- The types of English Question

There are two types of question:

1. Yes/No Question
2. Wh- Question

1 Yes/No Question

- Yes/No question is the question which begins with auxiliary.
- The answer of yes/no question is yes or no.

Examples:
- Do you speak English? (Yes, I do/No, I don’t)
- Does she work ? (Yes, she does/No, she doesn't
- Is he at home? (Yes, she is/No she is not)
- Can I borrow your book? (Yes, you can/No you can't)
- Have you finished teaching? (Yes, I have/No, I haven't)
- Did he come here last night. (Yes he did/No I didn't)
- Was she studying when you came? (Yes She was/No, she wasn't)
- Will you go to the market tomorrow? (Yes, I will/No I will not)


2. Wh- Question

Wh-question is a question which begins with a question word ( who, what, when where, how, how old, how many, how much, what time, how often, etc.). There two types of Wh- Question:

1. Subject Question
2. Non Subject Question

Subject question is the question about the subject of the sentence. Non Subject question is the question about object, adverb, and so on but not the subject of the sentence. To know the difference, look at the examples below:

a. His wife goes to the market every morning.
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1. Who goes to the market every morning? (who = His wife (subject question) )
2. Where does his wife go every morning? (where = to the market )
3. When does his wife go to the market? (when = every morning)

b. He is reading a novel.
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4. Who is reading a novel? (who = he)
5. What is he reading ? (what = a novel)

c. Edi met Tuti yesterday.
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6. Who met Tuti yesterday ? (who = Edi)
7. Whom did Edi meet yesterday ? (whom = Tuti)
8. When did Edi meet Tuti ? (when = yesterday)

d. She will go to Jakarta.
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9. Who will go to Jakarta? ( who = she)
10. Where will she go ? (where = to Jakarta)