Basic Questions in English The following rules apply to forming questions in English.

There are a number of other, more advanced, ways to form questions in English, but simple English questions always follow these rules. Questions in English #1 - Auxiliary Verbs Placed Before Subjects All tenses in English use auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs are always placed before the subject in questions in English. Place the main form of the verb after the subject. Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb Examples: Do you study rench! "ow often did you isit Paris when you lived in rance! "ow long ha e you li ed here! Questions in English! Present Si"#le $ Past Si"#le #se the auxiliary verb $do % does$ for present simple questions and $did$ for past simple questions plus the base form of the verb &infinitive without $to$'. Examples - Present Simple (here do they live! )o you play tennis! )oes she go to your school! Examples - Past Simple (hen did you have lunch yesterday! )id they buy a new car last wee*! "ow did she do on the exam last month! Questions in English! Present %ontinuous $ Past %ontinuous #se the auxiliary verb $is % are$ for present continuous questions and $was % were$ for past continuous questions plus the present participle &$ing$ form of the verb'. Examples - Present Continuous (hat are you doing! +s she watching T,! (here are they playing tennis! Examples - Past Continuous (hat were you doing at six p.m.! (hat was she coo*ing when you came home! (ere they studying when you wal*ed into their room!

Questions in English! Present Perfect $ Past Perfect #se the auxiliary verb $have % has$ for present perfect questions and $had$ for past perfect questions plus the past participle &third form of the verb'. Examples - Present Perfect (here has she gone! "ow long have they lived here! "ave you visited rance! Examples - Past Perfect "ad they eaten before he arrived! (hat had they done that made him so angry! (here had you left the briefcase! Questions in English! Exce#tions to the &ule - 'o Be - Present Si"#le and Past Si"#le The verb $to be$ ta*es no auxiliary verb in the present simple and past simple question form. +n this case, place the verb $to be$ before the subject to as* a question. Examples - To Be Present Simple +s she here! Are you married! (here am +! Examples - To Be Past Simple (ere they at school yesterday! (here were they! (as she at school! This is the basic structure of all questions in English. There are, however, exceptions to these rules as well as other forms. -nce you understand this basic structure, continue to learn about.

Auxiliary verbs
What are auxiliary verbs?
Basically, auxiliary verbs are function words, a type of closed class which is constituted of words that have a grammatical function as opposed to content words, which are an open class of lexical words. An auxiliary verb is used to add functional or grammatical content to the information expressed by another verb, considered to be the main verb. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs Examples:

I am writing a book. e has done the work. !e will be there in a minute. Would you help me with this homework" Can you open the door" Did you visit #ew $ork last holiday" Do you like chocolate" %hey must get there on time.

List of auxiliary verbs

%his is a list of English auxiliary verbs:

be &am, are, is, was, were, being', can, could, do &did, does, doing', have &had, has, having', may, might, must, shall, should,

will, would

Auxiliary verb or full verb?

%o distinguish a full verb from an auxiliary verb, you can carry out the following test: If the verb (. allows sub)ect*auxiliary inversion +. and can take can take not in the negative form, then it is an auxiliary verb. Examples:

You are going to travel to ,ondon. ** Are you going to travel to ,ondon" $ou are not going to travel to ,ondon. - are is an an auxiliary verb You see what I mean. ** *See you what I mean. .$ou see not what I mean. - see is not an auxiliary verb/ it is a full verb. &%he asterisk . indicates that the sentence is not grammatical.'