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Short questions SHORT QUESTIONS WITH AUXILIARY VERBS

If a statement contains an
auxiliary verb, including
Short questions are a way of showing interest during See also: modal verbs, that auxiliary
conversation. They’re used to keep conversation going, Present simple 1 Forming quetsions 34 verb is repeated in the
rather than to ask for new information. Types of verbs 49 short question.

Here, “have” is an auxiliary verb
SHORT QUESTIONS forming the present perfect.
Short questions must be in the same tense as the statement they’re responding to.
If the statement is positive, the short question should be positive and vice versa.
The subject from the statement is replaced with the relevant pronoun.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

For statements For other verbs, a
using “be,” the short form of “do” is used.
question uses the
same form of “be.”

FURTHER EXAMPLES

“I am” becomes The past simple of SHORT QUESTIONS IN US ENGLISH
“are you” because “do” is used to match
it is directed back “went,” which is the In US English, short questions
at the speaker. past simple of “go.”
are sometimes not inverted.

The subject and verb
The negative is The third person are not inverted, but
used to match form “does” is this is said with a
the statement. used to match rising intonation.
“studies.”

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