Lesson 2 (part B3)

B.3 Notice the position of always in questions

STATEMENT		john	Always	Studies	At night
		john	Always	Studies	At night
QUESTIONS	does	john	Always	Study	At night?
STATEMENT		Mary	is	Always	Busy
		Mary	is	Always	Busy
QUESTIONS	is	Mary		Always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always come before the main verb (study, arrive, etc) in questions as well as in statements. With forms of be (am, are, is) the adverb of frequency remains with the rest of the predicate when the verb is put before the subject to make a question.

Exercise 12. Change the teacher’s statement into a question. The next student will answer the question.

The teacher is usually busy                                      STUDENT A: IS THE TEACHER USUALLY BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT B: YES, HE IS

You Are Often Busy                                                    STUDENT B: ARE YOU OFTEN BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT C: YES, I AM OR NO, I AM NOT

1.       You are sometimes tired

2.       You are sometimes hungry

3.       You always eat breakfast in the morning

4.       The windows are always open

5.       The teacher is usually in the room

6.       You usually have coffee for breakfast

7.       You usually eat lunch at noon

8.       The door is sometimes open

9.       The windows are often closed

10.   You sometimes read at night

11.   You usually understand the lessons

12.   Pencils are usually light

13.   Shoes are always white

14.   Shirts are often white.

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn