Die Wortstellung in englischen Fragen – Kurzübersicht

1. Die Entscheidungsfragen mit be (am, are, is)

Eine Frage, auf die man mit Ja oder Nein antworten kann, nennt man Entscheidungsfrage.

In Entscheidungsfragen mit dem Verb to be sind – wie im Deutschen – Subjekt (subject) und Verb (verb) vertauscht.

	Deutsch	Englisch
Satz:	Du bist aus Deutschland.	You are from Germany.
Frage:	Bist du aus Deutschland?	Are you from Germany?

2. Fragen mit Fragewörtern mit be (am, are, is)

Fragewort	Verb	Subjekt	Rest	Antwort
Where	are	you	from?	I am from Stuttgart. I'm from Stuttgart.
What	is	your name?		My name is Peter.
How	are	Pat and Sue?		They are fine. They're fine.

3. Entscheidungsfragen und Kurzantworten und have

Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subjekt	Hilfsverb (+ n't)
Have	you	got	a cat?	Yes,	I	have.
Have	you	got	a new car?	No,	we	haven't.
Has	your brother	got	a bike?	Yes,	he	has.
Do	you	have	a cat?	Yes,	I	do.
Do	you	have	a new car?	No,	we	don't.
Does	your brother	have	a bike?	Yes,	he	does.

4. Fragen mit Fragewörtern und have

Fragewort	Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Antwort
How many brothers	have	you	got?	I've got three brothers.
How many brothers	do	you	have?	I have three brothers.

5. Fragen ohne Fragewörter im Simple Present

Hilfverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subjekt	Hilfsverb (+ n't)
Do	you	read	books?	Yes, No,	I I	do. don't.
Does	Peter	play	football?	Yes,	he	does.

6. Fragen mit Fragewörtern im Simple Present

Fragewort	Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Antwort
What	do	you	play	on your computer?	I play games on my computer.
When	does	your mother	go	to work?	She goes to work at 6 o'clock.

7. Fragen ohne Fragewörter im Simple Past

Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subjekt	Hilfsverb (+ n't)
Did	Max	play	football?	Yes, No,	he he	did. didn't.

ABER:

to be	Subjekt	Rest	Yes/No	Subjekt	Hilfsverb (+ n't)
Were	you	in Leipzig last week?	Yes, No,	I I	was. wasn't.

8. Fragen mit Fragewörtern im Simple Past

Fragewort	Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Antwort
What	did	you	play	yesterday evening?	I played computer games.

ABER:

Fragewort	to be	Subjekt	Rest	Antwort
Where	were	you	yesterday?	I was at the cinema.

9. Subjektfrage

Fragewort	Verb	Rest	Subjekt	Verb	Rest
Who	runs	the shop?	Peter	runs	the shop.

10. Objektfrage

Fragewort	Hilfsverb	Subjekt	Verb	Rest	Antwort
Who	did	Mandy	phone	last Monday?	Mandy phoned her uncle.

ACHTUNG!

Subjektfrage	Objektfrage
Who phoned John?	Who did John phone?
Wer rief John an?	Wen rief John an?

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