Do have difficulties forming questions in English?
I know! Question forms are tricky. Sometimes we need to invert the subject and the verb, other times we need to add an auxiliary verb, and other times we need to invert the subject and the auxiliary.
Here there is a list of the most common English mistakes made by English learners. This list will help you avoid the typical mistakes so you can start speaking more confidently and fluently.
1. Using an auxiliary verb when you don’t need it
Do you are happy?
Are you happy?
Did you be at home last night?
Were you home last night?
Did your brother was hungry?
Was your brother hungry?
Verb be is a very important verb. If verb be is you main verb you don’t need to add an auxiliary verb
Do/Does/Did + verb be NEVER go together
2. NOT using a verb+ing after verb be
Are you study English now?
Are you studying English now?
Is he live in Canada now?
Is he living in Canada now?
Is she lived in England last year?
Was she living in England last year?
Verb be + verbing for present continuous and past continuous
3. NOT using a verb in the base form after do/does/did
Do you playing soccer twice a week?
Do you play soccer twice a week?
Does she usually going to the movies on Fridays?
Does she usually go to the movies on Fridays?
Did she studied English last night?
Did she study last night?
Do/Does/Did + verb in the base form
4. Using the main verb as the auxiliary
Have you a car?
Do you have a car?
Have you any siblings?
Do you have any siblings?
Did you yoga yesterday?
Did you do yoga every day?
Do and have can be both main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Make sure your question has a main or action verb.
5. NOT Using a verb
Do you happy?
Are you happy?
Do you from Australia?
Are you from Australia?
Did you hungry yesterday?
Were you hungry yesterday?
Do you in Canada?
Do you live in Canada?
6. NOT using past participle after have/has
Have you ate Japanese food?
Have you eaten Japanese food?
Has he do his homework yet?
Has he done his homework yet?
Have they work in an office?
Have they worked in an office?
Have/Has + past participle (p.p. or 3rd form)
Teacher Julieta 
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