Типы вопросов в английском языке

Types of questions

General questions (or Yes / No questions)

Yes/No Questions

Answers

Do you like your new teacher? Can you help me? Have you ever been here before? Did you visit your aunt yesterday?

Yes , I do. Yes, I can.

No, I haven’t.

No, I didn't.

Special questions (or Wh-Questions)

Wh-questions

What is your name? When did you come?

Answers

Who is your teacher?

My name is Evan. I came yesterday.

Whose book is that?

Elina Georgievna is my teacher.

That’s mine.

How are you?

I am fine, thank you!

How old are you?

I am fifteen.

How much is it?

It is 50 rubles.

Tag questions (disjunctive or tail questions)

Tag questions

Answers

You love her,  don’t you ? She has seen it, hasn't she ?

Nobody knew the answer, did they ?

Yes, I do !

Let’s go, shall we ?

No, she hasn’t .

Yes, they did .

Yes, we will !

Alternative questions (or Choice questions)

Alternative questions

Answers

Would you like a house or a flat ? Do you with your family or friends ?

Are you a little nervous or excited ?

A house, of course.

With my family .

A little nervous.

Questions to the subject

Questions to the subject

Answers

Who told you about it?

Who called her yesterday?

Clara told me.

Who will tell him about it?

Toma called her.

I will.

Home Task

• 1.      Match the tag questions:
• a)      We won’t go to the cinema tonight, _______________?
• b)      You asked him all your questions, ________________?
• c)      He hasn’t been to this place before, _______________?
• d)     He doesn’t like fish, ____________?
• e)      They visit their grandparents, _____________?
• f)       You were not watching cartoons, __________?
• g)      She is not afraid of spiders, __________?
• h)      You are listening carefully, ___________?

• 2.      Write the questions to the sentences
• a)      We saw them yesterday. (when?)
• b)      She is looking for Sam. (who?)
• c)      They were not prepared for the test. (why?)
• d)     He has given me his old bicycle. (what?)
• e)      I made 3 mistakes in this exercise. (how many?)
• f)       His pen friend lives in Milan. (where?)
• g)      We’ll meet at the corner of our street. (where?)  
• h)      They were playing from 5 till 6 yesterday. (what?)

• 3.      Translate the sentences in English:
• а) В какой уни­вер­си­тет ты хо­чешь по­сту­пить?
• б) Ты лю­бишь кошек или собак?
• в) Когда мы будем обе­дать?
• г) Ты по­мо­жешь мне по­мыть по­су­ду, не так ли?
• д) Вы счаст­ли­вы вме­сте?
• е) Ты зна­ешь фран­цуз­ский?
• ж) Ты же не пой­дешь на дис­ко­те­ку, не так ли?