Suffixes, making question

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Grammar 

Suffixes

Making questions 

wh - questions

Word formation: basics

Which words can you form with the following suffixes?

Add these suffixes to the correct word to form a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

child

friend

care

repair

mean

-hood

-ship

- ing

-ation

-ness

-er

-r

Suffixes 

 Are used to create other word categories, such as;

-nouns   (what we have just looked at)

-adjectives   ( -less, -ful, -ish)
-adverbs  (-ly )
-verbs  (- ate, -en, -ify, -ise)  active

Let's try to make nouns from the given word

Actual word formation!

Use the word given to form a word that fits the gap.

The practice of growing crops for food is called __________. (farm)

The ___________ of the van wasn't paying attention. (drive)

His ___________ to help was unexpected. (refuse)

Your ________ is very important to me. (friend)

His _______ is very important to me. (happy)

The __________ is responsible for running the country. (govern)

The __________ of space is something that excites a lot of people. (explore)

Complete 

U1:L2 Ex. 8 & 9

Making questions 

Which "helping" verb is used to make questions?

Making questions 

1. When there is one verb in the sentence and this is not a form of 'to be'

• sentences in simple present 
• I walk to school.                - Do I walk to school?
• She walks to school.         - Does she walk to school? 
• sentences in simple past  
• You walked to school.     - Did you walk to school? 
• He walked to school.       - Did he walk to school? 

do/does

Since there is only one verb in the sentence, and you need two, you need to add 'do' or 'does' at the beginning of the sentence to make a question. 

'do' is used with all subjects except third person singular

'does' is used with third person singular (he/she/it) 

after 'do/does' comes the complete verb 

did

Since there is only one verb in the sentence, and you need two, you need to add 'did' at the beginning of the sentence to make a question. 

after 'did' comes the complete verb 

Making questions

2. When there is one verb in the sentence and this is a form of 'to be' 

• make a question by putting the form of 'to be' at the beginning of the sentence
• I am a teacher.      - Am I a teacher?
• She was late.         - Was she late? 
• You are nice.         - Are you nice? 

Making questions

3. When there is more than one verb in the sentence  

• make a question by putting the first verb at the beginning of the sentence. The rest of the sentence stays the same. 
• You have been complainig all day.     - Have you been complaining...? 
• They are talking to each other.            - Are they talking to each other? 
• She will be late!                                      - Will she be late? 

Making questions

You also have to know how to make questions using wh-words. 

• who
• where
• when
• why
• whose 
• what
  
• how (many) 

Making questions

For most wh-questions the same rules for making questions apply, you simply add the wh-word at the beginning of the sentence: 

• What did they do to make you mad? 
• Where have you been all afternoon? 
• How do you feel? 
• When did you get home? 
• Who do you like most? 

Making questions

However, when 'who' or 'what' is the subject of the sentence, you do not need to add 'do/does/did': 

• What happened to her? 
• Who knows the answer? 

Frank is sitting next to Clara. (Who...?)

The boy comes from Newcastle. (Where...?)

Peter's birthday is in April. (When...?)

I'm going to my friends. (Where...?)

I'm going to order Fish and Chips. (What...?)

Her children are five and seven. (How...?)

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U1:L2 Ex. 10 + versterk jezelf (making questions)

Ex. 11