Types of Questions
General Questions
Also known as "Yes/No questions" because a short answer (yes
or no) is expected. This kind of question is formed by putting an auxiliary
verb before the subject (=inversion).
Ex.: Are you from Greece?
Answer: Yes, I am / No, I am not
Ex: Was she at home yesterday?
Answer: Yes, she was / No, she wasn't.
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Special Questions
They ask for details (we also call them Wh-questions as most of them
start with "wh": What? Which? When? Where? Why? Whose? Or: How? How
many? How much?). Special questions require inversion.
Ex.: Where are you from? I am from America.
Questions
to the subject have the word order of an affirmative sentence.
Ex.: Who will buy milk? Who
wants some tea?
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Disjunctive questions
Or “question tags” ( at
the end of sentence) We use them to show emphasis, politeness, irony or lack
of confidence.
Main Clause+comma+ Positive/Negative Aux. Verb + Personal Pronoun.
Ex.: They have just arrived, haven't they? You like her, don't you?
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Alternative Questions
They are questions that offer the listener a closed
choice between two or more answers. They are formed like Yes/No questions.
Ex.: Would you like eggs, pancakes, or waffles?
Will you come at 3 or at 5
in the evening?
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