Questions & Negatives g10
Questions & Negatives g10
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NEGATIVES
YES/NO QUESTIONS
• FORM:
• a yes/no question begins with an auxiliary verb
(inversion)
• it is ‘be’ or ‘have’ or a modal verb (can,will,
STATEMENT QUESTION
may...)It is raining Is it raining?
• if thereHeishasno auxiliary,
been to Japan. add
Has‘do’
he been to Japan?
She can come tonight. Can she come tonight?
I live in London. Do you live in London?
They went to France. Did they go to France?
WH-QUESTIONS
FORM
after the question word there is an auxiliary verb, then
who & what can be the subject of a question; who & what can also be the object; in that
the word order is the same as in statements case we need an auxiliary (inversion)
SUBJECT OBJECT
Who rang you? Who did you ring?
(someone rang you) (you rang somebody)
Who is helping you? Who are you helping?
(someone is helping you) (you are helping someone)
What will happen next? What will they do next?
(something will happen next) (they will do something)
SUBJECT/OBJECT QUESTIONS
SUBJECT OBJECT
Which program will work best? Which program will you use?
(one of the programs will work best) (you will use one of the programs )
Whose dog is barking over there? Whose dog is she walking?
(someone’s dog is barking) (she is walking someone’s dog)
How many people came past? How many people did you see?
(some people came past) (you saw some people)
How much oil got into the river? How much oil did you buy?
(some oil got into the river) (you bought some oil)
PREPOSITIONS IN WH-QUESTIONS
something)
Thank you!!!!