Question Formation: Questions in Common Tenses
An A2 guide to forming questions in common tenses, with structures, examples and reminders.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Printable reference with examples
- Clear explanations for guided or independent use
Review seven A2 question patterns: past be, other past-simple verbs, present and past continuous, going to, will and present perfect. The chart also models information questions and short answers.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review base verbs versus participles before comparing Did she go? and Have you seen...?. Use a few currently relevant tenses rather than all rows at once.
- Locate the first helping verb in each selected pattern and move it before the subject.
- Compare the main-verb forms after did, be and have/has; preserve going to in questions about plans.
- Practise optional teacher-added questions and short answers, repeating the first verb in the answer.
Support and extension
Offer the chart as a checking aid. Extend by adding where, what or when to a selected pattern. This is a one-page reference, not a supplied question drill; check meaning as well as word order, and do not use a past form after did.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
