Introducere. Cum se formează

Atunci când formulăm o întrebare, plasăm verbul auxiliar înaintea subiectului.

Afirmativ:

Carl	likes	chocolate.
subiect	verb	complement

Întrebare:

Does	Carl	like	chocolate?
verb auxiliar	subiect	verb	complement

Exemple:

Timp	Verb auxiliar	Subiect	Verbul principal	Complement
Prezentul simplu	Do	I / you / we / they	watch	television every day?
	Does	he / she / it
Trecutul simplu	Did	I / you / he / she / it / we / they	watch	television last night?
Prezentul perfect	Have	I / you / we / they	watched	television yet?
	Has	he / she / it
Prezentul continuu	Am	I	watching	television
	Is	he / she / it
	Are	you / we / they
Trecutul continuu	Was	I / he / she / it	watching	television?
	Were	you / we / they
"be going to"	Am	I	going to watch	television?
	Is	he / she / it
	Are	you / we / they
Viitorul simplu	Will	I / you / he / she / it / we / they	watch	television?

Atunci când "be" este verbul principal, nu avem nevoie de un verb auxiliar. De exemplu:

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

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Exerciții

Completați întrebările cu verbul corect:

• you going to the party tomorrow?
   
• he ever been to Italy?
   
• they climb Everest last year?
   
• Where you yesterday?
   

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Uneori este necesară folosirea unui pronume interogativ la începutul unei întrebări:

• What
• When
• Where
• Why
• Who
• Which
• Whose
• How

Pronumele interogativ reprezintă lucrul despre care întrebăm, ceea ce dorim să aflăm.

Exemple:

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.

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Exerciții

Completați întrebările cu pronumele interogativ corect:

• have you studied English? - For 5 years.
   
• were you born? - On 1st January 1955.
   
• did you study English? - At university.
   
• is that woman? - She's my sister.
   

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Exerciții suplimentare

Completați propozițiile cu răspunsul corect dintre a, b, c sau d:

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


How When Who Why



• ____ ?


You have yet found your keys Found have you yet your keys Have you found your keys yet You have found your keys yet



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


How long How old How far How often



• Is Amanda ____ a new job?


going to find going find find have found



• ____ the car ____ very fast?


Were / travelling Was / travelling Is / travel Is / going travel



• ____ in India?


Got your parents married Did married get your parents Did your parents get married Your parents did get married

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Aspect lingvistic de nivel intermediar

Întrebări indirecte

Întrebările indirecte sună mai politicos decât întrebările directe.

În general, sunt introduse de propoziții precum:

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

Exemplu:

• 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?

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Rețineți că propoziția introductivă conține întrebarea:

• "Could you tell me ..." – subiectul și verbul auxiliar sunt inversate

Ordinea cuvintelor în propoziția secundară rămâne cea obișnuită:

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

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Întrebări disjunctive

Întrebările disjunctive (tag questions) apar la finalul unei propoziții afirmative și, în funcție de intonație, sunt folosite pentru a căuta confirmarea sau pentru a încuraja acordul interlocutorului.

Întrebările disjunctive sunt formulate cu ajutorul verbului auxiliar și al subiectului:

• You’re tired today, aren’t you?
• He didn’t finish the work, did he?
• They haven’t been to Asia, have they?

Rețineți că o propoziție afirmativă va fi urmată de o întrebare disjunctivă negativă și o propoziție negativă va fi urmată de o întrebare disjunctivă afirmativă.