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Types of Questions Cont..

Types of Questions Cont..

Yes/No Questions

  • 1. Auxiliary + Subject + Main Verb: "Do you like coffee?"
  • 2. Be + Subject + Complement: "Are you ready?"
  • 3. Modal + Subject + Main Verb: "Can you swim?"

Wh- Questions

  • 4. What + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "What do you want?"
  • 5. Where + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "Where do you live?"
  • 6. When + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "When does the train leave?"
  • 7. Why + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "Why are they looking at us?"
  • 8. How + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "How do you bake a cake?"
  • 9. Which + Noun + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb: "Which dress do you prefer?"

Advanced Structures

Leading Questions

  • 10. Rating Word + Subject + Verb: "How good was the service?"
  • 11. Opinion Word + Subject + Verb: "How satisfied are you?"

Importance Questions

  • 12. Scale + Subject + Matter: "On a scale of 1-5, how important is..."
  • 13. Priority + Subject + Verb: "What priority would you give to..."

Likert Questions

  • 14. Agreement + Statement: "To what extent do you agree that..."
  • 15. Frequency + Action: "How often do you..."

Alternative Questions

  • 16. Choice + Or + Choice: "Would you like tea or coffee?"
  • 17. Option + Or + Option: "Should we meet now or later?"

Tag Questions

  • 18. Statement + Negative Tag: "You're coming, aren't you?"
  • 19. Statement + Positive Tag: "You aren't leaving, are you?"

Indirect Questions

  • 20. Could you tell me + Wh-clause: "Could you tell me where the library is?"
  • 21. I'd like to know + Wh-clause: "I'd like to know when the meeting starts"

Follow-up Questions

  • 22. And then + What/How: "And then what happened?"
  • 23. In what way + Subject + Verb: "In what way did that affect you?"

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