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SIMPLE QUESTIONS
 Form of Yes / No
questions
« verb to be» in simple
present
The simple present of the verb to be
This page will present the simple present of the verb to be:
 its form
 and its use
The verb to be
The verb to be is the most important verb in the English language. It is
difficult to use because it is an irregular verb in almost all of its
forms. In the simple present tense, to be is conjugated as follows:
 STRUCTURE FORMS OF THE VERB TO BE:

Structure simple present questions yes/ no questions Auxiliary verb

“AM” “ARE” “IS”
Verb auxiliary + Subject + verb in its base form +
Complement?

AM ARE IS
We She
They He
I you It
 Examples:
Is she a tall blonde girl?
Are Peter and Julián from Italy?

If positive: Yes, subject + verb If negative: No, subject + verb

auxiliary “ am, are,is” auxiliary “ am, are,is” + not

Short answers: Short answers:

Yes, she is. No, she is not / she isn´t.
Yes, They are. No , They are not / they aren´t.
 Simple Past verb to be “ was and were”
• The verb to be in the past tense presents but at this time only two are used:
"was" and "were".
• Use
The past simple forms of the verb ‘to be’. Generally, ‘was’ is used with
singular pronouns (one subject), and ‘were’ is used with plural pronouns
(more than one subject), but the pronoun ‘you’ is an exception.
• WAS is usually used with the pronouns ‘I’, ‘she’, ‘he’, and ‘it’.
WERE is usually used with pronouns ‘you’, ‘we’, and ‘they’.
 STRUCTURE THE SIMPLE PAST “VERB TO BE”
WAS AND WERE.

Structure simple past questions yes/ no questions Auxiliary verb

“WAS” “WERE”
Verb auxiliary + Subject + verb in its base form +
Complement?

WERE WAS

Pronouns
We She
They He
you It
Examples:
Was she a tall blonde girl? If negatitive: No, subject +
Were Peter and Julián from Italy? verb auxiliary “ was, were” +
not
If positive: Yes, subject +
verb auxiliary “ was , Short answers:
were” No, she was not / she wasn´t
No , They were not / they
Short answers:
weren´t.
Yes, she was.
Yes, They were .
 Present Progresive

• It shows actions that are happening at the moment.

• Rules
• If the verb ends in two vowels + a consonant, just add –ing. raining
• If the verb has one syllable and ends in one vowel + one consonant, double
the consonat to make the – ing. stopping
• If the firts syllable of a two- syllable verbs is stressed, do not doublé the
consonant. preferring
 Structure

• Verb auxiliary + subject +verb in If positive: Yes,

participle + complement?
subject + verb
Examples: auxiliary “ am, is,are”
Is you father working right
now? Short answers:
Are they eating a lunch? Yes, you is .
Yes, They are .
If negatitive: No, subject
+ verb auxiliary ““ am,
is,are” + not
Short answers:
No, yuo is not / yuo isn´t
No , They are not / they aren´t.
Exercises: complete the following questions with the verb
to be in past and present.

1. ____I sleepy?
2. _____ you late?
3. _____ it hot?
4. _____ they at work?
5. ____ she a clever girl?
6. ______ they a doctors?
PRESENT TENSE, SIMPLE PAST AND
FUTURE SIMPLE
 Uses the present tense AUXILIAR
It is used to describe habitual actions
that occur frequently and does not Do
refer to whether it is happening at the Does
present time .

Structure
Do
Auxiliary "do" or "does " + subject + verb I, you, they, you, we
in its base form + complement + ?
Does
She, he, it

Examples:

• Do you study English every day?

• Does she watch TV at 9 pm?
Short aswer

If positive : Yes, + subject + auxiliary "do" or "does "

Examples:

•Yes, I do.
•Yes, she does.
If NEGATIVE : Examples:

No, + subject + auxiliary "do" •No, I do not / don’t

or "does " + NOT •No, she does not / doesn’t

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 Simple past uses

It is used to describe past actions that took

place at a certain time and have already
completed.
 Structure Examples:

Auxiliary "did" + subject + verb in its

base form + complement + ?
• Did you play
baseball yesterday ?
• Math Did They
study last week ?

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Short answers

If positive : Yes , + subject + auxiliary "did" If NEGATIVE : No , + subject + auxiliary "did" + NOT

Examples: Examples:

Yes , I did . No, I did not / did not

Yes, they did . No, not They did / did not
 Future simple " will"

It is used to describe actions to be developed in the future with certainty .

Simple questions

Auxiliary "will" + subject + verb in its base form + complement + ?

Examples:

Maria will clean the house tomorrow ?

Will Carlos Bejuma go to next week ?
 Short answers

If positive : Yes , + subject + auxiliary "will"

Examples:

Yes , she will.

Yes , I will.

If NEGATIVE : No , + subject + auxiliary "will" + NOT

Examples:

No, she will not / will not

No, I will not / will not
 Simple future "going to"

The future tense with "going to" is most commonly used in spoken language when
you want to reference the immediate future, something is about to happen .

Simple questions

Auxiliary verb "to be" present simple conjugate (IS - ARE - AM ) + subject + verb +
GOING TO its base form without the "to " + complement + ?

Examples:

Adriana is going to play tennis tomorrow ?

Are you going to pass Inglés ?
If positive : Yes, + subject + auxiliary verb "to be" present simple conjugate (IS - ARE - AM )

Examples:

Yes , I am .
Yes , she is .
Yes , you are.

If NEGATIVE : No, + subject + auxiliary verb "to be" present simple conjugate (IS - ARE - AM ) + NOT

Examples:

No, I am not
No, she is not / is not
No, you are not / are not
PRESENT PERFECT
AND PAST PERFECT
TENSE
 PRESENT
Uses PERFECT
Auxiliary verb

HAVE/HAS

It is used to talk about activities or actions that began in the

past and continues in the present
 Structure

Questions Answers

Auxiliary Verb (Past Auxiliary

Subject Rest Sign Yes/No Subject
Verb Part. ) (+ n't)
Yes, I have.
Have you done the shopping ? No, I have not.
No, I haven't.
Yes, she has.
Has Jane played basketball ? No, she has not.
No, she hasn't.
Yes, they have.
Have they been in Canada ? No, they have not.
No, they haven't.
Examples

Has he ridden a bike before?

Yes, he has
Examples

Have you been to Mexico in the last year?

No, I haven´ t
Yet

Structure Usually placed at the end of the sentence.

Auxiliary
Verb Subject Complement YET ?
(has/have)

Examples

Has the train arrived yet?

Have you met Judy yet?
Has he arrived yet?
Ever

Structure

Auxiliary
Verb Subject EVER Complement ?
(has/have)

Examples

Have you ever been to England?

Has she ever met the Prime Minister?
Have I ever met you?
Have you ever traveled to China?
 PAST
Uses PERFECT
Auxiliary verb

HAD

The Past Perfect expresses the accions that occurred

before of another action in the past.
Structure

Auxiliary
Questions Verb Subject Complement ?
(has/have)

Had they studied English before they went to London?

Had Henry worked as an accountant for long before he changed careers?

Answers Yes, I had

No, I had not
No, She hadn´t
Examples

Had you eaten anything before you went to the theatre?

Yes, I had
Examples

Had you read the contract before you signed it?

Yes, I had
Yet

Structure Usually placed at the end of the sentence.

Auxiliary
Verb Subject Complement YET ?
HAD

Examples

Had the girls arrived yet?

Had you tried the dessert yet?
Ever

Structure

Auxiliary
Verb Subject EVER Complement ?
HAD

Examples

Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?

Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006?
MODALS
 CAN
Talking about abilities; questions

Structure

Modal
Subject Verb Complement?
Can
Examples

Can you work with children?

Yes, I can
Examples

Can you use computers well?

Yes, I can
 COULD
could is more formal and polite than can.

Structure

Modal
Subject Verb Complement ?
(Could)

 To make a polite request:  To make a polite offer:

Could I go now please? Could I give you a lift?

Could you lend me a dictionary please? I could carry that for you.
Examples

•Could I take a break?

¿Podría tomarme un descanso?
•Couldn't you speak louder so everybody hears you?
¿No podría hablar más fuerte así todo el mundo te puede oír?
•Could Tony take me to the station?
¿Podría llevarme Tony a la estación?
Examples

Could you play with me?

Yes, I could
 MAY
Expressing permission or sanction: be allowed (to do something) by authority, law,
rule, morality, reason, etc. Now somewhat rare exc. (Brit.) in asking and granting
permission

Structure

Modal
Subject Verb Complement ?
May

 To make polite requests:

May I borrow the car tomorrow?

May we come a bit later?
Examples

•May anybody use the lab?

¿Cualquiera podría utilizar el laboratorio?
•May Jonathan not be witness of the accident?
¿No podría Jonathan ser testigo del accidente?

May I borrow the car tomorrow?

No, I not
may
 MIGHT
We use 'might' to suggest a small possibility of something. Often we read
that 'might' suggests a smaller possibility that 'may', there is in fact little
difference and 'might is more usual than 'may' in spoken English.

Structure

Modal
Subject Verb Complement ?
Might
Might we just interrupt for a moment?

Yes, we might
 MUST

Modal
Subject Verb Complement ?
Must
Mustn't Margaret ask for his father's permission?
¿No debe Margaret pedirle permiso a su padre?
Must everybody wear the same uniform?
¿Todos deben usar el mismo uniforme?
Must the vase be placed somewhere else so everybody
can see it?
¿Debe el jarrón estar ubicado en otro lado así todos
pueden verlo?
Examples

Must everybody wear the same uniform?

Yes, everybody must