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Questions

Questions answered

'Finished' in questions
Trudi Faulkner-Petrova explains the use of these two questions: 'Are you finished?' and 'Have you finished?'
Affirmative word order
Is it possible to say 'You like football?'
'do', 'does', 'is' and 'are'
Do we use 'do' when the verb in the question is 'be'?
'how long?', 'how often?'
Jian Shou from China is often confused by 'How long?' and 'How many times?'
Negative questions
Pascal Tanyimboh from Denmark wonders how to answer a negative question. Don't you know?
Question tags 1
Question tags are important, aren't they? You can use them well, can't you?
Question tags 2
Why are both of these correct: 'Open the door, will you?', 'Open the door, won't you?'
Question tags 3
'It is hot. I shall open the window, shall I?' Why is it 'shall I?' - not 'shan't I?'
Types of question
Rachel Wicaksono describes the different question types, which all have different grammar
'Wh-' questions
'Which, what, whom, where, whose, when, who, why and how?' Do you know the answer?
'What...like?' and 'How...?'
Find out about the differences between these two question patterns.
Word order in questions 1
Roger explains the basic grammar of questions
Word order in questions 2
Bav from India asks which is correct: 'How many people are coming?' or 'How many are people coming?'