The teachers have treated us kindly. They had already eaten. She will win the fight. My cat would climb that tree. A pie can feed eight people. We shall meet again. I was standing.
The teachers have treated us kindly. → Have the teachers treated us kindly? They had already eaten. → Had they already eaten? She will win the fight. → Will she win the fight? My cat would climb that tree. → Would my cat climb that tree? That pie can feed eight people. → Can that pie feed eight people? We shall meet again. → Shall we meet again? I was standing. → Was I standing?
Your brother has been growing quickly. → Has your brother been growing quickly? I could have been studying. → Could I have been studying?
It is raining. We are hungry. I am going home. You were there last night. The cat was playing with that toy.
It is raining. → Is it raining? We are hungry. → Are we hungry? I am going home. → Am I going home? You were there last night. → Were you there last night? The cat was playing with that toy. → Was the cat playing with that toy? If you use the verb to be, you can change the place of the verb and the subject. For example, I am Irish can be transformed into a question by changing the place and form of the verb and pronoun to the required form. So I am Irish will become Are you Irish?
For example, the word “been” appears in this sentence: “We have been going to school for ten weeks. ” Notice that “have” is used here as a helping verb. That means you’d form a question by writing, “Have we been going to school for ten weeks?”
My cat plays with a toy. → Does my cat play with the toy? My friend takes the bus. → Does my friend take the bus?
They greet their teacher. → Do they greet their teacher? The protesters call for change. → Do the protesters call for change? You throw stones at my window. → Do you throw stones at my window?
They greet their teacher. → Do they greet their teacher? The protesters call for change. → Do the protesters call for change? You throw stones at my window. → Do you throw stones at my window?
He saved the cat. → Did he save the cat? The sheep jumped over the fence. → Did the sheep jump over the fence? He broke my oven. → Did he break my oven?
You can add a question word at the beginning of a sentence to indicate what the question is referring to specifically. You are going home. → When are you going home? The cat caught the mouse. → How did the cat catch the mouse?
She bought a new scooter. → She bought a new scooter, right? He was at the party. → He was at the party, wasn’t he? They went to the store yesterday. → They went to the store yesterday, didn’t they?
You are going home. → You are going home? She’s a scientist. → She’s a scientist? We have school tomorrow. → We have school tomorrow?