FORMAZIONE DELLE DOMANDE

Question:     TU LAVORI?

Statement:    LEI  LAVORA

Question:     LEI LAVORA?  (Echo question)

In Italian a simple question does not requires any changes in the sentence structure. 

THE SUBJECT always PRECEDES THE VERB.

In writing, the only difference is the QUESTION MARK.

Orally, the difference is the intonation (technically, rising pitch at the end of the sentence.)

Write 5 simple statements  and then turn them into questions.

Hint: avoid using pronouns "IO, TU, LUI / LEI, NOI, VOI LORO."

Use concrete nouns as subjects of your sentences

QUESTION FORMATION
with
WH-WORDS

   WHEN  the question is introduced by a *WH word, usually the sentence structure changes. 

* In English,    WH-WORDS are called INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS

WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
*HOW (OK, doesn't begin with WH- but we bunch it together with the other ones for simplicity's sake)
**ALSO  HOW MUCH and HOW MANY

Francesca lavora ?   echo-question
 

WHEN THE QUESTION BEGINS WITH A WH-word,
then THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB SWITCH POSITION.

Dove lavora Francesca ?   the verb goes before the subject.

Perche' lavora Francesca ?

Con chi lavora Francesca ?

Quando lavora Francesca

Statement                   Gli studenti studiano italiano di sera in biblioteca

"Echo question"           Gli studenti studiano italiano di sera in biblioteca?


WH question               CHE COSA STUDIANO GLI STUDENTI?
                                      
                          QUANDO STUDIANO GLI STUDENTI?

                          DOVE STUDIANO GLI STUDENTI?

With "WH questions", the subject ('studenti') follows the verb ('Studiano')