There are lots of questions out there. Okay, what we mean is that there are lots of ways to form questions out there. Luckily, English and Spanish form questions pretty similarly...but there are still some differences.
First-time ELLs tend to have trouble forming questions—especially yes/no questions. This is because in English, words are moved around differently.
These sections give step-by-step directions on how to form all question types in English—in case you haven't quite gotten it by listening alone. They don't teach you this in school, ELLs.
Yes/No Questions
A yes/no question is a question you can answer "yes" or "no" to. That's pretty simple, right? So "Do you have a Shmoopscription?" is a yes/no question, but "When did you get a Shmoopscription?" is...
Wh-Questions
Great news, ELLs: Wh-Questions are done very similarly in English. You probably won't have too much trouble with these, but in case you're still having trouble with that pesky do-insertion or formi...
Embedded Questions
Embedded questions are sentences that are basically halfway between being declarative statements and wh-questions. They don't usually end in question marks, but a question is implied. They're also...
Question Tags
Question tags are repeated phrases placed at the end of a declarative statement that turn it into a question. They're usually used to express doubt, to confirm something, or to indirectly ask somet...