Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Types of questions

Look at these three questions and their answers:

1. Are you a student? Yes, I am.

2. When's your birthday? In September.

3. Is Tom sixteen or seventeen? He's seventeen.

There are three kinds of questions:

1. 'Yes/no questions': the first word is a verb or auxiliary and the answer is 'yes' or 'no'.

2. 'Information questions' or 'wh- questions': they begin with a question word and the answer gives information that refers to time (when), place (where), reason (why), etc.

3. 'Choice questions': the answer is a part of the question.

Look at this chart for more examples.

Now try this quiz and also this one.