Word Order in Questions

• To make a question in English, we put the auxiliary verb before the subject. Remember the formula: Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Main Verb.
• Question Word
• Auxiliary
• Subject
• Main Verb
• Rest of Sentence
• Where
• do
• you
• work
• in Chicago?
• What time
• do
• they
• call
• the carrier?
• How
• does
• the dispatcher
• manage
• the fleet?
• When
• do
• we
• start
• the shift?
• Remember
• Always put 'do' or 'does' before the subject in present simple questions.
• Use 'does' for he, she, it, and singular nouns like 'the truck driver'.
• Use 'do' for I, you, we, they, and plural nouns like 'dispatchers'.
• Do not add '-s' to the main verb when you use 'does'.
• Examples
• Where do you work in Dallas, Texas?
• What time does the trucker call the office?
• How do dispatchers manage the fleet in Boston?
• Common mistakes
• Where you work in New York?
• Where do you work in New York?
• What time the driver calls?
• What time does the driver call?

Complete the sentences

• Where (you / work) ____ in Austin, Texas?
• What time (he / start) ____ his shift?
• Why (they / call) ____ the broker in Miami, Florida?
• How (she / manage) ____ the fleet from Chicago, Illinois?
• When (we / get) ____ the new driver list in Seattle?
• Which carrier (you / use) ____ in Denver, Colorado?

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