this matters contain about the explanation of question form in English.

1. QUESTION SENTENCES
A question is a sentence that asks something
and it ends with a question mark .
e.g., Is there anything you wish to tell me?

2. Questions in English can be
classified in terms of four
basic types:
• yes/no questions,
• wh- questions or Information
question,
• tag question and
• miscellaneous question forms
that have features in common
with the first three types.

3. • yes/no questions,
Auxiliary / Be / Subject Main Verb
Do, Does, Did
She lives there. Does she live there? If the verb is in the simple present, use
does (with he, she, it) or do (with I, you,
He lived there. we, they) in the question. If the verb is
Did he live there? simple past, use did.
Notice: The main verb in the question is in
its simple form; there is no final –s and –
ed.
He is living there. Is he living there? If the verb has an auxiliary (a
They have lived helping verb), the same auxiliary
there. Have they lived there? is used in the question. There is
no change in the form of the
He will be living
there. Will he be living there? main verb.
If the verb has more than one
aux, only the first aux precedes
the subject.

4. Who opened the door? ( someone opened the door )
What happened last night? ( something happened last night )
• wh- questions or Information
question,
who
+ verb + (complement) + (modifier)
whom
Who opened the door? ( someone opened the door )
What happened last night? ( something happened last night )
whom auxiliary + subject + verb + (modifier)
what do, does, did
What did George buy at the store? (George bought
something at the store. )

5. ¤ tag question
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE + NEGATIVE TAG → AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED
Mary is here, isn't she? Yes, she is.
You like tea, don't you? yes, I do.
NEGATIVE SENTENCE + AFFIRMATIVE TAG → NEGATIVE ANSWER EXPECTED
Mary isn't here, is she? No, she isn't
They haven't left, have they? No, they haven't
(a) This/That is your book, isn't it ? The tag pronoun for this/that = it
These/Those are yours, aren't they ? The tag pronoun for these/those = they
(b) There is a meeting tonight, isn't there? In sentences with there + be, there is used in tag.
(c ) Everything is okay, isn't it ? Personal pronouns are used to refer to indefinite pronouns.
They usually used in a tag to refer to everyone, everybody
(d ) Everyone took the rest, didn't they ? etc.
Sentences with negative words take affirmative tags. Like
( e ) Nothing is wrong, is it?
never, seldom, rarely, nobody, nothing .
( f ) I am supposed to be here, aren't I ? In (f): aren't I? is common in spoken English.

6. ¤ miscellaneous question forms that have features in
common with the first three types.
• Alternative questions offer a choice between at least two alternative
answers.
e.g.,Would you prefer coffee, tea, or milk?
Are you leaving or not?
• Echo questions repeat all or part of what has been said
A: Sarah will be leaving for China in May.
B: She’ll be leaving for where?
• Rhetorical questions
• Direct-Indirect Question
• Embedded Question

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