1.6 FRAMING YES / NO QUESTIONS

 FRAMING YES / NO QUESTIONS

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TYPES OF QUESTIONS

In English, there are two main types of questions which are;

• Yes / No Questions
• Wh – Questions

YES / NO QUESTIONS

Yes / No questions are the questions which are answered yes or no.  It means when we are asking yes/no questions, we are expecting the answer, yes or no. 

To form Yes/No questions, we use one of these verbs: auxiliary verbs ( be, do and have ) or modal verbs ( can, may,etc.).

We can not use questions words like what, how, why, who, etc. whilw making Yes/No questions.

FORMING YES/NO QUESTIONS

Yes / No questions are made, using the verb (am, is, are, was, were, have, had, do, does, did, can, will, should etc.) at the beginning of a sentence. Namely, subject and verb change their position in statement and question.

WITH  TO BE

Be ( am, is, are, was, were ) + Subject + ….

( be as a main verb )

Sentence	Question
I am a doctor.	Am I a doctor?
He is from England.	Is he from England?
We are happy.	Are we happy?
She was ready.	Was she ready?
They were the same.	Were they the same?

( be as an auxiliary verb )

Sentence	Question
I am studying English.	Am I studying English?
He is watching television.	Is he watching television?
We are working in the office.	Are we working in the office?
She was waiting at the bus stop.	Was she waiting at the bus stop?
They were coming to take me away.	Were they coming to take me away?

WITH DO

Subject	Present Form “Do”	Past Form “Do”
I, You, We, You, They	do	did
He, She, It	does	did

Do ( as an auxiliary verb ) + Subject + Main Verb + ….

Sentence	Question
I put the keys on the table.	Do I put the keys on the table?
She gets up early in mornings.	Does she get up early in mornings?
Coffee grows in Brazil.	Does coffee grow in Brazil?
You like spend time at home.	Do you like spend time at home?
They write letter to me.	Do they write letter to me?
We drank milk.	Did we drink milk?
He cleaned his room.	Did he clean his room?

WITH HAVE

Subject	Present Form “Do”	Past Form “Do”
I, You, We, You, They	have	had
He, She, It	has	had

Have ( as an auxiliary verb ) + Subject + Main Verb + ….

Sentence	Question
I have studied English.	Have I studied English?
He has finished his homework.	Has he finished his homework?
The film had started.	Had the film started?
We had locked the door.	Had we locked the door?
They have moved house.	Have they moved house?

WITH MODAL VERB

( MODALS / MODAL AUXILIARIES / MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS )

There are many modal verbs in English. Here some are;

Modal Verbs
Can	Will	Shall
Could	Would	Sould
May	Must	Ought to
Might	Have to	Had better

Making Yes/No Questions

Modal + Subject + Main Verb + ….

Sentence	Question
I may visit you tomorrow.	May I visit you tomorrow?
You can repeat it.	Can you repeat it?
She will pass the salt.	Will you pass the salt?
We should stay here.	Should we stay here?
They might come.	Might they come?