カテゴリー: Asking a Question

What Questions

ALULAスタッフ, 更新日時 September 14, 2023

"What" + helping verb (do/does) + subject + verb + object ?
When using third person singular subjects (he, she, it), the helping verb becomes "does".
A subject question is a question where the subject of the sentence is the unknown information.
When using "What" as a subject in a question, the formula to follow looks like this: What + verb + object/complement?

The word "What" is commonly used in English to ask questions. We'll learn how to use "What" to form a question sentence in the simple present tense.

The structure of "What" questions in simple present is as follows:

"What" + helping verb (do/does) + subject + verb + object ?

If the subject is "I", "you", "we", "they", or many things/people, use "do".

If the subject is "he", "she", "it", or 1 thing/person, use "does". Note, the verb must be in base form.

Examples:

What do you like?

Question word ("What") + helping verb ("do") + subject ("you") + verb ("like")?
What does she wear to work?

Question word ("What") + helping verb ("does") + subject ("she") + verb ("wear")?
What does she wears to work?

"wears" (third-person singular) is WRONG.

Here are some example answers to "What" questions.

Examples:

A subject question is where the subject of the sentence is the unknown information.

Use this form to make a subject question: What + verb + (object/complement)?

Examples:

What smells good? - The apple pie smells good.

Question word ("What") + verb ("smells") + complement ("good")?
What caused the accident? - Heavy rain caused the accident.

Question word ("What") + verb ("caused") + object ("the accident")?
What is this? - This is a toy.

Question word ("What") + verb ("is") + subject ("this")?

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