Questions – word order and question words

Questions – word order and question words

Exercise 1

Choose the correct questions.

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1 _____ to the gym?

a.How often you go

b.How often you do go

c.How often do you go

d.How often go you

2 _____ ?

a.What time does she get up

b.What time she does get up

c.What time she gets up

d.What time gets up she

3 _____ ?

a.Who is the man over there

b.Who the man over there is

c.Who the man is over there

d.Who over there is the man

4 _____?

a.Where your sister is from

b.Where is your sister from

c.Where from is your sister

d.Where does your sister be from

5 _____?

a.He does exercise

b.He does do exercise

c.Do he does exercise

d.Does he do exercise

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6 _____?

a.Why you do want this job

b.Why you want this job

c.Why do you want this job

d.Why want you this job

7 _____ for breakfast?

a.What they have

b.What they do have

c.What do they have

d.What have they

8 _____?

a.When you are free

b.When free are you

c.When do you be free

d.When are you free

9 _____?

a.How your sister is old

b.How old is your sister

c.How old your sister is

d.How old does your sister be

10 _____?

a.Is your friend from Canada

b.Is from Canada your friend

c.Your friend is from Canada

d.Does your friend be from Canada

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Word order in present simple questions

The order of words in an English question in present simple is QWASI: (Question Word) + Auxiliary + Subject + Infinitive.

• What do you do?
• Where do they live?

In Yes-No questions (questions that we answer saying yes or no) there is NO Question Word.

• Do you speak English?
• Does she live here?

The auxiliary verb in present simple is be or do/does. Below, you can see a grammar chart on the order of words in present simple questions with be or do/does.

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Questions with am/is/are

When the verb in the sentence is be, we use am/is/are as the auxiliary verb before the subject. Then the word order is QWAS: (Question Word) + Auxiliary (am/is/are) + Subject

Questions with do/does

When we have a verb that is not be, we use do/does as the auxiliary verb.
We use does with he/she/it and do with I/you/we/they. Remember that the main verb after the subject is in the infinitive form (NOT -s or -es).

• What does she do?
• What does she does?
• Where does he work?
• Where does he works?

Question words – Grammar chart

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What + noun

We often use the question word what + noun as a question word: what time, what colour, what size, etc.

• What colour is your jacket?
• What size do you want?
• What car does he have?

How + adjective/adverb

We can also use how + adjective/adverb as a question word in phrases like how often, how old, how tall, etc.

• How fast is your car?
• How big is her house?
• How often do you play sports?

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