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Change statements into questions

A sentence that tells us something is a statement. In modern English, auxiliaries are the only verbs which can be put before the subject of a sentence to form questions.

• He is a good fellow.
• Is he a good fellow?
• They have won the race.
• Have they won the race?
• The cat will kill the mice.
• Will the cat kill the mice?

In the case of other verbs, the auxiliaries do and its forms (does and did) have to be used before the subject.

• John enjoys playing tennis. (statement)
• Does John enjoy playing tennis? (question)
• Sharon makes models from clay.
• Does Sharon make models from clay?
• Alice goes to school by train.
• Does Alice go to school by train?
• The children practise the violin each morning.
• Do the children practise the violin each morning?
• Our team played well yesterday.
• Did our team play well yesterday?
• He fell from the ladder.
• Did he fall from the ladder?
• They went to Mumbai.
• Did they go to Mumbai?
• She likes to see pictures.
• Does she like to see pictures?
• They make good cheese.
• Do they make good cheese?

Negative questions

• He does not like it. (negative statement)
• Does he not like it? OR Doesn’t he like it? (negative question)
• They do not eat meat. (negative statement)
• Do they not eat meat? OR Don’t they eat meat? (negative question)
• She did not touch it. (negative statement)
• Did she not touch it? OR Didn’t she touch it? (negative question)