PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS

El orden de las distintas partes de una pregunta debe ser ste: QUESTION WORD _____ Where _____ How AUXILIAR VERB Do do Does does SUBJECT you we Lisa your father MAIN VERB play eat speak cook COMPLEMENTS football after school today German? QUESTION MARK ? ? ? ?

Las llamadas Question Words son los adverbios interrogativos usados para hacer preguntas. A saber:

What?

Qu? / Cul?
What are you doing? Qu ests haciendo? What is your name? Cul es tu nombre?

Which?

Cul? / Qu?
Those girls are nice. Which girls?

Give me an apple, please. Dame una manzana, por favor. Esas chicas son majas Which one? Qu chicas? Cul?

Who?
ingls? Whose?

Quin?
Who is our English teacher? Quin es nuestra profe de De quin? Whose is this book? De quin es este libro?

Why?
con tu hermana?

Por qu? Why are you so rude to your sister? Por qu eres tan grosero

Where?
Est en Egipto

Dnde? Where is the river Nile? Its in Egypt Dnde est el ro Nilo?

When?

Cundo? When does your flight arrive? Cundo llega tu vuela?

How? autobs

Cmo? How do you come to class? By bus Cmo vienes a clase? En

How much? Cunto? How much does this dress cost? Cunto cuesta este vestido?

How many?Cuntos?
How many students are there in the class? Cuntos alumnos

hay en la clase? Siempre necesito el verbo auxiliar para hacer una pregunta en Present Simple? No, el verbo To BE se pregunta solo, los verbos modales tambin.

Do you be from Italy? Does Tom is your brother? Does she can speak German?

Are you from Italy? Is Tom your brother? Can she speak German?

Eres de Italia? Es Tom tu hermano? Puede (ella) hablar alemn?

El verbo auxiliar para hacer preguntas es siempre el verbo DO? No, no siempre. Es el que usamos en preguntas de Present Simple (DO / DOES) y en Past Simple (DID). Pero hay otros auxiliares con los que podemos hacer preguntas. Por ejemplo, para el Future usamos el verbo WILL.
Will Sarah come to the party tomorrow? Vendr Sara a la fiesta maana?

Adems, podemos usar los verbos modales para preguntar

Can I go to the toilet, please? Puedo ir al bao, por favor? Must we wear uniform? Debemos (nosotros) llevar uniforme? Should I call Peter? Debera (yo) llamar a Peter?

PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS EXERCISES A. Circle the correct question word.

1) What / who / when / why / whose / how presents the news? 2) What / who / when / why / where / how does she do every day? 3) What / who / when / why / where / how are you going? To Florida. 4) Whose / who / when / why / where / how are you meeting your friends? At six. 5) What / who / when / why / where / how dont you invite her to your party? 6) How / How much / how many / how often do you take a shower? Every day. 7) How / How much / how many / how often is Janet? 8) How / How much / how many / how often eggs are there in a dozen? 9) How / How much / how many / how often water is there in that bottle?

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Who / whose / where / how old / how house is this?

B. Escribe en el orden correcto las distintas partes de una pregunta.

MAIN VERB (verbo principal) AUXILIAR VERB (verbo auxiliar -do/does, did-) QUESTION WORDS (pronombres interrogativos -where?, who?...)

SUBJECT (sujeto -I, you, he, she-) QUESTION MARK (signo de interrogacin) COMPLEMENTS (complementos)

C. Rewrite the questions in the right order. 1) like / does / chocolate / she / ? 2) do / eat / breakfast / ? / for / what / you
3) ? / are / students / good / they

4) do / live / Vigo / ? / you / in 5) he / is / ? / our / teacher / new

6) arrive / ? / why / you / late / do 7) how / students / many / do / ? / have / you

8) do / how / class / come / ? / to / you D. Answer the questions.

1) Hay un verbo que NO necesita del verbo auxiliar para la forma negativa ni interrogativa.
Cul? ________

2) Con qu personas uso DO?

_____, _____, _____, _____, _____

3) Con qu personas uso DOES? _____, _____, _____ 4) Y los verbos modales CAN, MUST-, necesitan el auxiliar DO para las preguntas? _____ 3

E. Correct the mistakes. 1) Do she drink milk at night?

2) When does your train arrives?

3) What there is for dinner? 4) Do you can speak French? 5) How much students are there in Science class? 6) Are tall you?
7) Where do you arrive? At 9 oclock.

8) Are it important? F. Write the correct questions to get the answers in bold
Ex. I play football on Saturdays When do you play football?

1) The Nile is in Egypt. 2) Yes, she likes cats. 3) She likes cats. 4) We arrive by bus 5) It costs 50 pounds.

Where is the river Nile?

G. Translate these questions into English.

1) Tu madre trabaja? 2) A qu se dedica? 3) Le gusta? 4) T qu quieres ser?