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Word order in questions - Grammar chart

Questions in general

If we want to ask a question in English, the order is QWASM: Question word, Auxiliary verb, Subject, Main verb. In Yes-No questions (questions where the answer is yes or no), there is no Question Word.

Questions with be as the main verb

When be is the main verb, it is used as the Auxiliary in the question, and then we don't have a Main verb after the Subject.

Auxiliary verbs

In the position of Auxiliary, we can use be, do, have or any modal verb: can, could, will, would, should, etc.

Have is only an auxiliary verb in the form have got and in the present perfect.

For other uses of have, we need an auxiliary verb ( do, did) for questions.

Have got only has a present form. It does not have a past form.

Question words

how much

We can use how much to ask about the price of something.

how + adjective

We can use how + adjective (any adjective) as a question word.

We can use which + noun, and we can also use what + noun. We use which when there are a small number of possible answers. Look at the difference:

Which car do you like, the red or the blue? (there is a small number of possible answers)

'What car have you got?' 'A Mercedes.' (many possible answers)

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Asking questions in English - Question forms - Test-English

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Question forms. English grammar and exercises. If we want to ask a question in English, the order is QWASI: Question word, Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive.

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Free English online grammar exercises - asking questions in English.

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Look at these examples to see how questions are made.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

To make questions, we often put the verb before the subject. This is called inversion.

If there is a question word ( why, what, where, how, etc.), it goes before the verb.

This is true for sentences with be, sentences that have auxiliary verbs (e.g. They are waiting. She has finished.) and sentences with modal verbs ( can, will, should, might, etc.).

Questions in the present simple and past simple

For other verbs in the present simple, we use the auxiliary verb do/ does in the question.

We use the auxiliary verb did in the past simple.

Subject questions

In some questions, who or what is the subject of the verb. There is no inversion of subject and verb in these questions.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

Language level

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Do you know how to make questions? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

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Asking questions in English: grammar exercises. Interactive exercises to learn English online: easy level esl.

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Question words: what, when, where, who, why, how, which, how much, how many, how often, how long - grammar exercises. Interactive exercises to learn English online: easy level esl.

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Form questions - Ask for the underlined part

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Form questions - Ask for the underlined part, Questions in English - Exercise

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Questions, Question words, Learning English Online