SENTENCES → QUESTIONS · RULE 12
Questions
To ask, English puts a helper word before the subject: do, does or did. The main verb goes back to its base form.
FORMULA
do / does / did
YES / NO QUESTION
Does
HELPER
she
SUBJECT
walk
VERB — BASE
to work?
WH- QUESTION
Where
WH-WORD
does
HELPER
she
SUBJECT
work?
VERB — BASE
THREE KINDS
?
Does she walk to work?
Does + subject + V1
Wh
Where does she work?
wh-word goes first
be
Is she at work?
be just flips — no helper
The helper carries the tense: does = present, did = past. So the main verb stays simple: Did she go?
PICK THE HELPER
I / you / we / theydo — Do they know?
he / she / itdoes — Does it work?
everyone in the pastdid — Did you call?
NO HELPER NEEDED
with beAre you tired? Was it good?
with can · will · mustCan she swim? Will they come?
who as the subjectWho called you?
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