One verb: Do/Does/Did They laughed. Did they laugh?
Two verbs: (Helping verb + Verb) Helping verb + Verb He can swim. Can he swim? To be (One or Two verbs) To be He is from Russia. Is he from Russia? They are going home. Are they going home? Yes/No questions: One verb: Do/Does/Did + Infinitive
Two verbs: Helping verb +Verb Helping verbs: will, would, can, could, should, must, may, might, have (as a helping verb)*
To be (One or Two verbs): To be
Open questions When, where, who, how, why + Yes/No Question One verb:
To be:
Questions about the subject of the verb:
Note: Sometimes ing looks like a verb, but its a noun. Eg: I like dancing. This looks like two verbs, but dancing here is a noun. Compare: Dancing is fun. I like dancing. Like you dancing?Do you like dancing? -ing is a verb only when its with to be: He is sitting. They were hiking. She has been running. H e w o r k s .
D o e s h e w o r k ? T h e y w o r k .
D o t h e y w o r k ? S h e w o r k e d .
D i d s h e w o r k ? H e w i l l g o .
W i l l h e g o ? W e s h o u l d e a t .
S h o u l d w e e a t ? I c a n g o .
C a n y o u g o ? Have One verb: *Have two verbs:
S h e h a s f i n i s h e d .
H a s s h e f i n i s h e d ? T h e y h a v e a c a r .
D o t h e y h a v e a c a r ? I t i s h e r e .
I s i t h e r e ? T h e y w e r e t i r e d .
W e r e t h e y t i r e d ? W e a r e h a p p y .
A r e y o u h a p p y ? One verb:
H e i s g o i n g .
I s h e g o i n g ? H e w a s t a l k i n g .
W a s h e t a l k i n g ? I t i s g o i n g t o r a i n .
I s i t g o i n g t o r a i n ? Two verbs:
Questions B i l l s a w S u s a n .
W h o d i d B i l l s e e ? S h e h a s g o n e h o m e .
W h e r e h a s s h e g o n e ? Two verbs: S h e i s h e r e .
W h e r e i s s h e ? W e w e r e e a t i n g p i z z a .
W h a t w e r e y o u e a t i n g ? B i l l s a w S u s a n .
W h o s a w S u s a n ? P a u l a n d S a m a r e w a t c h i n g T V .