TashaBo
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Hello
I have a pre intermediate course book which teaches question forms and word order. The rules are very simple and it basically says that the verb 'to do' or the auxilliary verb must go before the subject. This works with their examples but the very first item on the practise questions where students have to rearrange words to form questions is:
' How many people are there in your family?'
Don't know if I am getting very confused (I'm relatively new to teaching) but is the subject in this question 'people', if so, the verb 'to be' quite clearly goes after the subject. Is this an irregular or is there a rule for this? I don't want my students to fall at the first hurdle.
There is another 'how many' question that does seem to follow the rule 'how many glasses of water do you drink a day?' but I'm really struggling with the first. Can anyone help?
Many thanks
I have a pre intermediate course book which teaches question forms and word order. The rules are very simple and it basically says that the verb 'to do' or the auxilliary verb must go before the subject. This works with their examples but the very first item on the practise questions where students have to rearrange words to form questions is:
' How many people are there in your family?'
Don't know if I am getting very confused (I'm relatively new to teaching) but is the subject in this question 'people', if so, the verb 'to be' quite clearly goes after the subject. Is this an irregular or is there a rule for this? I don't want my students to fall at the first hurdle.
There is another 'how many' question that does seem to follow the rule 'how many glasses of water do you drink a day?' but I'm really struggling with the first. Can anyone help?
Many thanks