GRAMMAR - Information and Yes & No questions

Read the dialogue and answer the question:

What's the difference between the sentences and the questions?

Share similar questions.

Yes & No Questions

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Are you a teacher?

No, I am not. I am a doctor.

Am I American?

Yes, you are. You are from the U.S.A.

Multiple Choice

A: Nice to meet you! ______________ ?

B: It`s Juana. Nice to meet you, too!

• How are you?

• Is your name Juana?

• What`s your name?

• Where are you from?

Multiple Choice

A: ______________ ?

B: No, I`m not. I`m an engineer. And you?

• What is your profession?

• Are you an accountant?

• What`s your name?

• Why are you an engineer?

Dropdown

Choose the correct alternative:

1) Alex:​

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you a student?

2) Barbara: Yes, ​

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a student from UPN.

1) Connie: ​

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is your profession?

2) David: ​

Select answer

student. I study at UPN.

Share similar questions and answers.

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Read the dialogue. Then, look at the underlined words
and think about other expressions you can use instead.

Information Questions (Wh-questions)

What’s your last name?

My last name is Smith.

What’s the name of your college?

It is / It`s UPN College.

Reorder

Unscramble the words to make a question.

• What

• `s

• your

• email

• address?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Unscramble the words to make a question

• What

• are

• you

• majoring

• now?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Yes/No questions

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Information questions

Verb BE

subject

complement

Am

I

American?

Are

you

a teacher?

Wh-word

verb BE

subject

comple_

ment

What

is

your first name?

What

is

the name of your college?

•Questions can be classified as

•Yes/No questions and

•Information questions.

•In questions, the position of the verb BE and the subject change.

What is = What’s

What’s … ?; It’s …

Multiple Choice

David is wondering how to respond correctly in a quiz.

1. Question 1. "For information questions..."

• For answers, you can use "It is / It´s"

• You can use an apostrophe (ex. What`s)

• You don´t need to use all the words from the question

• All answers are correct

Dropdown

Information questions (Wh-questions)

1.​

Select answer

is your phone number?

2.​

Select answer

planet is known as the Red Planet?

3. ​

Select answer

wrote Romeo and Juliet?

Explanation Slide...

The correct choices are 'What' for the capital of Brasil, 'Which' for the Red Planet, and 'Who' for the author of Romeo and Juliet. Each question requires a specific type of information, making these choices appropriate.

Dropdown

Yes & No questions

1.​

Select answer

Edouard and Francis good of health?

2.​ ​
Select answer
chocolate made from cocoa beans?

3.​​
Select answer
I going to be OK, doctor?

Explanation Slide...

The correct choice for the first question is 'Are' because it refers to the plural subject 'parents'. For the second question, 'Is' is correct as it refers to the singular 'chocolate'. Lastly, 'Am' is used for the first-person singular 'I'.