Questions

Did you notice that the students asked THREE types of questions?
These were Yes/No questions, Wh-Questions and TAG-Questions. Let's see how these questions work.

Ben asked, "Are you a teacher here?" He then asked, "Do you have classes today?" These are called YES/NO questions because a person can answer "yes" or "no".
Notice that Ben used two different types of yes/no questions. In the first question, he used the auxiliary verb BE. In the second question, he used the auxiliary verb DO. In both questions, Ben asked for information or confirmation.

Let's practice both types now. Answer the following questions.

1. Are you a student?
2. Do you have a class on Wednesday?
3. Does he drink alcohol?
4. Is he drinking coffee now?
5. Do you understand yes/no questions?
6. Am I teaching yes/no questions today?

Good job! Now, let's continue with Wh-questions. These questions contain the letters wh. For example, Who, What, When, Why, Which and How. We do not expect Wh-questions to be answered with a "yes" or "no". When asked, "What time is it?", we typically do not respond "Yes" or "No".

Now, listen to each audio track below and answer appropriately.

Now, let's have a look at tag questions. Tags follow positive or negative statements. The tag part is always negative when the statement is positive, and, as you might guess, is always positive when the statement is negative. Look at the adjacent figure to see two examples.
The speaker believes Maria is a teacher, but isn't sure. The speaker also believes Linda is not a teacher, but wants to make sure.
Of course, the speaker can be wrong. Look at the following example: "The earth is flat, isn't it?" Most of us would answer, "No, it's not."

Now, let's practice. Write a sentence with a tag question for each of the following images.