Yes-no questions can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no" response. WH-questions ask about qualities, people, time, and place using question words like who, what, where, when, why, which, and how. These question words are used to ask specific types of questions - who is used to ask about people or things, what is used to ask about activities or objects, where and when ask about places and times, why asks for reasons, which asks about choices, and how asks about methods or characteristics.

2. Yes-No questions are the simplest type of questions.
They can simply be answered by “yes” or “no”.
Example:
• Dian : Are you a student?
Ryan : Yes, I am.
• Trian : Is Lala coming today?
Maya : Yes, she is.

3. Example II
• Statement : Chandra is a student.
Question : Is Chandra a student?
• Statement : Vaya is in her room.
Question : Is Vaya in her room?
• Present tense : she lives in Pati.
◦ Does she live in Pati?
• Past tense : Dodi played football yesterday.
◦ Did dodi play football yesterday?
Example I

4. Informative Question are used to ask about Qualities, people, time, etc. they
consist of WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, WHICH, and HOW, that
are usually called WH-Questions. Most WH-Questions begin with:
Question word + Auxiliary+ Subject + Verb
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5. “Who” is used in questions as the subject of the
verb, usually the people.
Examples:
Who is the man in the car?
Who are you going to visit?

6. “Who” is used in questions to ask about things or
activities.
Examples:
What are you doing?
What are you reading?
What does she do on the weekend?
What is that?

7. Other types of “what” Question:
• What kind of / what type of
“what kind of/ what type of “ is used to ask about specific things or
characteristics.
examples:
- what kind of food do you like?
- what type of car do you drive?
• What time
“what time” is used to ask for a specific time.
Examples:
- what time is it?
- what time does the movie begin?
• What…… like
“what…like” is used to ask about characteristics of something or
somebody.
Examples:
- what was the weather like?
- what is Lola like?

8. “Who” is used in questions to ask about places.
Examples:
Where do you live?
Where did you go on your holiday?

9. “Who” is used for asking about a general or
specific time.
Examples:
When did you come?
When does the train leave?

10. “Who” is used for asking about reasons.
Examples:
Why are you late?
Why are they leaving?

11. “Who” is used to ask about things, especially
choices with a small number of possible answers.
Examples:
Which book do you like?
Which CD album did you buy?

12. “Who” is used to ask in what way
Examples:
 How will she get there?
 How do you solve the problem?
‘how’ is combined with many words to ask questions about specific
characteristics, qualities, quantities, etc.
Example:
 How much does the skirt cost?
 How often do you go to the library?
 How long do you stay here?