Question+forms

 Question forms a. - AUX b. +AUX || a. Did the police use tear gas? b. Were the students coughing? || a. - AUX b. +AUX || a. Who did the police arrest? b. Who have the police caught through facebook? || a. - AUX b. +AUX || a. Why did they do that? b. Why were they doing that? ||
 * Question Type || Example ||
 * 1. Subject || Who started the riot? ||
 * 2. Yes/No
 * 3. Object Question
 * 4. Adverbial Question

Formation of Questions-

1. Subject questions: Replace the subject with a wh- word

__Who__ started the riot?

2. Yes/No questions: Subect and auxiliary verb inversion, but if the question is in present or past simple tense the auxilary "do" needs to be added before the subject

__Did__ __the police__ use tear gas? -added auxilary "did" __Were__ __the students__ coughing?

3. Object questions: Replace the object with wh- word and move it to the front, if there is no auxilary present then add it in

__Who__ __did__ the police arrest? -added auxilary "did" __Who__ __have__ the police caught through facebook?

4. Adverbial questions: replace the adverbial with wh- word and move it to the front, if there is no auxialry present then add it in

__Why__ __did__ they do that? -added auxialry "did" __Why__ __were__ they doing that?

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