Asking Questions. There are two kinds of questions: 1)YES/No Questions AND 2) Information Questions.

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Asking Questions

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Asking Questions

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There are two kinds of questions:

1)YES/No Questions

AND

2) Information Questions

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Questions which request a simple yes or no are called yes/no questions. In Spanish,

these questions are formed in either of two ways:

In the first way, you can change the order of the subject and the verb, putting the verb before the subject. We call this

“subject/verb reversal”.

Juan is studying.

subject subjectverb verb

Is Juan studying?

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Notice how in each example the VERB begins the sentence, not the

subject.

Does Carmen earn money?Do they study a lot?

Are you going to the party?Did he call you yesterday?

Is there a test in math class?Was she at the mall?

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The same thing will happen when the question is translated into

Spanish:¿Gana dinero Carmen?¿Estudian ellos mucho?

¿Vas (tú) a la fiesta?

(I left some of the examples off because they are verb conjugations that you don’t know yet.)

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Yes/no questions can also be formed by adding a “tag word” to the end of a

statement. Tag words in Spanish include ¿VERDAD? and ¿NO?.

Juan is studying, isn’t he? Juan is studying, right?

Juan estudia, ¿verdad?Juan estudia, ¿no?

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To answer either of these YES/NO questions, you first begin by providing the “yes” or “no”, then stating the SUBJECT, the VERB

and the rest of the sentence.

¿Gana dinero Carmen?

¿Estudian ellos mucho?

¿Vas (tú) a la fiesta?

Sí, Carmen gana dinero.

No, ellos no estudian mucho.

Sí, (yo) voy a la fiesta.

subject verb

subject verb

subject verb

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¡A practicar!

Form YES/NO questions from the following statements using

SUBJECT/VERB REVERSAL.

(Don’t forget to use the upside-down question mark!)

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Martín está en la clase de arte.

¿Está Martín en la clase de arte?

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Ellos van al cine esta noche.

¿Van ellos al cine esta noche?

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Nosotros hablamos por teléfono mucho.

¿Hablamos (nosotros) por teléfono mucho?

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Yo toco la guitarra en la clase de música hoy.

¿Toco (yo) la guitarra en las clase de música hoy?

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Tú comes los perritos calientes.

¿Comes (tú) los perritos calientes?

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Let’s change it up…

Form YES/NO questions from the same statements using A TAG WORD.

(Don’t forget to use the upside-down question mark!)

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Martín está en la clase de arte.

Martín está en la clase de arte, ¿verdad?

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Ellos van al cine esta noche.

Ellos van al cine esta noche, ¿no?

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Nosotros hablamos por teléfono mucho.

Nosotros hablamos por teléfono mucho, ¿no?

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Yo toco la guitarra en la clase de música hoy.

Yo toco la guitarra en las clase de música hoy, ¿verdad?

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Tú comes los perritos calientes.

Tú comes los perritos calientes, ¿no?

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But there is another kind of question.

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Questions that begin with a question word

(interrogative) get much more than a “yes” or “no” as the answer. I call these “information questions”.

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The structure for an information question is a little different:

¿Question word? + Verb + Subject + Rest of sentence.

Note that the SUBJECT still comes after the VERB.

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The question word used depends on the information desired.

¿Dónde? Where??¿Adónde? To where?¿De dónde? From where?¿Cuántos (-as)?Agrees in gender with the subject (what is asked about) How many?¿Cuánto (-a)?Agrees in gender with the subject (what is asked about) How much?

¿Cómo? How?¿Qué? What?¿Cuál(es)? Which?

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The question word used depends on the information desired.

¿Quién?Uses 3rd person singular form of verb Who?¿Quiénes?Uses 3rd person plural form of verb Who?

¿De quién(es)? Whose?

¿Con quién(es)? With whom?

¿A quién(es)? To whom?

¿Cuándo? When?¿Por qué? Why?

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Did you see that ALL of the question words have accent marks?

It will be you job to memorize where they go. (HINT: they are usually over the first

syllable of the word.)

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¡A practicar!

On the next few slides you will see a question and the answer. However, the question word is missing. Based on the information provided in the answer, can

you figure out the missing question word? If you need help ,use the chart in your

notes booklet.

(Don’t forget that all question words have an accent mark!)

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¿ _____ clase tienes en la tercera hora?

Tengo la clase de inglés.

Qué

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¿ _________ estudiantes hay en tu clase de educación física?

Hay veinticinco estudiantes.

Cuántos

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¿ __________ vas después de las clases?

Voy a casa para hacer la tarea.

Adónde

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¿ ________ practican Uds. deportes?

Practicamos deportes todos los sábados.

Cuándo

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¿ _________ van al parque mañana?

Pablo y María van al parque.

Quiénes

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¿ ________ están mis libros?

Tus libros están en la mesa.

Dónde

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¿ ________ vas a la biblioteca luego?

Voy a la biblioteca porque necesito estudiar para el examen.

Por qué

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¿ ________ café bebes?

¡Bebo MUCHO café!

Cuánto

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So we have talked about how to form questions, but we haven’t talked a lot about how to ANSWER questions.

How you ANSWER a question will depend on what the SUBJECT is

in the question.

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Once the subject has been identified, you can use the chart in your notes

booklet to answer the question:

Person/Subject in the question

↓ S I N G U L A R S ↓

1st personsingular (yo)

2nd personsingular (tú or Usted)

3rd personsingular (él, ella, it, a name, a noun) ↓

P L U R A L S ↓

1st personplural (nosotros/ -as or anyone + yo)

2nd person plural(ustedes, vosotros/-as or anyone + tú or Ud.)

3rd personplural (ellos, ellas, plural noun or compound subject)

Person/Subject in the answer

2nd personsingular (tú or Usted)

1st personsingular (yo)

3rd personsingular – the subject will not change

2nd person plural OR 1st person plural (depends on if the person answering the question is part of the group or not)

1st personplural (nosotros)

3rd person plural – the subject will not change

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¡A practicar!

Answer the following questions in complete sentences using the information provided. If you need help ,use the chart

in your notes booklet.

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¿Cuántas clases tienes tú? (siete)

(Yo) tengo siete clases.

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¿Quién es tu actor favorito? (Tom Hanks)

Tom Hanks es mi actor favorito.

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¿Dónde están Uds.? (en la cafetería)

(Nosotros) estamos en la cafeteria.

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¿Cuándo va Mari a la lección de piano? (los martes)

Mari van a la lección de piano los martes.

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¿Qué beben ellos con el desayuno? (la leche)

Ellos beben la leche con el desayuno.