Types of Questions in English Grammar

THEME: “Types of questions”
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
ISFT – 2023
Student: Isakova Sevinch
Group: FLK.01
Teacher: Madaminova Gulbahor
SELF STUDY

Types of Questions in English Grammar

• We cannot do without questions. We ask questions every day. We answer questions every day. Asking questions and getting answers to them, we become smarter. By asking questions we learn.
• How to ask questions correctly? What are the types of questions in English?
• Don’t worry if you don’t know yet. This is an easy and very interesting topic.

General questions (Yes/No Questions)

• In some languages, we can only ask questions using interrogative intonation. In English, in order to form a question, we need additional tools:
• These tools depend on the type of questions we ask.
• A general question (Yes/No Question) is one of the most popular and frequently used ways to get information.

Auxiliary verbs.
Special word order.

A general question is a question that we can answer simply YES or NO.

• We ask a general question when we don’t need more information. We ask a general question when it is enough for us to get YES or NO.
• In English grammar, we call these questions: Yes / No questions or General Questions.
• Look at the examples:
• Question: Are you going to work today? Answer: Yes, I am.
• Question: Do you want us to have dinner at a restaurant? Answer: No, I don’t want to, thanks.
• The word order inversion plays an important role in such questions.

It means that we put the auxiliary verb at the beginning. Not the subject. We put the subject after the auxiliary verb. Then we put the main verb. Then we can add the rest of the sentence.

• It means that we put the auxiliary verb at the beginning. Not the subject. We put the subject after the auxiliary verb. Then we put the main verb. Then we can add the rest of the sentence.
• Do you like your new job?
• Does she know the secret?
• We can also use modal verbs in general questions. In this case, we don’t need any auxiliary verbs. Because modal verb can play the auxiliary role for itself.
• In such questions, we put the modal verb at the beginning of the sentence. After the modal verb, we put the subject. Then we put the main verb. Then we can add the rest of the sentence.
• Could you do me a favor?
• Can we help you this time?
• Should I pretend to believe all that nonsense?