Economia
Summary - Questions
be (am, are, is) - Questions without questions words and answers
be (am, are, is) - Questions with questions words and answers
Questions with can
Questions with have
Questions with do, does - Simple Present
Questions with did, was, were - Simple Past
Questions with who and what
Short answers
Simple Past - Questions -Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1) Questions without question words in the Simple Past
Auxiliary | Subject | Verb | Rest | Yes/No | Subject | Auxiliary (+ n't) |
Did | Max | play | football? | Yes, | he | did. |
| | | | No, | he | didn't. |
Did | you | watch | the film yesterday? | Yes, | I | did. |
| | | | No, | I | didn't. |
BUT:
to be | Subject | xxx | Rest | Yes/No | Subject | Auxiliary(+ n't) |
Were | you | | in Leipzig last week? | Yes, | I | was. |
| | | | No, | I | wasn't. |
2) Questions with question words in the Simple Past
Question word | Auxiliary | Subject | Verb | Rest | Answer |
What | did | you | do | yesterday evening? | I did my homework. |
When | did | she | meet | her boyfriend? | She met him yesterday. |
Where | did | they | go | after thematch? | They went to a café. |
BUT:
Question word | to be | Subject | xxxxx | Rest | Answer |
Where | were | you | | yesterday? | I was at the cinema. |
1) Subject question
Question word | Verb | Rest | Subject | Verb | Object - Place - Time |
Who | runs | to the shop? | Peter | runs | to the shop. |
What | happened | yesterday? | A tragedy | happened | yesterday. |
2) Objectquestion
Question word | Auxiliary | Subject | Verb | Rest | Answer |
Who | do | you | like? | | I like my mum. |
Who | did | Mandy | phone | last Monday? | Mandy phoned her uncle. |
What | do | you | read? | | I read detective stories. |
NOTE!
Subject question | Object question |
Who | phoned | John? | Who | did | John | phone? |
| | El pasado simple:formas interrogativas
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Short questions | | | Preguntas cortas |
ENGLISH | | CASTELLANO |
Did + subject + (infinitive of the verb)
| | | Did + sujeto + (forma infinitiva del verbo)
(en castellano es distinto...) | |
DID I play tennis | yesterday ? | | ¿Jugaste al tenis | ayer? |
DID you study French | yesterday morning ? | | ¿Estudiaste francés | ayer a la mañana? |
DID he paint the house | yesterday afternoon? | | ¿Pintó la casa | ayer a la tarde? |
DID she work | last night ? | | ¿Trabajó | anoche? |
DID It rain
| last week? | | ¿Llovió | lasemana pasada? |
DID we start school | in 1999? | | ¿Comenzamos la escuela | en 1999? |
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DID they visit us
| two days ago?
| | ¿Nos visitaron |
hace dos días?
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SOME USEFUL WH QUESTIONS | | | ALGUNAS PREGUNTAS WH DE UTILIDAD |
ENGLISH (usual structure to form wh questions) | | CASTELLANO (estructura más usual en preguntas wh) |
WH + auxiliary did + subject + verb | | | Wh + auxiliar did + sujeto + verbo | |
What did you do | yesterday ? | | ¿Que hiciste | ayer? |
What did Tom do | yesterday morning ? | | ¿Que hizo Tomás | ayer a la mañana? |
What time did you wash yourhair | this morning? | | ¿A que hora te lavaste el pelo | esta mañana? |
Where did you go | last night ? | | ¿Dónde fuiste | anoche? |
When did you start primary school ? | | | ¿Cuando comenzaste la escuela primaria? | |
When did Mahatma Ghandi die? | | | ¿Cuando murió Mahatma Ghandi? | |
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