Perguntas Quantitativas (pronomes interrogativos)

Introdução e Formato

Quando fazemos uma pergunta nós colocamos o verbo auxiliar (helping) antes do sujeito.

Positivo:

Carl	likes	chocolate.
Assunto	verbo	objeto

Pergunta:

Does	Carl	like	chocolate?
Verbo auxiliar	Assunto	verbo	objeto

Exemplos:

tempo	Verbo auxiliar	Assunto	Verbo principal	Complemento
Presente simples	Do	I / you / we / they	watch	television every day?
Presente simples	Does	he / she / it	watch	television every day?
Passado simples	Did	I / you / he / she / it / we / they	watch	television last night?
Presente perfeito	Have	I / you / we / they	watched	television yet?
Presente perfeito	Has	he / she / it	watched	television yet?
presente contínuo	Am	I	watching	television
	Is	he / she / it
	Are	you / we / they
Pretérito Imperfeito	Was	I / he / she / it	watching	television?
Pretérito Imperfeito	Were	you / we / they	watching	television?
"be going to"	Am	I	going to watch	television?
	Is	he / she / it
	Are	you / we / they
Futuro simples	Will	I / you / he / she / it / we / they	watch	television?

Quando o verbo "to be" é o verbo principal, não precisa de um verbo auxiliar, por exemplo:

Are you an accountant?
Was he tired?
Am I late?
Were they at home?

Pratique

Responda às perguntas com o verbo correto:
.

1)

you going to the party tomorrow?

2)

he ever been to Italy?

3)

they climb Everest last year?

4)

Where you yesterday?

Às vezes precisamos usar um pronome interrogativo, ou uma palavra de interrogação no início da pergunta:

What
When
Where
Why
Who
Which
Whose
How

O pronome interrogativo representa a coisa que estamos perguntando sobre - é o que queremos saber.

Exemplos:

What time do you get up?	I get up at 6 a.m.
Where do you live?	I live in London.
How old is he?	He is 26 years old.
How often does he go shopping?	He goes once a month.
When did they leave?	They left yesterday.
How long have you lived here?	I've lived here for 4 years.
How far is London?	It's 400 miles from here.
Why are you sad?	I'm sad because it's a sad movie.
Who wrote that book?	Stephen King.

Em tempos verbais simples, não usamos o verbo auxiliar do, does, ou did se o sujeito for a palavra interrogatória da frase:
"Who left the door open?" e não "~~Who did leave the door open?~~"

Pratique

Responda às perguntas com a correta palavra interrogatória:
.

1)

have you studied English? - For 5 years.

2)

were you born? - On 1st January 1955.

3)

did you study English? - At university.

4)

is that woman? - She's my sister.

Pratique ainda mais

Complete as frases com a resposta correta de a, b, c ou d:
.

1)

____ do you start your new job? - I start next week.

When

How

Who

Why

2)

____ ?

You have found your keys yet

Have you found your keys yet

You have yet found your keys

Found have you yet your keys

3)

____ do you have team meetings? - Twice a month.

How far

How long

How often

How old

4)

Is Amanda ____ a new job?

going find

going to find

have found

find

5)

____ the car ____ very fast?

Is / travel

Is / going travel

Were / travelling

Was / travelling

6)

____ in India?

Your parents did get married

Did married get your parents

Did your parents get married

Got your parents married

Ponto de nível intermediário de linguagem

Perguntas indiretas

Perguntas indiretas são mais educadas do que perguntas diretas.

Elas são geralmente introduzidas por frases tais como:

Could you tell me…
Do you know…
Do you have any idea…

Exemplo:

Could you tell me what time it is, please?
Do you know how to get to the bus station?
Do you have any idea how much the tickets are?

Note-se que a frase introdutória contém a pergunta:

"Você poderia me dizer..." - o sujeito e o verbo auxiliar estão invertidos

A frase secundária mantém a ordem normal das palavras:

"Could you tell me what time it is, please?" not - "~~Could you tell me what time is it, please?~~"

Perguntas Tag

As perguntas tag vêm no final de uma frase positiva e, dependendo da entonação, são normalmente utilizadas para pedir a confirmação do que estamos dizendo, ou para incentivar concordância com o que estamos dizendo.

As perguntas tag são feitas usando o verbo auxiliar e o sujeito: