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Question words plus inverted word order.
Why you specifically
Trong câu hỏi wh- ở tiếng Anh, từ hỏi như what, where, when, why, who, how đứng ở đầu câu. Sau từ hỏi, tiếng Anh thường đảo trật tự: dùng trợ động từ do/does/did, rồi đến chủ ngữ, rồi động từ nguyên mẫu. Với động từ to be, chính be đứng trước chủ ngữ. Điều này khác tiếng Việt, vì tiếng Việt thường giữ trật tự gần giống câu kể hơn và chỉ thêm từ hỏi hoặc tiểu từ câu hỏi. Vì vậy người học Việt Nam hay viết Where you live? hoặc What she wants?, nhưng tiếng Anh phải là Where do you live? và What does she want? Ở thì quá khứ đơn, did đã mang nghĩa quá khứ nên động từ chính phải ở dạng nguyên mẫu: Where did you go?, không phải Where did you went?
The rule
Wh- questions in English usually start with a question word such as what, where, when, why, who, or how. After the question word, English often changes the normal subject-verb order: we use an auxiliary like do, does, or did, then the subject, then the base verb. For the verb be, the be verb itself moves before the subject. This is different from Vietnamese, where questions often keep the same word order as statements and rely more on question words or particles. A common IELTS error is to say Where you live? or What she wants? Instead, English needs Where do you live? and What does she want? Remember that in past simple questions, did shows the past time, so the main verb stays in the base form: Where did you go?, not Where did you went?
The trap
Where you live?
Where do you live?
In wh- questions with do/does/did, English uses the question word first, then the auxiliary do/does/did, then the subject and base verb.
What do she want?
What does she want?
With he/she/it in the present simple, use does, not do, and the main verb stays in the base form.
Why they are late?
Why are they late?
With be verbs, the verb comes before the subject in a question. Vietnamese often keeps normal word order, but English must invert it.
When did he arrived?
When did he arrive?
In past simple questions, use did + base verb. The main verb does not change to past form again.
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