LESSON 1
Yes / No questions
Wh questions
Present simple
Present progressive
By Ms. Rasha Ali
FIRST: YES/NO QUESTIONS
In English, there are two basic types of questions:
Yes / No questions and Wh- questions.
Yes / No questions are also called closed
questions because there are only two possible
responses:Yes or No.
When forming a Yes / No question, it must include
one of these verbs: BE, DO, HAVE, or a modal verb.
It is impossible to ask a Yes / No question without
one of these verbs.
EXAMPLES
correct incorrect
Are elections next year? Elections next year?
Does he want to stay? He want to stay?
Have the boys eaten? The boys eaten?
Can the dog swim? The dog swim?
Use the verb BE to ask Yes / No questions about the
identity or description of a person, place, or thing.
Question Response
Am I your friend? Yes. / Yes, you are. /
Yes, you are my
friend.
Is this a good No. / No, it is not. /
restaurant? No, it is not a good
restaurant.
Was his idea No. / No, it wasn’t. /
interesting? No, his idea was not
interesting.
Were they happy? Yes. / Yes, they
Note that the response can be short (Yes. / No.), or long: Yes or
were.
No followed by the subject and verb. / Yes, they
were happy.
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a
current activity or situation. This requires
the present progressive: BE + (verb+ing).
Question Response
Am I going with you Yes. / Yes, you are.
and Tom?
Is she working No. / No, she isn’t.
today?
Are we seeing a Yes. / Yes, we are.
play tomorrow?
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a
past activity or situation. This requires the past
progressive: WAS / WERE + (verb+ing).
Questions Responses
Was it raining? Yes. / Yes, it was.
Were they playing? No. / No, they
weren’t.
Use the verb HAVE to ask if somebody has done
something or if some action has taken place. Note
that these Yes / No questions use the present
perfect (HAVE + past participle).
Question Responses
Has your brother No. / No, he hasn’t.
left?
Have you driven Yes. / Yes, I have.
before?
Use the verb DO to ask Yes / No questions in order to
obtain facts about people, places, or things
Questions Responses
Do they smoke? No. / No, they don’t
Does it rain here? Yes. / Yes, it does
Did the key work? No. / No, it didn’t.
Use modal verbs to ask Yes / No questions about
possibilities or uncertainties.
Questions Reponses
Can we stay? Yes. / Yes, we can. /
Yes, we can stay.
Could this be true? Yes. / Yes, it could
(be true).
Should they stop? No. / No, they
shouldn’t (stop).
May I help you? Yes. / Yes you may
(help me).
SECOND: QUESTION WORDS
Wh- word When to use Examples
What Information , things • ____________ is this?
Why Reason (because) • ____________ did they do that?
When time • ____________ is he coming over?
Where place • ____________ are we going?
How about manner • ____________ are you?
• ____________ one do you want:
Which a choice
green or blue?
Who a person ( subject) • _______ is your English Teacher?
How many to count things • ______ brothers have you got?
How much money • _________ is this sandwich?
Whose Possession • _________ book is this?
1. Where were you born?
2. What do you do? A year ago.
3. Are you married? Three times a week.
4. Why are you learning In Morocco.
English? Because I need it for
5. When did you start my job.
learning English? I’m a teacher.
6. How often do you have No, I’m a single.
English classes?
1. Where were you born?
A year ago. 5
2. What do you do?
3. Are you married? Three times a week. 6
4. Why are you learning In Morocco. 1
English? Because I need it for
4
5. When did you start my job.
learning English? I’m a teacher. 2
6. How often do you have No, I’m a single. 3
English classes?
I work You work
He work s They work
She work s We work
It work s
I come to school She comes to
early school late
A habit
a fact which
is always true
a fact which true
for a long time
A habit
I get up at 6 o’clock
a fact which
is always true
Vegetarians don’t eat meat
a fact which true
for a long time
I live in Makkah
a. speak
She ___ four languages.
b. speaks
The food in Japan is expensive. a. cost
It ___ a lot to live there b. costs
a. teach
Jane is a teacher. She ___ French
b. teaches
a. wash
He always ___ his car on Sundays.
b. washes
a. love
I ___ to watch movies.
b. loves
Fourth
Present Continuous
Present Continuous
Something is happening now
now
Am / is / are + V.ing
Present Continuous
Something happening around
now but not athe moment of
speaking
She is studying math at the
university.
Present Continuous
A planned future arrangement
I’m meeting Miss Boyd at ten
o’clock tomorrow.
Present Continuous Affirmative
Sam
is driving
to the
countryside
now.
The girls are playing
now.
Present Continuous Negative
He is reading
He is writing
Negative Form
am / is / are + v.ing
Present Continuous Negative
Something is not
happening now
He is not sleeping
We are not playing
She is not listening
Present Continuous Negative
I am -----
not
wearing a
dress today.
Put the correct
form of the verb
in the blanks
Sameer
---------------- now.
juice
Dad ------------ juice
every day.
My brother always
------------ at me.
Have Have got
Have/ have got Same meaning
I have two brothers
I have got two brothers
For an activity or habit
I have a shower in the morning
not
I have got a shower in the morning
