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Writing Questions. Professor Monllor English 031. Yes/No Questions. These questions are answered with yes or no. Yes/No Questions. Is this your resumé ?. Do you know the answer?. Notice that these questions are different. Yes/No Questions with Be in the present tense.
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Writing Questions Professor Monllor English 031
Yes/No Questions • These questions are answered with yes or no.
Yes/No Questions Is this your resumé? Do you know the answer? Notice that these questions are different.
Yes/No Questions with other verbs in the present tense I We You They He She It
In Spanish you can omit the subject, but in English you can’t. ¿Estápreocupada? Is she worried?
In Spanish you can omit the subject, but in English you can’t ¿Ordenasu comida? Does heorder his food?
Information QuestionsQuestion Words What? Answers a noun or pronoun.
Question Words When? At 10:10 am In the morning
Question Words Where? A At the movies At the beach
Questions Words • Who? To Whom? For Whom? With whom? To whom does she give the gift? For whom is the gift? Who is she? With whom is he talking?
Question Words Which? Why? Which do you want? Why is she sad?
Question Words How? angry young old
Question Words How many? How much? How much sugar do you you put in your coffee? How much coffee do you drink? How much money does he have? Use how much with things you can’t count. How many shoes? Seven shoes. You use how many when you can count the objects.
Information Questions with Be in the present tense Where are they?
Information Questions with other verbs in the present How much money does she give you?
Exercise 1. She watches the Oscars every year. 2. Rosalyn Sánchez promotes “Relevopor la vida”. 3. The governor of Puerto Rico is Luis Fortuño. 4. The professor gives the students an exercise. 5. María and Luis meet at 3:00 in Plaza lasAméricasevery afternoon. 6. Jlo dances well.
Information Questions when the answer is the subject of the sentence • When the answer to the question is the subject of the • sentence, you do not use do or does as the auxiliary • verb. • What you do is substitute the subject for the question • words who or what What are brown? Her boots are brown. Whohas long fingernails? Ivy Queen has long nails.
Exercise • She buys new clothes. • José drives a Jaguar. • They want to eat breakfast. • We are tired. • He is an excellent student.