Question types in English

Question plays a very crucial role in communication.Answering skill is considered as easy as questioning skills.Infact we have to know this if we want to improve our communication skills.So i hope this article will provide some ideas to improve our questioning skills.

Here i'm going to explain about the question words for each tenses available .The basic structure of question is 
  • If auxiliary verb exists in the sentence ,the question format will be  auxiliary verb+subject+verb
  • If auxiliary verb not exists in the sentence ,the question format will be Do/does/did +subject+verb
  • These all are come under yes or no question type.
We can classify questions as 2 broad  types .
a).Yes or no questions(short answers)
b).Wh questions (Long answers)

a).Yes or no questions
            This kind of questions mostly receive very short answers with "yes or no".

(e.g) 
Did you go to home?(question)
Yes,I did.(answer)
So we will see this vividly below.I have categorised it based on tenses . Hence it is easy to remember .

1.Present Tense
       
i)Simple present tense
                         Do i  +verb?
                         Do we  +verb?
                         Do they  +verb?
                         Do you  +verb?
                         Does she  +verb?
                         Does he  +verb?
                         Does it  +verb?
(e.g)
i speak english
do i speak english?

ii)Present Continuous tense
                        
                       Am i  +verb +ing?
                       Are you +verb +ing?
                       Are they  +verb +ing?
                       Are we  +verb +ing?
                       is she +verb +ing?
                       is he  +verb +ing?
                       is it  +verb +ing?
(e.g)
I am working hard
Am i working hard?
iii)Present Perfect tense
                        Have i  +Past participle verb? 
                       Have you  +Past participle verb?
                       Have they  +Past participle verb?
                       Have we  +Past participle verb?
                       Has she  +Past participle verb?
                       Has he +Past participle verb?
                       Has it  +Past participle verb?
(e.g)
I have spoken with him
Have i spoken with him?
iv)Present Perfect continuous tense
                        Have i been  +verb +ing?
                       Have you been  +verb +ing?
                       Have they been+verb +ing?
                       Have we been+verb +ing?
                       Has she been+verb +ing?
                       Has he been+verb +ing?
                       Has it been+verb +ing?
(e.g)
I have been playing badminton
Have i been playing badminton?
2.Past Tense
       
i)Simple past tense
                         Did i +verb?
                         Did we +verb?
                         Did they +verb?
                         Did you +verb?
                         Did she +verb?
                         Did he +verb?
                         Did it +verb?
(e.g)
I worked in india
Did i work in india?
Note:
if we use "did" then no need to use past form of verb.Just check the above example.

ii)Past Continuous tense
                        
                       Was i +verb +ing?
                       Were you +verb +ing?
                       Were they +verb +ing?
                       Were we +verb +ing?
                       Was she +verb +ing?
                       Was he +verb +ing?
                       Was it +verb +ing?
(e.g)
He was singing a song
Was he singing a song?

iii)Past Perfect tense
                        Had i +Past participle verb?
                       Had you +Past participle verb?
                       Had they +Past participle verb?
                       Had we +Past participle verb?
                       Had she +Past participle verb?
                       Had he +Past participle verb?
                       Had it +Past participle verb?
(e.g)
They had met in the school
Had they met in the school? 
iv)Past Perfect continuous tense
                        Had i been +verb +ing?
                       Had you been +verb +ing?
                       Had they been +verb +ing?
                       Had we been +verb +ing?
                       Had she been +verb +ing?
                       Had he been +verb +ing?
                       Had it been +verb +ing?
(e.g)
He had been studying for exam
Had he been studying for exam?

3.FutureTense
       
i)Simple Future tense
                         Will i +verb?
                         Will we +verb?
                         Will they +verb?
                         Will you+verb?
                         Will she +verb?
                         Will he +verb?
                         Will it+verb?
(e.g)
She will speak
will she speak?
ii)Future Continuous tense
                        
                       Will i be +verb +ing?
                       Will you be +verb +ing?
                       Will they be +verb +ing?
                       Will we be +verb +ing?
                       Will she be +verb +ing?
                       Will he be +verb +ing?
                       Was it be +verb +ing?
(e.g)
You will be walking on the ground
Will you be walking on the ground?
iii)Future Perfect tense
                        Will i have +Past participle verb?
                       Will you have +Past participle verb?
                       Will they have +Past participle verb?
                       Will we have +Past participle verb?
                       Will she have +Past participle verb?
                       Will he have +Past participle verb?
                       Will it have +Past participle verb?
(e.g)
It will have worked
Will it have worked?
iv)Future Perfect continuous tense
                        Will i have been +verb +ing?
                       Will you have been +verb +ing?
                       Will they have been +verb +ing?
                       Will we have been +verb +ing?
                       Will she have been +verb +ing?
                       Will he have been +verb +ing?
                       Will it have been +verb +ing?
(e.g)
I will have been trying to achieve
Will i have been trying to achieve?

b).Wh questions
                         This is nothing but the words such as what , when, where,how,why,who and so on.If you add these words in front of the above "yes or no" questions it will change to "wh" question and give the elaborate answer.

(e.g)
Where will you go?(question)
I will go to India (answer)


So we have to keep this in our mind.I don't say to  memorize it.Just know it.Use it whenever and wherever you get time.Find out the usage of these.Once you find the usage then you won't forget.It will be helpful for us.

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