TYPES OF

QUESTIO
NS IN
ENGLISH
 1.1
Yes or No
Questions
Questions that only have 2 possible answers, 'yes' or 'no'.

Yes or No Questions Formula:

Auxiliary + Subject + Verb

 auxiliary
To
MODALS To be To do
have
Could/Can Is Do Have

Might/May Are Does Has

Must Am Did Had

Should/Shall Was

Would/Will Were
 Example:
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Text 1
Questions:
In producing an item or service, decisions are needed in the form of a
Process Design, which includes: process selection, service operation design,
1) Should we pay attention to social,
technology selection, process flow, and facility layout. The design process
economic and environment issues in
does not only involve technical issues, but also involves social, economic
the process design?
and environmental issues.
2) Is the selection process related to
Process selection is closely related to product design. The selection
product design?
process and product selection are two inseparable sides.
3) Do we need to pay attention to the
The design of service operations also received special attention because
service process design in the process
the high level of customer needs to be served is not proportional to the
design?
number of available manpower. Therefore, technology selection is needed to
4) Have you imagine how Indonesia can
facilitate the production process. The technology used can be machines in
be without industrial machine this
industrial plants. With technology, manual power will be replaced by
day?
machines that have a higher level of efficiency. The choice of technology not
only determines technical decisions, but also involves social issues that
determine employment and other social factors, such as the impact on the
environment and the surrounding economy.
The process design also requires decisions regarding the process flow and
facility layout, which is in the form of physical flow of materials, customers,
and information in the production process. Facility layout decisions can
facilitate the flow of processes by regulating physical facilities. For example,
the layout of the machines is arranged in such a way that the production
process can run in order and not cluttered.
 1.2.
Question Tag
Short questions after statements, orders or invitations.

Question Tag Formula:

Auxiliary + (not) + Pronoun

 1) If the sentence is
positive, then the
question tag is negative.
 Soyong is smart, isn't she?
 Won Bin and Team are making a bowl of noodle,
aren't they?
 2) If the sentence is
negative, then the
question tag is positive.
 Soyong is not smart, is she?
 Won Bin and Team are not making a bowl of noodle,
are they?
 3) If the sentence is a
prohibition or an order, use
will you for the question tag.
 Don't be noise, will you?
 Don't make me upset, will you?
 4) If the sentence uses
the verb (verb), then
use do / does or did.
 Sinta buys Amanda Cakes in Bandung, doesn't she?
 Jack found the key on that desk, didn't he?
 5) If the sentence uses
modals, then use modals for the
question tag. Especially for
modals ‘have to’, use the
auxiliary for the question tag.
 Taeyeon will come back soon, won’t she?
 Jack can't drive a car, can he?
 They have to make a movie now, don't they?
 6) If the subject is I am,
then the question tag aren't
I. However, if the subject is I
am not, then the question
tag is am I.
 I am not rude, am I?
 I am diligent, aren't I?
7) If the subject is somebody,
everyone, someone, everybody,
no one and nobody, then use
‘them’ in the question tag.
 Everybody went to the restaurant, didn't they?
 Somebody brought the guitar to my studio last week,
didn't they?
 8) If the sentence contains a
word with a negative meaning, for
example nobody, hardly no one,
rarely nothing, seldom, barely use
a positive question tag.
 No one comes to my house, do they?
 She never seems to care, does she?
 9) If the subject is
something, everything,
and nothing, then use
‘it’ in the question tag.
 Something is moving, isn't it?
 Everything should be ready, shouldn't it?
 10) If the sentence
starts with ‘let's’, then
the question tag is ‘shall
we’.
 Let’s forget it, shall we?
 Let’s draw the good picture here, shall we?
 Example:
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Text 2 Questions:
In a design process, goods and services are
made sequentially from one production line to 1) Goods and services are made
 Rule-1
another. Product flow operations can be divided sequentially from one line to another,
into two types of production, namely mass aren’t they?
production which is generally associated with a 2) Goods and services aren’t made
 Rule-2
type of assembly operation, for example in the car sequentially from one line to another,
industry, and there is also continuous production in are they?
the chemical industrial, paper, steel, bus, electricity, 3) Don’t use unefficient operation, will
 Rule-3
and telephone industries and Continous production you?
so that there are no non-up-to-date items. 4) Previously, line operation needed a lot
 Rule-4
First line operations require a large workforce of energy and money, didn’t it?
with not comparable capital. Moreover, high 5) They have to use technology, don’t
standardization of production targets is needed. they?
 Rule-5
That makes the process less efficient. In contrast to 6) I am not used to work without
now, where there is already an assembly computer, am I?
 Rule-6
technology that uses computers as a control of 7) Everybody likes up-to-date items,
production equipment. With this, the production are’nt they?
 Rule-7
process of hundreds or even thousands of products 8) No one wants expensive ugly goods,
can be completed in large quantities, little time, and do they?
 Rule-8
standardized quality. 9) Everything should be efficient,
shouldn’t it?
 Rule-9
10) Let's use technology as well as
possible, shall we?
 Rule-10
 2.
Information
Questions / Question-
Word Question
Forms of questions that require more than just Yes / No,
there must be information about something given as the
answer.
 a) Who or
What
Who or what is used to ask the subject.
Who or What Formula:

Who / What + Verb + (Complement) + (Modifier)

 B ) Whom and
What
Whom and what is used if the complement is unknown.
Whom and What Formula:

Whom / What + Auxiliary (Do/Does/Did) + Subject + Verb + Modifier

 Example:
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Text 3 Questions:
Other operations are project operations. This operation
is used for unique or special products such as art work, 1) Who operated and managed
concerts, buildings, or a motion picture. Each unit of this the project operation?
product must have characteristics. In this case, to support 2) What happened if you can’t
the achievement of project objectives, all individual get the creativity on
operations or tasks must be ordered. An important designing an project?
problem in project management is in the planning, 3) Whom does you know from
sorting, scheduling and control of each task that directs project manager?
the overall project completion. 4) What did project manager
In project operations, the automation process is do to the project?
difficult because it requires creativity and uniqueness in a
product. Sometimes, equipment can be used that can
reduce labor requirements. for example such as dozers,
excavators, haulers (trucks), cranes, motor graders,
compactors, and so on.
 C)When, Where,
How and Why
When, Where, How and WhyFormula:
(When / Where / How) be / (Why) do, does, did +Auxiliary + Verb + Complement + Modifier
 Question words

What Apa Whose Milik siapa

When Kapan Which Yang Mana
Who Siapa What Time Pukul Berapa
Where Dimana Berapa panjang/Berapa
How Long
lama
Why Mengapa
Berapa banyak
How Bagaimana How Much
(uncountable noun)
Whom Siapa (Objek) Berapa banyak (countable
How Many
noun)
How Often Berapa sering
 Example:
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Text 4 Questions:
Project operations can be seen in the housing industry.
In building a house order, a special design might have 1) When should a customer be
been prepared by an architect, but in the process, in the able to revise a design in a
activities of controlling house construction, customers are project?
often involved in every phase of the construction, and 2) Where can a video mapping
sometimes plans are changed while the house is being be displayed?
built. This will take up a lot of time and money. 3) How does video mapping
However, now there is video mapping technology that work?
allows the design or building design to be seen in 3D, 4) Why an architect can be
customers can feel the results of the design before the overwhelmed by the
building is built, feel whether there is a design mismatch, customer revisions?
so that if there is a revision, the architect can immediately
change it and display the changes directly in that time
too. This can save a lot of time and effort
 3.
Embedded
Questions
Embedded Questions are a form of questions (can be wh-
questions or yes-no questions) that are inserted into declarative
statements or other questions.
Embedded Question Formula:
Subject + Verb (phrase) + Question word + Subject + (Auxiliary) Verb
 Generally Embedded Questions are placed
after the following phrases:

I can’t
Could you tell me . .
remember . I don’t know . .
.
.
Can you tell me . . . I’m not sure . . . I wonder . . .

Can you remember . . . I have no idea . Please tell me .

Would you mind

Who knows . The question is . .
explaining . . .

I wanted to
We need to find out . . . Do you have any idea . .
know .
 1) Embedded
Questions with
subject patterns
precede verb.
Subject + Verb (atau Auxiliary Verb)

Question Embedded Question

Can you take me home? I wonder if you could take me home
2) Embedded questions end with a
question mark if it is part of an
interrogative sentence, or end with
a full stop (period) if it is part of a
statement.
Question Embedded Question
Why did she leave work Do you have any idea why she left work
without saying anything? without saying anything? (interrogative)
I have no idea why she left work without
saying anything. (declarative)
3) If there are no question
words (where, why, who,
what, when, how), then use
if, whether or whether or
not.
Question Embedded Question
Can he drive an Do you know whether he can
automatic car? drive an automatic car?
 4) Contraction (a
combination of two words)
is not used at the end of a
sentence.
Before Conraction I am They are We are
Contraction I’m They’re We’re

Question Embedded Question

Who is he? Do you know he’s he is?
 Example:
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Text 5 Questions:
Another technology that can simplify
the design process in projects is software 1) I wonder if you could use any  Rule-1
design. Previously, the only available design software.
image media was limited to paper and 2) Do you have any idea why
 Rule-2
drawing machines, but now there are someone invented design
software such as ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, software?
Revit, 3D StudioMax, Sketchup, and so on. 3) I have no idea why someone  Rule-3
Various advantages gained in designing invented design sotfware.
projects with computer software include: 4) Can you tell me what happened
The ease of forming objects; Image if an architect designing without
production is fast and precise; Details of design software?
objects can be presented complete with 5) Do you know it is?
technical information; Revisions that do not
take up much time and energy; Reduced  Rule-4
constraints in teamwork; Communication
with clients gets better.
Thank
you!!!