QUESTION FORMS: ALL VERBS EXCEPT BE
• We use the auxiliary did in Past Simple questions (see 6.4), and the auxiliary do or does in Present Simple questions (see 3.2 and 4.3).
PAST SIMPLE
When (question word) did (auxiliary) Madonna (subject) make (infinitive) her first record?
What did Sting do before he became a singer?
PRESENT SIMPLE
Where (question word) do (auxiliary) U2 (subject) come (infinitive) from?
Which instrument does Elton John play?
TIP!
• We can also make Present Simple questions with have got: What car has he got? (see 2.2).
In the Past Simple we say: Did you have a car? NOT Did you have got a car?
QUESTION FORMS: BE
• For the verb be, we don’t use do, does or did to make questions (see 1.1 and 6.2).
PAST SIMPLE
How (question word) old was (be) Shakira (subject) when she released ‘Magic’?
How long were the Beatles together?
PRESENT SIMPLE
Where (question word) am (be) I (subject)?
What is your name?
How old are they?
