QUESTION ("YES NO","WH","TAG # (SOFTSKILL)
Yes / No
questions (closed questions)
Yes
/ No questions
are also called closed questions because there are only two possible
responses: Yes or No. When forming a Yes / No question, it
must include one of these verbs: BE,DO,HAVE,
or a modal verb
It is impossible to ask a Yes / No question without one of these verbs.
·
Use the verb
BE to ask Yes / No questions about the identity or description of a
person, place, or thing.
question
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response
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Am I your friend?
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Yes. / Yes, you are. / Yes, you
are my friend.
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Is this a good restaurant?
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No. / No, it is not. / No, it is
not a good restaurant.
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Are these islands Greek?
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Yes. / Yes, they are. / Yes,
these islands are Greek.
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Was his idea interesting?
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No. / No, it wasn’t. / No, his
idea was not interesting.
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Were they happy?
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Yes. / Yes, they were. / Yes,
they were happy.
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Note
that the response can be short (Yes. / No.), or long: Yes or No followed by the
subject and verb.
·
Use the verb
BE with a preposition to ask Yes / No questions about a present or past
location.
question
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response
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Am I at the correct location?
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No. / No, you aren’t.
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Are the keys under the books?
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No. / No, they are not.
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Was his house on an island?
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Yes. / Yes, it was.
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Were the demonstrations in the
center of town?
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No. / No, they weren’t.
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·
Use the verb
BE to ask a Yes / No question about a current activity or situation.
This requires the present progressive: BE + (verb+ing).
question
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response
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Am I going with you and Tom?
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Yes. / Yes, you are.
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Is she working today?
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No. / No, she isn’t.
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Are we seeing a play tomorrow?
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Yes. / Yes, we are.
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·
Use the verb
BE to ask a Yes / No question about a past activity or situation. This
requires the past progressive: WAS / WERE + (verb+ing).
question
|
response
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Was it raining?
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Yes. / Yes, it was.
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Were they playing?
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No. / No, they weren’t.
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·
Use the verb
BE to ask a Yes / No question with the passive voice.
question
|
response
|
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Is gold mined in Canada?
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Yes. / Yes it is.
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Are flowers grown here?
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No. / No, they are not.
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Was the book read?
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Yes. / Yes, it was.
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·
Use the verb
HAVE to ask if somebody has done something or if some action has taken place.
Note that these Yes / No questions use the present perfect (HAVE + past
participle).
question
|
response
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Has your brother left?
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No. / No, he hasn’t.
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Have you driven before?
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Yes. / Yes, I have.
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Has the party started?
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Yes. / Yes, it has.
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·
Use the verb
DO to ask Yes / No questions in order to obtain facts about people,
places, or things.
question
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response
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Do they smoke?
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No. / No, they don’t.
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Does it rain here?
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Yes. / Yes, it does.
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Did the key work?
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No. / No, it didn’t.
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·
Use modal verbs
to ask Yes / No questions about possibilities or uncertainties.
question
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response
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Can we stay?
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Yes. / Yes, we can. / Yes, we
can stay.
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Could this be true?
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Yes. / Yes, it could (be true).
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Should they stop?
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No. / No, they shouldn’t (stop).
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May I help you?
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Yes. / Yes you may (help me).
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Remember:
When asking Yes / No questions with DO or a modal verb, the main
verb remains in the base form
(without to).
correct
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incorrect
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Do you drink coffee?
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Does she work here?
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Can I go with you?
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Should we email her?
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However,
if there are two verbs that follow DO, the second verb remains in the infinitive (with to).
correct
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incorrect
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Do you want to drink coffee?
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Does she like to work here?
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Did you need to go home?
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Note
that there are several ways to answer Yes / No questions, especially
when using contractions.
question
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response
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Is he busy?
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No.
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No, he isn’t.
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No, he’s not.
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No, he is not.
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No, he isn’t busy.
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No, he’s not busy.
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No, he is not busy.
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Question
tags in English
We
use tags in spoken English but not in formal written English.They are not
really questions but are a way of asking the other person to make a comment and
so keep the conversation open.Making a tag is very mechanical. To make a tag,
use the first auxiliary. If there is no auxiliary, use do, does or did. With a
positive sentence, make a negative tag and with a negative sentence, make a
positive tag.
- It's beautiful, isn't it?
- He has been, hasn't he?
- You can, can't you?
- It must be, mustn't it?
- You know him, don’t you?
- He finished it, didn't he?
- He will come, won't he?
- It isn't very good, is it?
- It hasn't rained, has it?
- It can't be, can it?
- Jenny doesn't know James, does she?
- They didn't leave, did they?
1.
Use
frequently
used in spoken English when you want someone to agree or disagree
2.
Form
- positive statement → question tag negative → You are Tom, aren't you?
- negative statement → question tag positive → He isn't Joe, is he?
3.
Examples
1.
with auxiliaries
- You've got a car, haven't you?
2.
without auxiliaries (don't, doesn't, didn't)
- They play football on Sundays, don't they?
- She plays football on Sundays, doesn't she?
- They played football on Sundays, didn't they?
Questions
tags are used to keep a conversation going. You can agree or refuse to a
sentence with a question tag.
- Affirmative sentence: He is from Germany, isn't he?
- Negative sentence: He isn't from Germany, is he?
Possible
answers are Yes or No. If you use Yes, do not use
contracted forms. If you use No,
contracted form are possible.
- Yes, he is.
- No, he is not. or No, he isn't. or No, he's not.
4.
Special points
Ø Although
the negative word not is not in the sentence, the sentence can be negative.
Then we use the positive question tag.
·
He never goes
out with his dog, does he?
Ø If have
is a main verb in the sentence and refers to states, there are two possible
sentences – We have a car, _____?
·
We have a
car, haven't we? mostly British English
·
We have a
car, don't we? mostly American English
Ø Use will/would
with imperatives (Simple Present)
·
Open the
window, will you?
·
Open the
window, would you?
·
Don't open
your books, will you?
Ø We use won't
with a polite request
·
Open the
window, won't you?
Ø We use
shall after Let's
·
Let's take
the next bus, shall we?
Ø Auxiliary
must
We
must be at home at 8 pm, mustn't we?
·
Yes, we must
·
No, we
needn't
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WH Question
Words
We
use question words to ask certain types of questions. We often refer to them as WH words because they include the
letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).
Question words are also called wh questions because they include the letters
'W' and 'H'
STRUCTURE
WH questions in simple present use “do” or “be”:
WH Questions with "do"
WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB
Examples:
* Where do you work?
* When does she wake up?
* Who is your brother?
WH Questions with "be"
WH + BE + SUBJECT
Examples:
* Where are you from?
* Who is that man?
* When is your class?
WH Questions are similar to YES/NO question except they
have WH words at the start.
Examples:
Are you from Canada?
* Where are you from?
Here are some example questions and answers:
* Where are you from?
* I am from Japan.
* What is your name?
* My name is Jacob.
* When do you wake up?
* I wake up at 7:30 am.
question word
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function
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example sentence
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what
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asking for
information about something
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What is
your name?
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asking for
repetition or confirmation
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What? I
can't hear you.
You did what? |
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what...for
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asking for
a reason, asking why
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What did
you do that for?
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when
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asking
about time
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When did he
leave?
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where
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asking in
or at what place or position
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Where do
they live?
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which
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asking
about choice
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Which
colour do you want?
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who
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asking what
or which person or people (subject)
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Who opened
the door?
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whom
|
asking what
or which person or people (object)
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Whom did
you see?
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whose
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asking
about ownership
|
Whose are
these keys?
Whose turn is it? |
why
|
asking for
reason, asking what...for
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Why do you
say that?
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why don't
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making a
suggestion
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Why don't I
help you?
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how
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asking
about manner
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How does
this work?
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asking
about condition or quality
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How was
your exam?
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how +
adj/adv
|
asking
about extent or degree
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see
examples below
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how far
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distance
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How far is
Pattaya from Bangkok?
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how long
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length
(time or space)
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How long
will it take?
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how many
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quantity
(countable)
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How many
cars are there?
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how much
|
quantity
(uncountable)
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How much
money do you have?
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how old
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age
|
How old are
you?
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how come
(informal)
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asking for
reason, asking why
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How come I
can't see her?
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