Asking Questions

We have seen that there are two types of questions:

1. Yes/ No questions
2. Wh- Questions 

1/ Yes/ No questions

They have a structure that we can easily recognise: 

Auxiliary + Subject+ Verb+ rest of that sentence ?

The answer will start with Yes or No. 

When asking the question the person will raise their voice at the end of the sentence, on the last word mostly: 

Do you know those books? 

Do you know that cook? 

Do you have tea or coffee? 

Do you speak other languages? 

Would you pass me the book, please?

2/ Wh- questions

When the question is asked on something specific a special word, an interrogative pronoun will be used. 

Here is a list of these words: 

Who ?

Why ?

What ?

Where ?

When ?

Which ones? 

How ?

How many ? 

How long ? 

How often? 

When asking the question the person will lower their tone of voice at the end of the sentence, on the last word mostly: 

Why did you buy that bike? 

What makes you scream? 

When did you cry for the last time? 

Unit 5 in "La Grammaire Anglaise au Lycée" de Bertrand- Delepine

P 32

Getting to know someone

In order to start a conversation, it is important to revise how to ask questions. Two teenagers are taking park.
Pair-work: What are the questions you would ask someone you are meeting for the first time?
The result was:

1. What is your name? 
2. How old are you? 
3. Where do you come from? 
4. Where do you live? 
5. Do you have brothers and sisters? 
6. Do you have pets? 
7. What are your hobbies? 
8. What music do you listen to? 
9. What type of films do you watch? 
10. What type of video games do you like? 
11. What types of books are you reading? 

In order to answer correctly the verb to be and to have have to be mastered.
To be has a different use in French and in English. For instance,
when you express you age
She is fifteen years old /  she is fifteen
You can feel that it is pointless translating from French into English word for word.
Age, but also how one feels physically:
I am cold/ I am hot
I am hungry/  I am thirsty
Or a strong feeling like: I am afraid/ I am scared
or a physical description: I am sleepy/ I was sick
or a moral statement: I am right/ I m wrong
Or the weather: It is windy/ cold/ warm
and : I am lucky!

See p 36 of "La Gammaire anglaise au Lycée" de Berland-Delepine