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?
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)
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Helping Verb
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Subject
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Main verb
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(Rest Of Sentence)
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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)
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Does
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Ann
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Live
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In Montreal?
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(b) where
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Does
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Ann
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Live?
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(c)
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Is
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Sara
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Studying
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At the library?
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(d) where
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Is
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Sara
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Studying?
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(e)
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Will
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You
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Graduate
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Next year?
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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.
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(f) when
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Will
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You
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Graduate?
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(g)
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Did
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They
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See
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Jack?
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(h) when
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Did
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They
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See?
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(i)
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Is
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Heidi
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(j) where
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Is
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Heidi
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(k)
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who
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Came
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To dinner?
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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).
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(l)
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what
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happened
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Yesterday?
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