Thursday, March 12, 2015

Yes/no questions and information questions

 A yes/no question = a question that can be answered by “yes” or “no”
A: Does Ann live in Montreal?
B: Yes, she does.  Or she doesn’t
An information question = a question that ask for information by using a question word: where, when, why, who, whom, what, which, whose, how. 
A: Where does Ann live?
B: In Montreal?
(Question Word)
Helping Verb
Subject
Main verb
(Rest Of Sentence)
The subject-verb word order is used in both yes/no and information questions.
Helping Verb + Subject + Main Verb.
(a) is a yes/no question
(b) is an information question
(a)
Does
Ann
Live
In Montreal?
(b) where
Does
Ann
Live?

(c)
Is
Sara
Studying
At the library?
(d) where
Is
Sara
Studying?

(e)
Will
You
Graduate
Next year?
In (i) and (j): main verb be in simple present and simple past (Am. Is. Are, was, were)precedes the subject. It has the same position as a helping verb.
(f) when
Will
You
Graduate?

(g)
Did
They
See
Jack?
(h) when
Did
They
See?

(i)
Is
Heidi


(j) where
Is
Heidi


(k)

who
Came
To dinner?
When the question word (e.g., who or what) is the subject of the question, usual question word order is not used. No form of do is used. Notice (k)and (l).
(l)

what
happened
Yesterday?

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