MAKING QUESTIONS

2. Questions and negatives with present simple and past simple forms:

For all verbs except be and have we use do/does and did with the base form of the verb to make Yes/No questions for the present simple and past simple forms:

They work hard >>> Do they work hard?
He works hard >>> Does he work hard?
They worked hard >>> Did they work hard?

The verb have:

We make questions and negatives with have in two ways:

• normally we use do/does or did for questions :

Do you have plenty of time?
Does she have enough money?
Did they have any useful advice?

… but we can make questions by putting have, has or had in front of the subject:

Have you plenty of time?
Had they any useful advice?

 

3. Wh-questions

Wh-questions are questions which start with a question-asking word, either a Wh- word (what, when, where, which,who, whose, why) or questions with the word how.

Questions with: when, where, why:

We form wh-questions with these words by putting the question word in front of a Yes/No question:

Where are they working?
Why have they been working hard?
Where does he work?
Where will you go?
When did they arrive?
etc.

Questions with who, which and what :

• Sometimes who or what takes the place of the subject of the clause:

Who gave you the chocolates? >>> Barbara gave me the chocolates.
Who is looking after the children? >>> My mother is looking after the children
Who mended the window? >>> My brother mended the window
Who could have done this? >>> Anybody could have done this.

• We use what in the same way:

What will happen?
What caused the accident?
What frightened the children?

When we ask who, which and what about the object of the verb , we make questions in the way described in 1 and 3 above with who, which or what at the beginning of the clause:

He is seeing Joe tomorrow >>> Who is he seeing tomorrow?
I want a computer for my birthday >>> What do you want for your birthday?
She has brought some fruit for the picnic >>> What has she brought for the picnic?
They need a new car >>> What do they need?

We sometimes use which or what with a noun:

What subjects did you study at school?
What newspaper do you read?
Which newspaper do you read – the Times or the Guardian?
Which book do you want?

Questions with how:

We use how for many different questions:

 

How are you?

How do you make questions in English?

How long have you lived here?

How often do you go to the cinema?

How much is this dress?

How old are you?

How many people came to the meeting?

 

4. Questions with verbs and prepositions:

When we have a question with a verb and a preposition the preposition usually comes at the end of the clause:

I gave the money to my brother >>> Who did you give the money to?
She comes from Madrid >>> Where does she come from?
They were waiting for more than an hour >>> How long were they waiting for?

 

 5. Other ways of asking questions:

We use a phrases like these in front of a statement to ask questions:

Do you know…? I wonder... Can you tell me …?

• We use these phrase with if for Yes/No questions:

This is the right house >>> Do you know if this is the right house?
Mr. Brown lives here >>> Do you know if Mr. Brown lives here?
Everyone will have read the book >>> I wonder if everyone will have read the book.

… or with wh-words:

I wonder how much this dress is.
Can you tell me where she comes from?
Do you know who lives here?

• We often use do you think…? after wh-words:

How much do you think this dress is?
Where do you think she comes from?
Who do you think lives here?

 

Fonte adaptada: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/verb-patterns/verbs-questions-and-negatives (acesso em 13.04.2014)

•  Professor, é necessário que os alunos tenham acesso às regras de formação de perguntas em inglês. Porém, é de suma importância que eles possam praticar, elaborando suas próprias perguntas. Portanto, não se aprofunde muito no texto, uma vez que este serve mais como referência teórica, para que os alunos possam esclarecer possíveis dúvidas.

 

 

MÓDULO 2

  

Atividade 4

 

• No laboratório de informática, peça para que cada aluno acesse o site: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/verb-patterns/verbs-questions-and-negatives (acesso em 13.04.2014) e faça as atividades online propostas. Tais atividades referem-se exclusivamente ao conteúdo apresentado na atividade anterior de número 3 e, portanto, é o momento de observar as dúvidas ou dificuldades apresentadas pelos alunos.  

Professor, não se esqueça sempre de observar o bom funcionamento das máquinas, para que não haja prejuízo na produtividade dos alunos. 

 

Imagem ilustrativa do site indicado para a realização da atividade 

 

Atividade 5

Distribua o tabuleiro, disponível no site: file:///C:/Users/Casa/Pictures/questions-board-game%20(1).pdf  (acesso em 13.04.2014) e peça para que os alunos, em duplas,  joguem o jogo que consiste em fazer perguntas e dar respostas. O tabuleiro poderá ser ampliado para uma melhor visualização entre os jogadores. O vencedor de cada dupla deverá ser bonificado com uma prenda a ser escolhida pelo professor (doce, chocolate, pirulito, etc). Ao final, as perguntas poderão ser escritas no quadro, com a ajuda dos alunos. Cada aluno ficará responsável por responder a uma pergunta feita pelo outro colega. Observe a participação de todos os alunos com a atividade. 

 

Imagem ilustrativa do jogo contido no referido site

 

Atividade 6

 

Como última atividade da aula, entregue aos alunos a seguinte atividade xerocopiada. Eles deverão ficar atentos ao que está sublinhado, que é justamente ao que a pergunta a ser elaborada deve ser referir.  Possibilite o trabalho em duplas, proporcionando um ambiente de maior cooperação. A atividade poderá ser finalizada em casa, caso o tempo da aula tenha se esgotado, como também poderá ajudar na avaliação do conteúdo aprendido na aula.  

 

Write the missing questions according the underlined words or given question words.

 

1.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She's wearing a black suit.

 

2.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My sister's from England originally.

 

3.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Marcos is sitting on the sofa.

 

4.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My mother's playing tennis now.

 

5.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She works in a hospital.

 

6.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

He goes to bed at 10:30 p.m. every day.

 

7.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Sarah's going to work by bus.

 

8.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My mother's first language is English.

 

9.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She's wearing white sneakers.

                          

10.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My favorite color is blue.

 

11.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

He's eating breakfast in a restaurant.

 

12.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My brother lives in Paris.

 

13.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My sister loves her job very much.

 

14.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She has breakfast at home every day.

 

15.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Elizabeth speaks 3 languages: French, English, German.

 

16.                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Mark works in Switzerland.

 

17.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Micheal is a lawyer.

 

18.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My brother's from Korea.

 

19.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Emily goes to school by taxi.

 

20.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

I live in a house.

                

21.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

The book is next to the briefcase.

 

22.                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

I get up around 6:30 in the morning.

 

      23. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

            She studies English on Sundays.

 

23.                       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She studies English on Sundays.

 

24.                       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

      He plays football in his free time.

 

25.                       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

She's a judge.

 

26.                       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My brother works in a bookstore.

 

27.                       How ----------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Her sister drives to work.

 

28.                       How ----------------------------------------------------------------------------?

They use public transportation.

 

29.                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

My father gets to work by subway.

 

30.                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

I stay home on weekends.

 

Fonte: http://busyteacher.org/11797-making-questions-present-simple-and-present.html (acesso em 13.04.2014)