) 5-2 YESINO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
A yeslno question = a question that can be answered by "yes" or "no."
A: Does Ann liwe in Montrenl!
B: Yo, she does. OR No, she doesn't.
An information question = a question that asks for information by using a question word: where, when,
why, who, whom, what, which, whose, how.
A: -Where does ~nnliw?
B: In Montreal.
I (QUES~ON PIELPING (REST OF
WORD) I VERB I sLW6cT SENTENCE)
Ann
Ann
Sara
Sara
YOU
YOU
they
hey
Hkdi
Hkdi?live in Montreal?
liwe?
studying at the library?
studying?
gmduate next year?
graduate?
see Jack?
see?
at home?Who came to dinner?
Whac happsned yesterday?I
*See Chart 5-4, p. 125, for a discussion of who(m).The same subject-verb word
order is used in both yeslno and
information questions.
HELPING VERB f SUBJECT +
MAIN VERB
(a) is a yeslno question.
@) is an information question.
In (i) and 0): Main verb be in
simple present and simple past
(am, is, are, was, were)
precedes the subject. It has the
same position as a helping verb.When the question word !e.g.,
who or what) is the subject of
the question, usual question
word order is not used. No
form of do is used. Notice (k)
and 0).EXERCISE 4. Yeslno and lnforrnatlon questions. (Chart 5-2)
Dtrections: Review the patterns of yestno and information questions.
Speaker A: Create a yestno question. < I
Speaker B: Create an information question using where. I I
Example: I live there.
SPEAKER A: DO YOU live there?
SPEAKER B: Where do you live?- She lives there.
- The students live there.
- Bob lived there.
- Mary is living there.
- 1 was living there.
- They are going to live there.
- John will live there.
- The students can live there.
- Jim has lived there.
- Tom has been living there.
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