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Yes-no questions – Use the words in parentheses to construct questions that can be answered with “yes” or “no”.
Use the simple present.
- (he/speak/English) For questions, we usually need the helping verb do (here in the 3rd person singular)
- (you/be/thirsty) For questions that are constructed using a form of be, we don’t need a helping verb. Subject and verb simply change positions.
- (you/hear/the music) For questions, we usually need the helping verb do
- (you/have/a guitar) For questions asking about possession/belonging with have, we can use either Have … got or Do … have.
- (the car/be/broken) For questions that are constructed using a form of be, we don’t need a helping verb. Subject and verb simply change positions.
Ask for the underlined part of the sentence.
- The children are going to school.
→ Compound tense, therefore we don’t need an additional helping verb. The question word comes at the beginning of the sentence, and after it, the subject and helping verb switch positions.
- Amy wrote a letter.
→ Question asking for the subject → the subject is simply replaced by the question word, and the rest of the sentence remains the same.
- She called him because she missed him.
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- He can tell us something about it.
→ Modal verb + full verb, therefore we don’t need an additional helping verb. The question word comes at the beginning of the sentence, and after it, the subject and helping verb switch positions.
- My jacket is over there.
→ Question asking for the possessor of the subject → the pronoun is simply replaced by the question word, and the rest of the sentence remains the same.