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Jan 2015
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006 - An Easy Way to Form Questions in E...

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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Forming questions in English can be confusing.

Don’t worry – I’m going to teach you a simple formula that works for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!

This formula is called QUASM:

QU estion word
uxiliary verb
ubject
M ain verb

In today's lesson, you'll see how QUASM works for forming questions in various verb tenses.

Click here for the lesson text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/an-easy-way-to-form-almost-any-question-in-english/

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