CONSTRUCTING QUESTIONS AND QUESTION TAGS

Frank David Lascarro Navarro

 CONSTRUCTING QUESTIONS

• CLOSED QUESTIONS

Closed questions require an answer "yes" or "no", "right" or "wrong". These

questions are formed with an auxiliary verb ("do", "be" or "have got").

EXAMPLES:
Is she tall? Yes, she is.
Have you got a pet? No, I haven’t.
Does he work in a school? No, he doesn’t.
Did you like New York? Yes, I did.
Do their children play sports? Yes, they do.
 • OPEN QUESTIONS

• Open questions cannot answer with a simple "yes" or "no", but obtaine
d information, explanation, description or opinion. Open questions are
created using interrogative pronouns or "question words".

OBJECT QUESTIONS SUBJECT QUESTIONS

• Who did you call last night? Who called last night?
• Who did Danny ask? The teacher Who asks the question?
Danny.
• What…? ¿Qué…? What do you want?
• Where…? ¿Dónde…? Where do they live?
• When…? ¿Cuándo…? When do you go to work?
• Who…? ¿Quién…? Who is he?
• Whose…? ¿De quién…? Whose bag is this?
• Why…? ¿Por qué…? Why are they here?
• Which…? ¿Cuál…? Which car is his?
• How…? ¿Cómo…? How are you?
 QUESTION TAGS

• In English it is common to end sentences with another short, opposite p

hrase, whichintends to ask for the opinion or seek the approval of the par
tner: are called question tags (preguntas coletillas). These phrases are
equivalent to a: ¿verdad?, ¿no es verdad?, ¿no?, ¿no es así? ¿en serio?

• To form this short question, we will use the auxiliary of the main phrase
and his subject but of opposite sing. If it did’t auxiliaty then we would
use the auxiliary “to do”
FOR EXAMPLE:

• Your brother is older than you, isn’t he? (Tu hermano es mayor
que tú, ¿no es así?)
• You can help me, can’t you? (Puedes ayudarme, ¿verdad?)
• John is getting married, isn’t he? (John se casará, ¿verdad?)
• You worked yesterday, didn’t you? (Trabajaste ayer, ¿no?)
• Sarah likes ice cream, doesn’t she? (A Sarah le gusta el helado, ¿no?)
• You’re not from here, are you? (No eres de aquí, ¿no?)
• Kate’s not American, is she? (Kate no es americana, ¿verdad?)
• Peter never liked Susan, did he? (A Peter nunca le gustó Susan,
¿verdad?)
• They didn’t go to class yesterday, did they? (No fueron a la clase
ayer, ¿verdad?)
• You can’t dance, can you? (No puedes bailar, ¿no?)
• Exception:
With the verb "to be" in the first person of the negative sentences, used "aren't”
in question tag.

I am wrong, aren’t I?
THANK YOU