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English Question Structure Basics

The document summarizes the basic structure of questions in English in 3 sentences or less: 1) The basic structure of a question is an auxiliary verb + subject + main verb, except for the verb "be" which reverses the subject and verb. 2) There are three basic types of questions: yes/no questions, question word questions, and choice questions. 3) Yes/no questions answer with yes or no, question word questions answer with information, and choice questions answer with an option in the question.

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English Question Structure Basics

The document summarizes the basic structure of questions in English in 3 sentences or less: 1) The basic structure of a question is an auxiliary verb + subject + main verb, except for the verb "be" which reverses the subject and verb. 2) There are three basic types of questions: yes/no questions, question word questions, and choice questions. 3) Yes/no questions answer with yes or no, question word questions answer with information, and choice questions answer with an option in the question.

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Basic Question Structure

The basic structure of a question in English is very simple:

auxiliary verb + subject + main verb

auxiliary verb subject main verb  

Do you like Mary?

Are they playing football?

Will Anthony go to Tokyo?

Have you seen ET?

Exception!
For the verb be in simple present and simple past, we do not use an auxiliary verb. We
simply reverse the positions of be and subject:

Statement: He is German.

Question: Is he German?

Basic Question Types

There are 3 basic types of question:

1. Yes/No Questions (the answer to the question is "Yes" or "No")


2. Question Word Questions (the answer to the question is "Information")
3. Choice Questions (the answer to the question is "in the question")

1. Yes/No Questions
Answer
auxiliary verb subject main verb  
Yes or No
Do you want dinner? Yes, I do.

Can you drive?   No, I can't.

Has she finished her work? Yes, she has.

Did they go home? No, they didn't.

Exception! verb be simple present and simple past

  Is Anne French? Yes, she is.

  Was Ram at home? No, he wasn't.

2. Question Word Questions


Answer
question word auxiliary verb subject main verb  
Information

Where do you live?   In Paris.

When will we have lunch? At 1pm.

Who did she meet?   She met Ram.

Why hasn't Tara done it? Because she can't.

Exception! verb be simple present and simple past

Where is Bombay? In India.

How was she? Very well.


3. Choice Questions
auxiliary main Answer
subject   OR  
verb verb In the question

Do you want tea or coffee? Coffee, please.

Will we meet John or James? John.

to New She went to


Did she go or
London York? London.

Exception! verb be simple present and simple past

  Is your car white or black? It's black.

  Were they $15 or $50? $15.

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