1 In questions which can be answered with either yes or no, we put an auxiliary verb before the subject. Is your present job interesting? Are you willing to relocate? Would you have to give notice? Have you applied for any other jobs? Do you have a clean driving licence? Does your partner work? We use questions beginning with wh- or how when asking for information. Where were you born? What did you study at college? How long did you stay there? How many people finished the course? When who, what or which is the subject of a sentence, an auxiliary is not used. Who gave you the information? (NOT * Who did give you...) What happened at the meeting? (NOT * What did happen...) Which costs the least? (NOT * Which does cost the least?) 4 Requests and questions can be made more polite by making them less direct. Would you mind if smoked? Do you mind if use your phone? Could you tell me how you found out about our firm? I'd like to know what you don't like about your present employer. 5 Note that in reported questions, as in indirect questions, the word order is the same as for a statement. ‘How soon will you be able to start?” He wanted to know how soon he would be able to start.