by Phil Williams | May 26, 2016 | Definitions, Exercises, Grammar
Following on from the quick exercises for negative simple statements, this exercise will test understanding of negative simple question forms. Negative simple questions are formed by placing do, did or will before the subject and not after the subject, or by forming a...
by Phil Williams | Mar 31, 2016 | Exercises, Grammar
Questions are formed in the simple tenses by using either do, does, did or will before a bare infinitive, or with the verb to be. The following exercise will help you practice converting simple statements into question form in the past, present and future. Use the...
by Phil Williams | Jun 9, 2015 | General English, Grammar
I received an interesting email from a visitor asking about the form of “to do” + infinitive, in this case in a past simple sentence. It was a complex sentence, which someone hides what is a rather simple, and useful, grammar construction – that we use a construction...
by Phil Williams | Mar 5, 2014 | Definitions, Grammar
Questions in English are usually formed by either inverting the verb and subject, or by adding an auxiliary verb before the subject (and putting the main verb in bare infinitive form). This form is normally followed whether we use question words or not. However,...