Sentence structure: Wh- questions

Question words like what, where and when go at the very start of an English sentence. After them comes a normal yes/no question.

Bring the pieces together

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Pattern
With be: Where is my pencil? · With do / does / did: What do you eat for breakfast? · With can / will: When will they arrive?
Question words
Example: What?
Example: Where?
Examples
In Turkish the question word goes just before the verb; in English it goes at the very start.
Example: Where do you live?
Example: When does the movie start?
Build the question from the answer
We ask about the place → Where. The -s in lives moves to does.
Example: She lives in Izmir.
Example: Where does she live?
Tip
To build a question from an answer: 1) remove the part you ask about, 2) put the question word first, 3) place the helping verb before the subject.

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