION FORMS

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QUESTION FORMS & tag questions

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QUESTION FORMS ARE A REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. THE WH- WORD(S) EXPRESS THE KIND OF INFO REQUESTED

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

YES/NO QUESTION Are you tired? Did you arrive? Can I help you? Do you train?

QUESTION FORM WHY are you tired? WHEN did you arrive? HOW can I help you? HOW OFTEN do you train?

QUESTION FORMS - GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

AUXILIARY VERB

WH- QUESTION WORD

SUBJECT

MAINVERB

• IF THERE IS A PREPOSITION, IT GOES AT THE END OF THE QUESTION:

+PREP

WE DO NOT NEED AN AUXILIARY VERB:

• WITH MODAL VERBS: CAN, MUST, SHOULD, ETC...
• WHEN TO BE IS THE MAIN VERB
• WHEN HAVE GOT IS THE MAIN VERB

A TAG QUESTION IS A SMALL QUESTION THAT IS ATTACHED, OR "TAGGED", TO THE END OF A SENTENCE.

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

TAG QUESTIONS DO NOT ASK FOR NEW INFORMATION, BUT FOR CONFIRMATION THE FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE DEFINES THE EXPECTED ANSWER: IF THE STATEMENT IS POSITIVE, A POSITIVE ANSWER IS EXPECTED; IF THE STATEMENT IS NEGATIVE, A NEGATIVE ANSWER IS EXPECTED.

TAG QUESTIONS - GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE

AUXILIARY NEGATIVE

SUBJECT PRONOUN

COMMA

SUBJECT PRONOUN

AUXILIARY

NEGATIVE SENTENCE

COMMA

WE DO NOT NEED AN AUXILIARY VERB:

• WITH MODAL VERBS: CAN, MUST, SHOULD, ETC...
• WHEN TO BE IS THE MAIN VERB
• WHEN HAVE GOT IS THE MAIN VERB