Questions

There are seven types of questions in English.

1.      Yes-No Questions

Example:

·         Are you coming?

       

2.      Wh-Questions

Examples:

·         Why are you doing this?

·         Which of this is correct?

·         Who knows answers to this question?

·         What is your name?

·         Where are the kids?

               

3.     Tag questions

Examples:

·         He loves her, doesn’t he?

·         You are going to the movie, aren’t you?

·         Nobody saw the queen, did they?

4.     Choice Questions

Examples:

·         Would you like coffee or tea?

·         Are you sad or happy?

5.     Hypothetical Questions

Examples:

·         If you had the power to be invisible, what would you do?

·         What would you do if you could fly like a butterfly?

6.     Embedded questions

Example:

·         She asked me if I could drop her at home.

7.     Leading questions

We ask leading questions when we desire to get a particular answer. Used for investigations and research.

Example:

·         Were you near her when she boarded the train?