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=== '''Simple Present Questions:''' ===
=== '''Simple Present Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Simple Past Questions:''' ===
=== '''Simple Past Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Present Continuous Questions:''' ===
=== '''Present Continuous Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Past Continuous Questions:''' ===
=== '''Past Continuous Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Present Perfect Questions:''' ===
=== '''Present Perfect Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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|How much money
|How much money
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=== '''Future Questions:''' ===
=== '''Future Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Modal Questions:''' ===
=== '''Modal Questions:''' ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|'''QUESTION WORD'''
!'''QUESTION WORD'''
|'''AUXILIARY VERB'''
!'''AUXILIARY VERB-'''
|'''SUBJECT'''
!'''SUBJECT'''
|'''MAIN VERB'''
!'''MAIN VERB'''
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=== '''Exceptions:''' ===
=== '''Exceptions:''' ===
Yes/No questions do not use a question word…
Yes/No questions do not use a question word…




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* Are you going to accept the job offer?
* Are you going to accept the job offer?
* Should we take the early morning flight?
* Should we take the early morning flight?




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* Were your parents angry when you failed the test?
* Were your parents angry when you failed the test?
* Was her ex-boyfriend a basketball player?
* Was her ex-boyfriend a basketball player?


'''Reported questions, indirect questions,''' and '''subject questions''' also do not follow QUASM
'''Reported questions, indirect questions,''' and '''subject questions''' also do not follow QUASM

Revision as of 12:59, 28 July 2022

An Easy Way To Form (Almost) Any Question In English
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Forming Questions In English Can Be Confusing.

Don’t worry – I’m going to teach you a simple formula that works for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!


This formula is called QUASM:


  • QU estion word
  • A uxiliary verb
  • S ubject
  • M ain verb


Look how QUASM works for forming questions in the following verb tenses:

Simple Present Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
Where do you work?
What does Martha think about the project?
How do you like your new apartment?
How many kids does john have?

Simple Past Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
How did they learn English so fast?
When did you get home from work yesterday?
What did the manager think about your idea?
Where did you buy that T-shirt?

Present Continuous Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
What are you doing at the moment?
Why is he ignoring me?
What time are we meeting up for dinner?
Who is she dating now?

Past Continuous Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
Who were you talking to on the phone?
What was Jim doing when you called?
Why were the children eating candy before dinner?
How was he feeling after the surgery?

Present Perfect Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
How much money have you spent on clothes this month?
How long has your teacher worked at this school?
What have they been doing all day?
How long has the client been waiting for their order?

Future Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
Who will you invite to the party?
What will your parents think about your plan?
When are you going to clean your room?
Why is she going to quit her job?

Modal Questions:

QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY VERB- SUBJECT MAIN VERB
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
How could we improve our English?
Where should I go on my next vacation?

Exceptions:

Yes/No questions do not use a question word…


…but they still follow ASM (Auxiliary verb – Subject – Main verb)

  • Do you like bananas?
  • Did you enjoy the movie?
  • Are you studying English?
  • Were you sleeping when I called you last night?
  • Have you finished your homework?
  • Will you call me when you get home?
  • Are you going to accept the job offer?
  • Should we take the early morning flight?


Questions where the main verb is “be” also don’t follow the pattern:

  • Are you thirsty?
  • Is she a teacher?
  • Were your parents angry when you failed the test?
  • Was her ex-boyfriend a basketball player?


Reported questions, indirect questions, and subject questions also do not follow QUASM

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