Yes / No questions - Home of English Grammar
2014年1月25日 · Yes / No questions are those questions that expect ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as answer. These questions do not take the question words when, what, where etc. Yes / No questions are used to check information or ask for confirmation. ‘Are you coming with us?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Has he returned the car?’ ‘No, he hasn’t.’ ‘Do you live in ...
How to report WH and Yes/No questions - Home of English …
2014年9月2日 · There are mainly two types of questions – Wh-questions and Yes/No questions. When we report a Wh-question, we use a reporting verb like asked or enquired. Study the example given below. Direct: He said to me, ‘Where do you live?’ Indirect: He asked me where I lived. Direct: Mother said to me, ‘What are you doing there?’
Reporting yes/no questions - Home of English Grammar
2013年12月1日 · Yes/no questions expect yes or no as the answer. We use if or whether to report yes/no questions. Direct: ‘Will you do this?’ Indirect: She asked me if I would do that. Direct: ‘Are you going to the market?’ Indirect: She asked me if I was going to the market. Direct: Will you help me? Indirect: She asked me whether I would help her.
Reporting yes or no questions - Home of English Grammar
2014年6月7日 · Yes or no questions are reported with ‘if’ or ‘whether’. Note that we cannot use the words say and tell to report questions. Study the examples given below. ‘Are you a clever boy?’ the stranger asked Harry. (Direct speech) The stranger asked Harry if / whether he was a clever boy. (Indirect speech) Some people ask, ‘Is there a God?’
Noun clause markers - Home of English Grammar
2012年6月23日 · Indirect questions are also noun clauses. I want to know when you intend to start. She will not tell me what her name is. Yes / No Questions. Yes/no questions (questions that expect either yes or no as an answer) are also noun clauses. Note that yes/no questions are usually introduced by the prepositions if or whether.
Rhetorical questions - Home of English Grammar
2014年6月4日 · Rhetorical questions are used to make a point. This makes them different from Yes / No questions because the latter expect an answer. Here is a quick review of Yes / No questions. Yes / No questions are asked to get a simple answer. They are usually answered with yes or no and an auxiliary verb. Examples are given below. Are you coming with me ...
Negative questions - Home of English Grammar
2010年11月24日 · Pressing offers and invitations often assume the form of negative questions. They usually begin Won’t you…? Wouldn’t you…? or Why don’t you…? Wouldn’t you like something to drink? Why don’t you come and spend the evening with us? In other cases we do not normally use a negative question to ask people to do things.
Embedded Questions - Home of English Grammar
2024年4月15日 · The verb is not contracted in embedded questions. ... an indirect Yes/No question. ... no idea whether ...
Rhetorical questions - Home of English Grammar
2011年8月3日 · (Meaning: It is no use asking her.) ‘I can sing better than you.’ ‘Who cares?’ (= Nobody cares.) ‘Have you lost your tongue?’ (= Why don’t you say anything?) ‘Who do you think you are?’ (= You are not as important as you think.) Questions beginning with ‘how’ or ‘why should’ can be used to reject suggestions or requests.
Using whether - Home of English Grammar
2013年10月28日 · Both whether and if can be used to introduce indirect Yes/No questions. She asked if I liked English films. OR She asked whether I liked English films. Before an infinitive, we use whether. If is not possible in this case. I can’t decide whether to accept that job. (NOT I can’t decide if to accept that job.) After a preposition, use whether.