Different types of questions B1.5

​Imagine you are an incisive journalist. What would you ask to Johnny Depp?

Open Ended

You have the opportunity to ask Johnny Depp only one question. What would it be?

Question Formation

Question Formation

How to build questions properly.

• Closed-ended Questions (yes/no)

• Tag Questions

• Open-ended Questions (information)

• Indirect/Embedded Questions

• Probing Questions

Aux. + Subject + Verb + ?

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​Closed-Ended Questions

Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

_______ you coming home today?

• Are

• Do

• Have

• Is

Multiple Choice

__________ you understand the question?

• Aren't

• Doesn't

• Don't

• Haven't

Multiple Choice

______ she traveled abroad?

• Has

• Have

• Does

• Did

Multiple Choice

_____ the postman come, yet?

• Don't

• Hasn't

• Aren't

• Isn't

Multiple Choice

_______ Anna and Carlos vegan?

• Didn't

• Wasn't

• Weren't

• Haven't

Aux. (+ not) + Subject Pronoun

• Affirmative, negative

• Negative, affirmative

Tag Questions

Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

I don’t need to finish this today,...

• am I?

• do I?

• have I?

Multiple Choice

The will of people prevails,...

• doesn't it?

• won't it?

• won't they?

Multiple Choice

Let’s all write a letter,...

• shall we?

• have we?

• do we?

Multiple Choice

You and I came to terms,...

• haven't we?

• didn’t us?

• didn’t we?

Multiple Choice

I’m right,...

• amn't I?

• aren’t I?

• don't I?

WH + Aux. + Subject + Verb + ?

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​Open-Ended Questions

Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

A: ______________ she like?

B: She's really pretty.

• Who's

• What's

• Where's

Multiple Choice

A: ____________ Mark from?

B: I think he's from New York.

• What's

• Who's

• Where's

Multiple Choice

A: ____________ they over there?

B: They're my friends.

• Who's

• Who are

• What are

Multiple Choice

A: ____________ is your brother?

B: He's sixteen.

• How old

• How

• What

Multiple Choice

A: ________ Jim and Mike?

B: They're at the stadium.

• What are

• Where are

• How are

INTRO + WH + Subject + Verb (+ ?) (​Intro + Affirmative/Negative)

Indirect/
Embedded Questions

Examples:

Indirect/
Embedded Questions

​We normally use indirect questions when we want to be more polite. We begin the question with expressions such as Can you tell me …? Could you tell me …? Do you know …? Would you mind telling me … ? 

• What time is it? (direct question)

• Could you tell me what time it is? (indirect question)

In indirect questions, the order is subject + verb.

• Do you know where can I find a bank?

• Do you know where I can find a bank?

• Can you tell me what time do the shops close?

• Can you tell me what time the shops close? 

There are other expressions that follow the same rule:

• I don’t know what he is doing here. 

• I wonder when he will find the truth.

• I’m not sure when I can come. 

• I’d like to know where you left the documents. 

For yes-no questions (when there is NO question word), we can use both if or whether.

• Do you know if/whether he’ll be here soon?

Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

Direct Question: Where does she play tennis?

Indirect Question: Can you tell me...

• where do she play tennis?

• where does she play tennis?

• where she plays tennis?

Multiple Choice

DQ: Who is he?

IQ: I want to know…

• who he is.

• who is he.

• he is.

Multiple Choice

DQ: Where are they studying?

IQ: Do you know…

• what they’re studying?

• what are they studying?

• they are studying?

Multiple Choice

DQ: What kind of food does Mr. Jones like?

IQ: Tell me…

• what kind of food Mr. Jones likes.

• what kind of food does Mr. Jones like?

• what kind of food is Mr. Jones like.

Multiple Choice

DQ: Where is the Jumbo Supermarket?

IQ: Do you know…

• where the Jumbo Supermarket is?

• where is the Jumbo Supermarket?

• where the Jumbo Supermarket?

Uses:

​Probing Questions

Usually, information questions:

WH + Aux. + Subject + Verb + ?

​Probing Questions

Multiple Select

c. How exactly do you feel about the new government?

• Ice-breaking question

• Funneling question

• Closed question

• Probing question

• Open question

Open Ended

A customer is calling because they want to send back a device

What probing questions would you ask?

Multiple Choice

Choose the best option:

We don’t remember...

• a. where the house is?

• b. where is the house?

Multiple Choice

Choose the best option:

I'm not sure...

• a. where you were last night.

• b. where were you last night.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best option:

Can you tell me...

• a. where does he work?

• b. where he works?

Prepositions

• there's a bunch

• relates a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence.

• Many prepositions tell you where something is or when something happened.

• Most prepositions have several definitions, so the meaning changes quite a bit in different contexts.

FYI​

  We use questions with preposition when we ask about an element of the sentence that comes after a preposition. In questions with preposition we put the preposition at the end of the question (after the verb, or the verb + object if there is an object).​

Questions with prepositions

​Questions followed by a preposition

In informal or spoken English, when a question word needs a preposition, we put the preposition at the end of the question (after the verb or after verb + object if there is an object). We don’t use the preposition at the beginning.

• What are you talking about?

• Who do you live with?

In more formal English, prepositions can be used before question words. Compare:

• Who did she talk to? (Informal)

• To whom did she talk? (More formal)

Note that we use whom instead of who after a preposition.

​Questions followed by a preposition

In informal or spoken English, when a question word needs a preposition, we put the preposition at the end of the question (after the verb or after verb + object if there is an object). We don’t use the preposition at the beginning.

• What are you talking about?

• Who do you live with?

In more formal English, prepositions can be used before question words. Compare:

• Who did she talk to? (Informal)

• To whom did she talk? (More formal)

Note that we use whom instead of who after a preposition.

​I played tennis with John. ⇒ Who did you play tennis with? (NOT With who did you…)

• I work for a multinational company ⇒  What company do you work for?

• We usually talk about sports. ⇒ What do you usually talk about? 

Multiple Choice

She's looking for a job.What...

• she's looking for?

• is she looking?

• is she looking for?

Multiple Choice

I am waiting for my husband. Who ....

• are you waiting for?

• you're waiting ?

• you're waiting for?

Multiple Choice

The book is based on a novel by a Russian writer. What....

• is the book based on?

• is the book based?

• the book is based on?

Multiple Choice

How tall is the Burj Khalifa?

• 1000 m

• 90 m

• 654 m

• 825 m

Why do we use negative yes-no questions?

Negative yes-no questions are question forms that begin with a negative helping verb such as aren't, isn't, can't, don't, didn't.

We usually use this type of question to check something we believe or expect to be true. For instance if we believe that Jim is a happy person, we can say: Isn't he happy?

How do we answer a negative yes-no question?

We answer “no” when the answer is negative, and “yes” when the answer is positive.

Isn’t he happy?

→ No, he isn’t.

→ Yes, he is.

They can't speak English. → Can't they speak English?

• Turn the negative statement into a negative question.

  
  

• He isn't happy. → Isn't he happy?

• You aren't hungry. → Aren't you hungry?

• You don't like bananas. → Don't you like bananas?

• She didn't come. → Didn't she come?

• They can't speak English. → Can't they speak English?

Multiple Choice

READ THE STATEMENT AND SELECT THE CORRECT REPLY

A) I feel tired 

• Why won’t you slept last night?

• Why don’t you take a nap? I can finish the report for you

Multiple Choice

READ THE STATEMENT AND SELECT THE CORRECT REPLY

A) Have you seen my old mp3 player?

B) Sorry, I sold it for some bucks

• Why haven’t your told me? I´ve been looking for it all day

• Why didn’t you tell? I´ve been looking for it all day

• Why aren’t you told me? I´ve been looking for it all day

​Grammar explanation and use

​The past exercises use negative questions to give a reply to the situations.

​To form negative sentences, obviously, the auxiliary will always be in negative form.

​You use negative questions to:

​*show surprise or annoyance

​*suggest something

​*request something

​* check info or something you think is true.