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Word order · do/does/did · who/what as subject · prepositions · negative questions Questions 1
Ordre des mots · do/does/did · who/what sujet · prépositions · questions négatives

Master correct question formation — inversion, do/does/did, when NOT to use them, prepositions at the end, and negative questions.

Maîtrisez la formation des questions — inversion, do/does/did, prépositions en fin de phrase, et questions négatives.

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Forming correct questions in English requires inverting the subject and first auxiliary. For present and past simple, add do/does/did. But when who/what is the subject, no inversion is needed. Prepositions go at the end, and negative questions express surprise or seek agreement.

Former des questions en anglais nécessite d’inverser le sujet et l’auxiliaire. Mais quand who/what est le sujet, il n’y a pas d’inversion. Les prépositions vont en fin de phrase.

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Question word order — auxiliary before subject

Ordre des mots — auxiliaire avant le sujet

Tom will → Will Tom be here tomorrow?
you have → Have you been working hard?
the house was → When was the house built?
Wrong: Is working Katherine today? ✗  Correct: Is Katherine working today? ✓
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do/does/did — and when NOT to use them

do/does/did — et quand NE PAS les utiliser

Use do/does/did for present/past simple, but NOT when who/what is the subject.

Utilisez do/does/did au présent/passé simple, mais PAS quand who/what est le sujet.

who/what = OBJECT → use did

who/what = COMPLÉMENT → utiliser did

Emma phoned somebody.
Emma phoned somebody.
Who did Emma phone?
I hit somebody.
I hit somebody.
Who did you hit?

who/what = SUBJECT → no did

who/what = SUJET → pas de did

Somebody phoned Emma.
Somebody phoned Emma.
Who phoned Emma? ✓
Somebody hit me.
Somebody hit me.
Who hit you? ✓
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Subject questions: Who wants to eat? · What happened? · How many people came? · Which bus goes to the centre? Questions sujet : Who wants to eat? · What happened? · How many people came? · Which bus goes to the centre?
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Prepositions — usually at the end

Prépositions — généralement à la fin

Where are you from?  ·  Who do you want to speak to?
What was the weather like?  ·  Which job has Tina applied for?
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Formal: To whom do you wish to speak? Formel : To whom do you wish to speak?
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Negative questions — surprise or agreement

Questions négatives — surprise ou accord

Didn’t you hear the doorbell? (surprise)
‘Haven’t we met before?’ ‘Yes, I think we have.’ (agreement)
‘Don’t you want to go?’ ‘Yes.’ (= I want to go) / ‘No.’ (= I don’t want to go)
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After Why?: Why don’t we eat out? · Why wasn’t Emma at work? Après Why? : Why don’t we eat out? · Why wasn’t Emma at work?

Unit 49 — Exercises with Answers

Unité 49 — Exercices avec Corrigé

Practice question formation — check instantly

Pratiquez la formation des questions — correction instantanée

49.1

Ask Joe questions based on his answers

Posez des questions à Joe d’après ses réponses

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Answers: 1. Where do you live? · 2. Were you born there? · 3. Are you married? · 4. How long have you been married? · 5. What do you do? · 6. What does your wife do? · 7. Do you have (any) children? · 8. How old are they?
49.2

Make questions with who or what

Formez des questions avec who ou what

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Answers: 1. Who hit you? · 2. Who did you hit? · 3. Who paid the bill? · 4. What are you worried about? · 5. What happened? · 6. What did Diane say? · 7. Who does this book belong to? · 8. Who lives in that house? · 9. What did you fall over? · 10. What fell off the shelf? · 11. What does this word mean? · 12. Who was Sarah with? · 13. What are you looking for? · 14. Who does Emma remind you of?
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Put the words in the correct order

Remettez les mots dans l’ordre

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Answers: 1. When was this house built? · 2. How is cheese made? · 3. Why isn’t Sue working today? · 4. What time are your friends arriving? · 5. Why was the meeting cancelled? · 6. When was paper invented? · 7. Where were your parents born? · 8. Why didn’t you come to the party? · 9. How did the accident happen? · 10. Why aren’t you happy? · 11. How many languages can you speak?
49.4

Write negative questions — you are surprised in each situation

Écrivez des questions négatives — vous êtes surpris

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Answers: 1. Isn’t she coming out with us? · 2. Don’t you like him? · 3. Isn’t it good? · 4. Don’t you have any?

Frequently Asked Questions — Unit 49

Questions fréquentes — Unité 49

Use do/does for present simple and did for past simple — but only when who/what is the object. If who/what is the subject, no auxiliary is needed: Who phoned you? vs Who did you phone?

Utilisez do/does au présent simple et did au passé simple — mais seulement quand who/what est le complément. Si who/what est le sujet, pas d’auxiliaire : Who phoned you? vs Who did you phone?

Who is the subject — it replaces ‘somebody’ in Somebody phoned Emma. When the question word is the subject, use normal statement order with no auxiliary.

Who est le sujet — il remplace ‘somebody’ dans Somebody phoned Emma. Quand le mot interrogatif est le sujet, on utilise l’ordre normal sans auxiliaire.

A negative question starts with a negative auxiliary: Didn’t you hear? A tag question is added at the end with the opposite polarity: You heard, didn’t you?

Une question négative commence par un auxiliaire négatif : Didn’t you hear? Un question tag s’ajoute à la fin avec une polarité opposée : You heard, didn’t you?

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