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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.
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?       

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?

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?