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Basic Question Structure

The basic structure of a question in English is very simple:

auxiliary verb + subject + main verb

auxiliary verbsubjectmain verb 
DoyoulikeMary?
Aretheyplayingfootball?
WillAnthonygoto Tokyo?
HaveyouseenET?

Exception!
For the verb be in simple present and simple past, we do not use an auxiliary verb. We simply reverse the positions of be and subject:

Statement:HeisGerman.
Question:IsheGerman?

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