[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-page-en-question-formation-rules":3,"grammar-exercises-by-page-019b7a8d-16f8-71a7-bf39-9a79205183b8":25},{"id":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"content":7,"language":8,"level":9,"displayOrder":10,"grammarTopics":11,"createdAt":19,"updatedAt":20,"generatorCategories":21,"readyImages":23,"ogImageUrl":24},"019b7a8d-16f8-71a7-bf39-9a79205183b8","Question formation rules","question-formation-rules","**In this lesson**, you will learn **how to form correct questions in English**.\nYou will understand **word order**, **auxiliary verbs**, and **when NOT to use them**.\n\nThis lesson is important because English questions do **not** follow the same structure as statements.\n\n## 1\\. What Is a Question?\n\nA question is a sentence we use to:\n\n* ask for information\n* check something\n\nEnglish questions usually need **an auxiliary (helping) verb**, but questions with be and some subject questions do not.\n\n## 2\\. Basic Rule for Questions in English\n\nMost English questions follow this structure:\n\n* Auxiliary verb + subject + main verb?\n\nThe auxiliary verb comes **before** the subject.\n\n**Note**\n\nThis word order is common in many question types. For example: *Are you working now?* The auxiliary changes, but it usually comes before the subject.\n\n## 3\\. Yes \u002F No Questions with DO and DOES\n\nUse **do** and **does** to form questions in the present simple.\n\nUse **do** with:\n\n* I \u002F you \u002F we \u002F they\n\nUse **does** with:\n\n* he \u002F she \u002F it\n\n### Structure\n\n* Do \u002F Does + subject + base verb?\n\n**Examples**\n\n* *Do you work on Saturdays?*\n* *Do they live near here?*\n* *Does she like coffee?*\n* *Does he play football?*\n\n### Important Rule\n\n* The main verb is always in the **base form**.\n* ✗ *Does she likes coffee?*\n* ✓ *Does she* *like* *coffee?*\n\n## 4\\. Yes \u002F No Questions with BE \\(am \u002F is \u002F are\\)\n\nWhen the main verb is **be**, we do **not** use do or does.\n\n### Structure\n\n* Am \u002F Is \u002F Are + subject?\n\n**Examples**\n\n* *Are you tired?*\n* *Is she at home?*\n* *Are they ready?*\n\n## 5\\. Yes \u002F No Questions in the Past Simple \\(DID\\)\n\nUse **did** for all subjects in past simple questions.\n\n### Structure\n\n* Did + subject + base verb?\n\n**Examples**\n\n* *Did you watch the movie?*\n* *Did she call you yesterday?*\n* *Did they arrive on time?*\n\n### Important Rule\n\n* All verbs in past simple questions use the base form after \"did\".\n* ✗ *Did you watched the movie?*\n* ✓ *Did you* *watch* *the movie?*\n\n## 6\\. Questions with Modal Verbs\n\nModal verbs include:\n\n* can, could, will, should, must\n\n### Structure\n\n* Modal + subject + base verb?\n\n**Examples**\n\n* *Can you help me?*\n* *Should we leave now?*\n* *Will she call later?*\n\n## 7\\. Subject Questions \\(No do\u002Fdoes\u002Fdid\\)\n\nWhen the question word is the person or thing that performs the action (subject), do not use do\u002Fdoes\u002Fdid.\n\nCompare: *Who called you?* ('who' = subject, no do\u002Fdoes\u002Fdid) and *Who did you call?* ('who' = object, use did).\n\nThese are called subject questions and object questions.\n\n**Examples**\n\n* ***Who*** *called you?*\n* ***What*** *happened?*\n* ***Who*** *lives here?*\n\n## 8\\. Easy Way to Remember\n\n* Most questions need an auxiliary\n* Auxiliary comes before the subject\n* Main verb stays in base form\n* No auxiliary if **be** or a **modal** is used","en","A2",47,[12],{"id":13,"name":14,"level":9,"language":8,"isCompleted":15,"completionPercentage":16,"totalExercises":17,"completedExercises":16,"vocabularyLists":18},"019aee89-3707-72f6-9e9f-0917de935ac0","Question Formation Rules",false,0,2,[],"2026-01-01T17:13:45+00:00","2026-07-14T17:37:47+00:00",[22],"grammar_exercise_questions_question_forms",[],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fog_019b7a8d-16f8-71a7-bf39-9a79205183b8.jpg?v=1784050667",[26,33],{"@id":27,"@type":28,"id":29,"grammarPage":30,"title":31,"instructions":32,"displayOrder":16,"isCompleted":15},"\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_exercises\u002F019d33f9-236e-733f-b8f8-589848d621e1","GrammarExercise","019d33f9-236e-733f-b8f8-589848d621e1","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b7a8d-16f8-71a7-bf39-9a79205183b8","Question Formation – Restaurants","This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown.\nSome sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them.\nComplete the questions using the correct question words and question forms.",{"@id":34,"@type":28,"id":35,"grammarPage":30,"title":36,"instructions":32,"displayOrder":37,"isCompleted":15},"\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_exercises\u002F019d33f9-236e-7c73-b8f8-5898492dcb72","019d33f9-236e-7c73-b8f8-5898492dcb72","Question Formation – Friends and Social Life",1]