3 Kinds Of Questions

Name               : Aisyah Rizana Rahmah

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Class                : 4EA18

3 Kinds Of Question

Question Information (WH Question)

·         Definition

A question in English to which an appropriate answer is to give information rather than to answer "yes" or "no": typically introduced by the word who, which, what, where, when, or how.

·         Characteristic

a.       Type of questions to request information

b.      Beginning with question words (5W + 1H)

c.       Ends with a question mark

·         When does it use or when are this question sentences used

The use of information question is usually used by journalists, journalists, or other activities that are critical. And in general the information question is used when someone wants to get a lot of information from one person by asking using WH / Information Question all information can be obtained. WH / Information questions can also be used in writing essays and clippings and thesis contained in the formulation of the problem.

·         Pattern

In my opinion after i read various information about pattern of question informations have using question words follow two basic patterns:

Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject

QW + Auxiliary + S

or

Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Adjective

QW + Auxiliary + S + V

·         Example

a.       Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject

Q : Where is she?

A : She's at the beach.

b.      Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Adjective

Q : When do we have class?

A : We have class in the morning.

Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb

A : What do they have?

Q : They have ice cream

Yes / No Question (Closed Question)

·         Definition

            Yes or no question are also called closed questions because there are only two possible responses: yes or no.

·         Characteristic

            This question sentence usually is forming by one of these verbs: be, do, have, or a modal verb. It is impossible to ask a yes / no question without one of these verbs.

·         When Are Yes / No Questions Used

            This question sentences usually are used when someone want to ask about identity, description of a person, place or thing, current activity or situation, past activity or situation etc.

·         Pattern and Example

            There are so much patterns for this question sentences with different condition. There are:

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions about the identity or description of a person, place or thing (Be + subject + adjective +?). Example: Am I your friend?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions about a present or past location (Be + subjective + preposition + ?). Example: Are the keys under the books?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions about a current activity or situation (Be + Subject + (Verb + ing) + adjective + ?). Example: Am I going with you and Tom?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions about a past activity or situation (Be (was / were) + subject + (Verb + ing) + ?). Example: Was it raining?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions with passive voice (Be + Subject + V3 + Adjective + ?). Example: Was the book read?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions to somebody has done something or if some action has taken place (Have / Has, Had + Subject + V3 + ?). Example: Has your brother left?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions in order to obtain facts about people, places, or things (Do / Does, Did + Subject + V1 + ?). Example: Do they smoke?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions about possibilities or uncertainties (Modals + subject + V1 + ?) (it depends with context that you want to ask). Example: Can we stay?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions with do or a modal verb (without to) (Do / Does, Did, Modals + Subject + Adjective + ?). Example: Do you drink coffe?

Ø  When you want to ask yes / no questions iff there are two verbs that follow do, the second verb remains in the infinitive (with to) (Do / Does, Did + Subject + Verb1 + to + Verb1 + Adjective + ?). Example: Do you want to drink coffee?

Tag Question

·         Definition

            A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question.

·         Characteristic

            Tag questions can be used to ask confirmation. They mean something like: “Is that right?” or “Do you agree?” they are very common in English.

·         When Are This Questions Tag Used

            When someone want to make sure or confirm about something with a single or minimal question in a sentence.

·         Pattern and Example

            The structures of tag questions are:

Ø 
Positive statement tag questions. Look at these examples with positive statements. You will see that most off the time, the auxiliary verb from the positive statement is repeated in the tag and changed to negative.

  

Ø     Negative statement tag questions. Look at these examples with negative statements. Notice that the negative verb in the original statement is changed to positive in the tag.

Tag question special cases with negative adverbs. The adverbs never, rarely, seldom, hardly, barely and scarcely have a negative sense. Even though they may be in a positive statement, the feeling of the statement is negative. We treat statements with these words like negative statements, so the question tag is normally positive. Look at these examples:

·         Against Statement

There is a bird, isn’t there?	Change the auxiliary depend on subject that you are using into the question tag
There are birds, aren’t there?
That is a bird, isn’t that?
This is a bird, isn’t it?
These are birds, aren’t these?
Those are birds, aren’t those?
It is a bird, isn’t it?