This document discusses different types of questions in English including yes/no questions, choice questions, wh-questions (information questions), and tag questions. It provides examples and explanations of how each type of question is structured and formed in English. The key differences between yes/no questions, wh-questions, and tag questions are explained. Choice questions offer answer choices within the question. Exercises are also included for students to practice forming and answering different question types in English.

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY 1 (WAJ3022)
NAME NURUL NATALIA BT NASIF
NURALIA NADERA BT
MOHAMAD
NUR HANISAH BT MOHAMAD
NOR
HUSNA SU’AD BT TITAN
LECTURER’S NAME Mr. AZMAN B. MOHAMED NOR

2. Yes/ No Questions
(Closed questions)

3. Yes / No Questions
• Is apart of closed questions which demand a yes/ no, true/
false, or right/ wrong answer.
• Use do/ does, am/ is are or have/ has as a question words.
• Use do or have or am with personal pronouns.
• Use does or has or is with the third person singular pronouns
(he, she, it) and with singular noun forms.
• Use do or have or are with other personal pronouns (you, we,
they) and with plural noun forms.

4. Examples
• Am I English?
• Have I got an English book?
• Do you like your new teacher?
• Can you help me?
• Have you ever been here before?

5. Exercises
• Q: Mercury is a liquid metal used in thermometers. _____________ mercury
have a boiling point?
A:Yes, __________________. It boils at 356.58˚ C.
• Q: ______________ snakes have legs?
A: No, ______________________
• Q: ___________________all snakebites poisonous?
A: No, _______________________
• Q: I need a phone. _____________ you have one?
A: Yes, _____________________.

6. Tag Questions

7. Tag questions (dinjunctive or tail questions)
• They are mini-questions asked at the end of a statement to
confirm it.
+
Positive statement,
-
negative tag?
Snow is white, isn't it?
-
Negative statement,
+
positive tag?
You don't like me, do you?

8. Examples
• You love her, don’t you?
• She has seen it, hasn’t she?
• Nobody knew the answer, did they?
• It isn’t raining, is it?
• They will not help, will they?

9. TAG
QUESTIONS
A question tag or tag question
(also known as tail question) is a
grammatical structure in which a
declarative statement or an
imperative is turned into a
question by adding an
interrogative fragment
(the "tag").
There are lots of different
question tags but the rules
are not difficult to learn.
A tag question is a
short question added to
the end of a positive or
negative statement.
Eg:
• He’s a doctor, isn’t
he?
• You work in a bank,
don’t you?

10. Positive statement 
negative tag
(vice versa)
HOW ARE
THEY
FORMED?
Always separated by
comma.
examples:
I’m the fastest, aren’t I?
Auxiliary verb must
match.
examples:
-You haven’t met him,
have you?
-She isn’t coming, is she?

12. Tag Questions formed by :
1. Normally a positive statement is followed by a negative tag
and a negative statement is followe by a positive tag.
Example:
You’re English, aren’t you?
You’re not German, are you?

13. 2. The statement and the tag are always separated by a comma.
Present Tense PresentTense
You are a good singer Aren’t you?
Past Tense Past Tense
You didn’t go to work yesterday Did you?
Present Perfect Tense Present Perfect Tense
You have been to London Haven’t you

14. 3. If the verb used in the statement is an auxiliary verb,
then the verb used in the tag must match it. If a modal
(can, could, will, should, etc ) is used in the statement,
then the same modal is used in trhe tag part. If the
statement doesn’t use an auxilliary verb, then the
auxiliary do is used in the tag part.
AuxilliaryVerb
She is from Sabah Isn’t she?
ModalVerb
You can dance? Can’t you?
No Auxilliary
He eats durian Doesn’t he?

15. Anwers all the questions:
1.Natalia was an actress, _______?
2.Husna was really tired, _______?
3.Hanisah was here, ________?
4.I was late to work yesterday,________?
5.Syiqin and Nurain are PISMP students,
______________?
6.It isn’t really hot today, _________?
7.They play football on Sundays, _________?
8.She plays badminton on Friday, _________?
9.They played football on Sundays, ________?
10.You go to school, _______?

16. Choice Questions

17. Choice Questions
• The answers is in the question.
•We use choice questions when we offer choices.
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18. Examples
Choices questions Answers
Do you like a house or a flat? A house, of course.
Will we meet Johan or Roslan? Johan.
Did she go to Taiping or Ipoh? She went to Taiping.
Is your car green or silver? Its silver.
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19. Exercises
• Q: Would you like ____________or___________? (house, flat)
•A: A house.
• Q: Do you with your family or alone?
•A: With my family.
• Q: Are you a little nervous or excited?
•A: A little nervous.
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20. INFORMATION QUESTIONS
(WH-QUESTIONS)

21. INTRODUCTION
 Wh-questions are used to ask for information that
has not been previously mentioned.
 They are different than Yes/No questions.
 Wh- questions normally begin with an interrogative
word
 There are 6 different Wh- question words.

22. WH- QUESTION WORDS
What
When Where
Who How
Why

23. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
Question Answer Example
What Thing What is that?
When Time When is the game?
Who Person Who do you live
with?
Where Place Where do you live?
Why Reason Why are you
happy?
How Directions/Feelings How are you?

24. STRUCTURE
 WH questions in simple present use “do” or “be”:
WH Questions with "do"
WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB
Examples:
1. Where do you work?
2. When does she wake up?
3. Who is your brother?

25. STRUCTURE
WH Questions with "be"
WH + BE + SUBJECT
Examples:
1. Where are you from?
2. Who is that man?
3. When is your class?

26. STRUCTURE
 Wh-questions are similar to yes/no questions
except they
have WH words at the start.
Examples:
Are you from Canada?
Where are you from?

27. EXAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Where are you from?
I am from Malaysia.
 What is your name?
My name is Mohamad.
 When do you wake up?
I wake up at 5:30 am.
 Why are you angry?
I am angry because I did not pass my exam.

28. Write the suitable question for these answer.
1. I like to play volleyball._________________________________________________________________
2. My grandparents will come to visit me this evening.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. The girls sits next to Adam is my cousin.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. Me and my family will be going to Cameron this holiday.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. I came here by bus.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6. Amira is not going to the tournament because her legs are
injured._______________________________________________________
7. Jason answered the
phone._____________________________________________________________________________
8. The concert will be held in Stadium Putra Bukit
Jalil.______________________________________________________________________________
9. She is doing some research on
frogs._____________________________________________________________________________
10. The house cost RM 30,000 to
build.______________________________________________________________________________

29. Change the statements to questions using the question word in
parenthesis.
1. The Citrawarna Borneo Festival will be held on 22th October.
(When)_____________________________________________________________________
2. Kate and David is getting married.
(who)______________________________________________________________________
3. Fifi sang a funny song.
(Why)______________________________________________________________________
4. She chooses the green dress.
(Which)____________________________________________________________________
5. Helen wrote a letter.
(what)______________________________________________________________________
6. She read a lots of books and research.
(How)______________________________________________________________________

30. Define whether this questions suit its answer.
 Who saw John? That is Anna.
(True / False)
 When is your birthday? I am 22 years old.
(True / False)
 Where are the working? They are working at the
bookshop. (True / False).
 What is on the desk? It is a new notebook.
(True / False).
 Who is in the kitchen? It is my brother.
 (True/ False)