Basic structure of a sentence Making Questions S

Basic structure of a sentence Making Questions

S Peter Basic structure of a sentence + V drives + O to work. + C 1 Peter drives to work everyday Gabby likes toast Subject Verb Object + C 2 at 7 o’clock. for breakfast Compliment on Sundays. (Adverbial)

We can add other words to this structure S Peter + adverb V + drives Peter always drives O to work. + C to work. adverbial Peter usually drives to work at 8 o’clock Peter will often drive to work at 8 o’clock Peter has always driven to work at 8 o’clock Aux

Subject / Object questions 1. Look at these models. Peter is a doctor. Who is a doctor? What is Peter? A doctor Peter. John can fly a helicopter. Who can fly a helicopter? John. What can John fly? A helicopter. Maria has got a dog. Who has got a dog? What has Maria got? A dog. Maria. Notice that they all have an auxilliary verb in the structure and the same auxilliary is used to make the questions for both the subject and the object. Peter has gone to London. Who has gone to London. Peter has gone to London. Where has Peter gone. To London. This is a rule.

BUT When we ask a question about a structure that does not have an auxilliary verb in it – we have to use the auxilliary verb “do”. Maria lives in Madrid. Brian drives a Porche. Who lives in Madrid. Maria Where does Maria live. Madrid. Who drives a Porche? What does Brian drive? Brian. A Porche. Notice that we do not need an auxilliary verb to make a question for the subjects Maria / Brian BUT we had to use one to make the question for the object Madrid / Porche This is another rule.

Let’s go back to a model sentence S V O Peter drives to work C everyday. To make questions about this situation we must use the structure: Question word + Auxiliary + Sub + Verb + Object +Compliment QW aux S V O C Is there an auxiliary verb in the sentence Peter drives to work everyday. NO there isn’t - but remember -we must use an auxiliary to make questions about everything after the Subject. To do this we have to use the auxiliary verb “do”.

The word Peter and the word drives is 3º person so we must change “do” to “does, ” and remember The Question Word comes first and then the auxilliary + SVOC (A) Peter drives to work everyday QW aux S + V + O + C Who Peter drives to work everyday? Where does Peter drive To work everyday? When does Peter drive What Peter do does He drives to work? Everyday everyday? to work

Subject / Object Questions S V O Helen hates coffee Vicky is English Juan can drive Jenny is going to London Mark went to Madrid Remember that we do not need an auxiliary verb to ask a question about the subject of the sentence. All we need is the question word – in this case WHO Who hates coffee? Helen. Who went to Madrid? Mark BUT it is necessary to use an auxiliary verb when we ask a question about the object If the answer is 1. coffee 2. English 3. drive 4. London 5. Madrid What is the question? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What does Helen hate? Coffee. What nationality is Vicky? English. What can Juan do? Drive. Where is Jenny going? To London. Where did Mark go? Madrid Notice another rule? All the verbs are in the infinitive and “do” became “does” and “did”