Example
Do you play the guitar?
Where do you live in Ferghana?
Does she dance well ?
Where does your brother study?
When does Olim usually get up?
Who cleans the garden at the weekend?
Do you promise to help me with my homework?
Does the show start at 10 o’ clock?
Present simple, in its interrogative form, is used to ask about:
completed actions that happen as we speak (commentaries);
facts (things that are generally true, stated);
habits/routines (something that happens repeatedly in the present);
informal narrative (when telling a story).
permanent situations (that have been happening for a while and will be
happening in the future);
planned future (planned events with a given exact date);
promises;
timetables (planned events with given exact time).
We use the present simple, in its interrogative form, to ask about situations that
regularly, repeatedly or always occur.
When we use the present simple in its interrogative form, we start with do followed
by the subject and the verb in its base form (the sentence ends with a question mark).
In the third person singular, we use does.
For example:
— “Do you work on important projects?” = The sentence is in the present
simple interrogative, so we start with do and we use the base form of the
verb to work (work).
— “Does she work on important projects?” = The subject is she, so we start
with does and we use the base form of the verb to work (work).
NOTE: The verb to be is irregular, so it doesn’t follow the general formation rule
for the interrogative form. We put it at the beginning of the sentence to form
questions.
In the interrogative form, Wh- questionsalways begin with one of the whquestion words (interrogative pronouns), which show what kind of information
is wanted.
The wh- questions in the present tense are used to ask for information in the
present.
FORM
To create a wh- question, we place an auxiliary or a modal verb after the whquestion word and before a subject.
In the present tense (both simple and continuous), we use the present forms of
the auxiliary and modal verbs.
The interrogative form of wh- questions in present form have this structure
with an auxiliary verb:
Wh- question word + auxiliary verb (present form) + subject + verb +
…?
with a modal verb:
Wh- question word + modal verb (present form) + subject + verb + …?
without an auxiliary verb:
What/who + verb (third person singular) + …?
Which/whose + noun + verb (third person singular/plural) + …?
The Wh- words are :when, where, why, which, what, whose, who, whom and how.
Example:
1. When does the plain leave?
2. Wheredo you buy bread?
3. Why are you late ? 4. Which laptop is yours?
5. What can I do for you?
6. Whose computer is this?
7. Who speaks German in your group?
8. Whom does he like?
9. How old are you?
USE
The wh- words that are used to make questions are:
when (to ask for information about time);
where (to ask for information about place);
why (to ask for a reason);
which (to ask for information about a preference between two or more
things);
that (to ask for information about something);
whose (to ask for information about who something belongs to);
who (to ask for information about people, as a subject);
whom (to ask for information about people, as an object);
how* (to ask for information about the way something is done, the
way something happens).
These questions are also called open questions because the possible answers to
them are infinite.
*How does not start with wh-, but it is also considered to be a wh- question.