Language/English/Grammar/Questions

2022-08-04T09:23:24Z

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<div class="pg_page_title">An Easy Way To Form (Almost) Any Question In English</div>
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=== '''Forming Questions In English Can Be Confusing.''' ===
Don’t worry – I’m going to teach you a simple formula that works for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!

This formula is called QUASM:

*'''QU'''estion word
*'''A''' uxiliary verb
*'''S''' ubject
*'''M''' ain verb

Look how QUASM works for forming questions in the following verb tenses:

=== '''Simple Present Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|Where
|do
|you
|work?
|
|-
|What
|does
|Martha
|think
|about the project?
|-
|How
|do
|you
|like
|your new apartment?
|-
|How many kids
|does
|john
|have?
|
|}

=== '''Simple Past Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|How
|did
|they
|learn
|English so fast?
|-
|When
|did
|you
|get home
|from work yesterday?
|-
|What
|did
|the manager
|think
|about your idea?
|-
|Where
|did
|you
|buy
|that T-shirt?
|}

=== '''Present Continuous Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|What
|are
|you
|doing
|at the moment?
|-
|Why
|is
|he
|ignoring
|me?
|-
|What time
|are
|we
|meeting up
|for dinner?
|-
|Who
|is
|she
|dating
|now?
|}

=== '''Past Continuous Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|Who
|were
|you
|talking
|to on the phone?
|-
|What
|was
|Jim
|doing
|when you called?
|-
|Why
|were
|the children
|eating
|candy before dinner?
|-
|How
|was
|he
|feeling
|after the surgery?
|}

=== '''Present Perfect Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|How much money
|have
|you
|spent
|on clothes this month?
|-
|How long
|has
|your teacher
|worked
|at this school?
|-
|What
|have
|they
|been doing
|all day?
|-
|How long
|has
|the client
|been waiting
|for their order?
|}

=== '''Future Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|Who
|will
|you
|invite
|to the party?
|-
|What
|will
|your parents
|think
|about your plan?
|-
|When
|are
|you
|going
|to clean your room?
|-
|Why
|is
|she
|going
|to quit her job?
|}

=== '''Modal Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
!
|-
|What
|would
|you
|do
|if you had a million dollars?
|-
|How
|could
|we
|improve
|our English?
|-
|Where
|should
|I
|go
|on my next vacation?
|}

=== '''Exceptions:''' ===
Yes/No questions do not use a question word…

…but they still follow '''ASM (Auxiliary verb – Subject – Main verb)'''

* Do you like bananas?
* Did you enjoy the movie?
* Are you studying English?
* Were you sleeping when I called you last night?
* Have you finished your homework?
* Will you call me when you get home?
* Are you going to accept the job offer?
* Should we take the early morning flight?

Questions where the main verb is “be” also don’t follow the pattern:
* Are you thirsty?
* Is she a teacher?
* Were your parents angry when you failed the test?
* Was her ex-boyfriend a basketball player?

'''Reported questions, indirect questions,''' and '''subject questions''' also do not follow QUASM

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