Asking questions

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Asking yes / no questions

Who are you?
Where were you born?
What is your age?

Recap: asking open-ended questions

“What, Where, Who, Why, When, Which and How”

Asking questions
Vertaal: wie

Asking questions
Vertaal: wat

Asking questions
Vertaal: waar

Asking questions
Vertaal: wanneer

Asking questions
Vertaal: waarom

Asking questions
Vertaal: hoe

Recap: asking yes/no questions

Give me an example of a yes/no question using the present tense

Give me an example of a yes/no question using the verb ''to be'' in the present tense

Asking yes/no questions

Als je een gesloten vraag (ja/nee-vraag) wilt formuleren, dan gebruik je een vorm van do + het hele werkwoord:

Do you think George Chapman was Jack the Ripper? (present)

Does the doctor know what is wrong with Lucy? (present)

Did George and Mary own a bar? (past)

Asking yes/no questions

Je kunt ook gesloten vragen stellen met een vorm van to be:

Are the police sure they arrested the right person?

Were the two women friends?

• To be - present tense
• am/is/are

• To be - past tense
• was/were
  
  
• To be - past participle
• been