Questions in Different Tenses

What are we learning today?

You will ask questions about habits, actions now and things that people do. You will choose the right form for each question.

Explanation

• Present simple: use Do or Does and the base verb.
• Present continuous: use am, is or are and a verb with -ing.
• Passive: use is or are and the past participle.
• Question words are who, what, where, when, why and how. Where asks about a place.
• Short answers: Yes, they are. No, they aren't.

Examples

1. Do you ever take the train?
2. Are you going to the cinema tonight?
3. Where are ferry tickets sold?

Remember!

• Do not forget do or does in a present simple question.
• Put the question word first: Where are tickets sold?

Check yourself

1. Make a passive question: dogs / allow / on the ferry.
2. Which question word asks about a place?