What are question forms in English grammar?

Do you know how to form questions? Enhance your knowledge with the lesson given below and the grammar explanation to guide you better.

Check out these examples to see how questions are formed:

• Is she an artist?

• Does he play football?

• What time did you arrive?

• How much is a cup of coffee?

Grammar explanation - Question forms

To form questions, we often place the verb before the subject. This is known as inversion.

If there is a question word (why, what, where, how, etc.), it goes before the verb.

This applies to sentences with be, sentences that use auxiliary verbs (e.g., They are waiting. She has finished.), and sentences with modal verbs (can, will, should, might, etc.).

Questions in the present simple and past simple

For other verbs in the present simple, we use the auxiliary verb do/does in the question.

We use the auxiliary verb did in the past simple.

Subject questions

In some questions, who or what is the subject of the verb. There is no inversion of subject and verb in these questions.

• Who called you yesterday?

• What happened at the party?

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