UNIT 19

GRAMMAR

• QUESTIONS/ QUESTION TAGS/ INDIRECT QUESTIONS

FORM

With be as a main verb

Am/ Was I on time?

Are/ were you/ they/ we tired?

Is/ Was he/ she/ it cold?

With be as an auxiliary verb

Am/ Was I interupting you?

Are/ Were you/ they/ we going on a picnic?

Is/ Was he/ she/ it working?

With have as an auxiliary verb

Have/Had you/ we/ they/ I got any more?

Has/ Had he/ she/ it finished?

With have as a main verb and with all other verbs

Do/ Did you/ we/ they/ I have enough time?

Does/ Did he/ she/ it need anything?

With modal verbs

Should I wait?

Could you help me?

Will she be here soon?

Might they be lost?

With who, whose, whom, what, which, where, when,

why and how

Who is taking rubbish out?

Whose book is this?

To whom did you speak?

What is the weather like?

Which do you want?

Where did you go on holiday?

When is terry starting work?

Why did they leave?

How do you spell “ environment”?

• With the question words who and what, whether we use do or not depend on

whether the question word refer to the subject or onject of the verb.

√ subject: Who saw you? (=Someone saw you. Who?)

√ Object: Who did you see? (= You saw someone. Who?

• Remenber that after do or does, we use the bare infinitive.

√ Did you go to the talk on the environment?

X Did you went to the talk on the environment?

√ Does Tom want a glass of orange juice?

X Does Tom wants a glass of orange juice?

• Remember that the verb mean form questions just like other main verbs.

√ What does “ environmental” mean?

X What means “ environmental”?

QUESTION

S

WATC

H OUT

QUESTION TAGS

INDIRECT QUESTION