Asking Simple Questions

What are we learning today?

You will ask simple questions to get information.

Explanation

Choose the question word for what you want to know.

• What asks about a thing.
• When and where ask about time and place.
• Who asks about a person.
• Is, Was and Did start yes or no questions.

The order is: question word, helping verb, subject, verb. End with a question mark.

Examples

1. What do you like to read?
2. When and where do you read?
3. Who is the secret man?
4. Was he my enemy?

Remember!

• Say "What do you read?" and not "What you do read?"
• Do not forget do in questions like "What do you read?"
• Put a question mark at the end.

Check yourself

1. Which word do you use to ask about a person?
2. Make a question: you / read / what / do.
3. Change to she: "Is he a doctor?"