Yes / No questions (closed questions)

In English, there are two basic types of questions: Yes / No questions and Wh- questions. Yes / No questions

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are also called closed questions because there are only two possible responses: Yes or No. When forming a
Yes / No question, it must include one of these verbs: BE, DO, HAVE, or a modal verb. It is impossible to ask a
Yes / No question without one of these verbs.

correct incorrect
Are elections next year? Elections next year?
Does he want to stay? He want to stay?
Have the boys eaten? The boys eaten?
Can the dog swim? The dog swim?

 Use the verb BE to ask Yes / No questions about the identity or description of a person, place, or thing.

question
Am I your friend?
Is this a good restaurant?
Are these islands Greek?
Was his idea interesting?
Were they happy?
response
Yes. / Yes, you are. / Yes, you are my friend.
No. / No, it is not. / No, it is not a good restaurant.
Yes. / Yes, they are. / Yes, these islands are Greek.
No. / No, it wasn’t. / No, his idea was not interesting.
Yes. / Yes, they were. / Yes, they were happy.

Note that the response can be short (Yes. / No.), or long: Yes or No followed by the subject and verb.

Use the verb BE with a preposition to ask Yes / No questions about a present or past location.

question response
Am I at the correct location? No. / No, you aren’t.
Are the keys under the books? No. / No, they are not.
Was his house on an island? Yes. / Yes, it was.
Were the demonstrations in the center of town? No. / No, they weren’t.
Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a current activity or situation. This requires the present
progressive: BE + (verb+ing).

 Gunakan kata kerja BE bertanya Ya / Tidak pertanyaan tentang identitas atau deskripsi orang, tempat ,
atau hal .
respon pertanyaan
Apakah aku temanmu? Ya. / Ya , Anda berada. / Ya , kamu adalah teman saya.
Ini adalah restoran yang bagus ? No. / Tidak, tidak. / Tidak, itu bukan restoran yang bagus .
Apakah pulau-pulau Yunani ? Ya. / Ya , mereka . / Ya , pulau-pulau ini adalah Yunani .
Apakah ide yang menarik ? No. / Tidak, itu tidak . / Tidak, idenya tidak menarik .
Apakah mereka senang ? Ya. / Ya , mereka . / Ya , mereka senang .
Perhatikan bahwa respon bisa pendek ( Ya / Tidak . ) , Atau panjang : Ya atau Tidak diikuti oleh subjek dan kata
kerja .

Gunakan kata kerja BE dengan preposisi untuk bertanya Ya / Tidak pertanyaan tentang lokasi saat ini atau
masa lalu .
respon pertanyaan
Apakah saya di lokasi yang benar ? No. / Tidak , Anda tidak .
Adalah kunci di bawah buku ? No. / Tidak, mereka tidak .
Apakah rumahnya di sebuah pulau ? Ya. / Ya , itu .
Apakah demonstrasi di pusat kota ? No. / Tidak, mereka tidak .
Gunakan kata kerja BE mengajukan Ya / Tidak ada pertanyaan tentang aktivitas atau situasi saat ini . Ini
membutuhkan progresif hadir : BE + ( verb + ing ) .

question response
Am I going with you and Tom? Yes. / Yes, you are.
Is she working today? No. / No, she isn’t.
Are we seeing a play tomorrow? Yes. / Yes, we are.

Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question about a past activity or situation. This requires the past
progressive: WAS / WERE + (verb+ing).

question response
Was it raining? Yes. / Yes, it was.
Were they playing? No. / No, they weren’t.

Use the verb BE to ask a Yes / No question with the passive voice.

question response
Is gold mined in Canada? Yes. / Yes it is.
Are flowers grown here? No. / No, they are not.
Was the book read? Yes. / Yes, it was.
 Use the verb HAVE to ask if somebody ha respon pertanyaan
Apakah aku akan dengan Anda dan Tom ? Ya. / Ya , Anda berada.
Apakah dia bekerja hari ini ? No. / Tidak, dia tidak .
Apakah kita melihat bermain besok ? Ya. / Ya , kita .
Gunakan kata kerja BE mengajukan Ya / Tidak ada pertanyaan tentang aktivitas atau situasi masa lalu . Ini
membutuhkan progresif terakhir : WS / TELAH + ( verb + ing ) .
respon pertanyaan
Apakah itu hujan ? Ya. / Ya , itu .
Apakah mereka bermain ? No. / Tidak, mereka tidak .
Gunakan kata kerja BE mengajukan Ya / Tidak ada pertanyaan dengan kalimat pasif .
respon pertanyaan
Adalah emas yang ditambang di Kanada ? Ya. / Ya itu .
Apakah bunga tumbuh di sini ? No. / Tidak, mereka tidak .
Apakah buku itu dibaca ? Ya. / Ya , itu .

s done something or if some action has taken place. Note that these Yes / No questions use the present perfect
(HAVE + past participle).

question response
Has your brother left? No. / No, he hasn’t.
Have you driven before? Yes. / Yes, I have.
Has the party started? Yes. / Yes, it has.

Use the verb DO to ask Yes / No questions in order to obtain facts about people, places, or things.

question response
Do they smoke? No. / No, they don’t.
Does it rain here? Yes. / Yes, it does.
Did the key work? No. / No, it didn’t.

Use modal verbs to ask Yes / No questions about possibilities or uncertainties.

question response
Can we stay? Yes. / Yes, we can. / Yes, we can stay.
Could this be true? Yes. / Yes, it could (be true).
Should they stop? No. / No, they shouldn’t (stop).
May I help you? Yes. / Yes you may (help me).

Remember: When asking Yes / No questions with DO or a modal verb, the main verb remains in the base form
(without to).

correct incorrect
Do you drink coffee? Do you to drink coffee?
Does she work here? Does she to work here?
Can I go with you? Can I to go with you?
Should we email her? Should we to email her?

However, if there are two verbs that follow DO, the second verb remains in the infinitive (with to).

correct incorrect
Do you want to drink coffee? Do you want drink coffee?
Does she like to work here? Does she like work here?
Did you need to go home? Did you need go home?

Note that there are several ways to answer Yes / No questions, especially when using contractions.

question response

Is he busy? No.

No, he isn’t.

No, he’s not.

No, he is not.

No, he isn’t busy.

No, he’s not busy.

No, he is not busy.

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 I
ntroducti
on to
question
s
 W
h-
 question
s

 A
uxiliary
verbs

 C
ontractio
ns

Types
of
que
stio
ns
There are two
types of
questions:

 Yes or
no
questio
ns
 Wh
questio
ns

Yes-no
questio
ns

Yes or no
questions are
questions
whose
expected
answer is
 either "yes" or
"no".

How to form
yes-no
questio
ns

In English, a
special word
order (Verb
Subject
Object) is used
to form yes-no
questions.

Examples:

Affirmative

They are American

She is nice

The rules

1. If the main
verb of the
sentence is "to
be", simply
invert the
subject and the
verb to be:

Examples:

 They are
America
n. —
Are they
America
n?
 They are
 nice. —
Are they
nice?

2. If the
sentence
includes a
main verb and
another or
other helping
(auxiliary)
verb(s), invert
the subject and
the (first)
helping
(auxiliary)
verb.

Examples:

 They are
visiting
Paris. —
Are they
visiting
Paris?
 She has
done
the
housew
ork. —
Has she
done
the
housew
ork

 Nancy
has
been
working
all night
long. —
Has
Nancy
been
working
 all night
long?

 He will
be
reading
the
book. —
Will he
be
reading
the
book?

3. If the
sentence
includes a verb
which is not
the verb "to
be" and doesn't
include a
helping
(auxiliary)
verb, the
transformation
is more
complex.

a. If the verb is
in the present
tense, add
either do or
does and put
the main verb
in its base
form:

 do if the
subject
is the
first
person
singular,
second
person
singular,
 first
person
plural,
second
person
plural
and
third
person
plural (I,
you, we,
they)
Example
s:
I like
apples.
— Do
you like
apples?
They go
to a
high
school.
— Do
they go
to a
high
school?
 does if
the
subject
is the
third
person
singular
(he, she,
it).
Example
s:
Nancy
reads a
lot. —
Does
Nancy
read a
lot?
He
 hates
basketb
all. —
Does he
hate
basketb
all?

b.If the verb is

in the past
tense, add did
and put the
main verb in
its base form:

Examples:

 He
discover
ed the
truth. —
Did he
discover
the
truth?
 She
wrote a
nice
essay.
— Did
she
write a
nice
essay?

 They
did the
homew
ork. —
Did they
do the
homew
ork?

Jeni
 s
pert
any
aan
 Ada
dua
jenis
pertan
yaan :
 • Ya
atau
tidak
ada
pertan
yaan
 •
pertan
yaan
Wh
 Ya-
tidak
pertan
yaan
 Ya atau
tidak
ada
pertan
yaan
adalah
pertan
yaan
yang
jawaba
nnya
diharap
kan
adalah
baik "
ya"
atau
"tidak "
.
 Bagaim
ana
membe
ntuk
ya-
tidak
pertan
yaan
 Dalam
 bahasa
Inggris
,
urutan
kata
khusus
( Verb
Jurusan
Object
)
diguna
kan
untuk
membe
ntuk
ya-
tidak
pertan
yaan .
 contoh
:
 Afirmat
if Ya
atau
Tidak
Pertany
aan
 Mereka
Amerik
a
Apakah
mereka
Amerik
a?
 Dia
bagus
Apakah
dia
bagus
?
 aturan
 1. Jika
kata
kerja
utama
dari
kalimat
tersebu
t"
menjad
i",
hanya
memba
likkan
 subjek
dan
kata
kerja
menjad
i:
 contoh
:
 •
Mereka
adalah
Amerik
a.-
Apakah
mereka
Amerik
a?
 •
Mereka
bagus .
-
Apakah
mereka
bagus
?
 2. Jika
kalimat
termas
uk kata
kerja
utama
dan
lain
atau
lain
yang
memba
ntu
( bantu
) verba
(s),
memba
likkan
subjek
dan
( perta
ma)
memba
ntu
( bantu
) verba
.
 contoh
:
 •
Mereka
mengu
njungi
Paris . -
Apakah
mereka
mengu
njungi
Paris ?
 • Dia
telah
melaku
kan
pekerja
an
rumah
tangga
.-
Apakah
dia
melaku
kan
pekerja
an
rumah
tangga
 •
Nancy
telah
bekerja
sepanj
ang
malam
.-
Apakah
Nancy
telah
bekerja
sepanj
ang
malam
?
 • Dia
akan
memba
ca
buku . -
Apakah
dia
akan
memba
ca
buku ?
 3. Jika
kalimat
termas
uk kata
kerja
yang
tidak
kata
kerja "
menjad
i " dan
tidak
termas
uk
memba
ntu
( bantu
) verba
,
transfo
rmasi
yang
lebih
komple
ks .
 a . Jika
kata
kerja
dalam
present
tense ,
tamba
hkan
baik
melaku
kan
atau
tidak
dan
meleta
kkan
kata
kerja
utama
dalam
bentuk
alasny
a:
 •
lakuka
n jika
subjek
adalah
orang
 pertam
a
tunggal
, orang
kedua
tunggal
,
pertam
a orang
jamak ,
orang
kedua
jamak
dan
ketiga
orang
jamak (
saya,
kamu,
kita ,
mereka
)
 contoh
:
 Saya
suka
apel . -
Apakah
kamu
menyu
kai
apel ?
 Mereka
pergi
ke
sekolah
tinggi .
-
Apakah
mereka
pergi
ke
sekolah
tinggi ?
 • tidak
jika
subjek
nya
orang
ketiga
tunggal
(dia ,
dia , itu
).
 contoh
:
 Nancy
memba
ca
banyak
.-
Apakah
Nancy
banyak
memba
ca ?
 Dia
membe
nci
basket
.-
Apakah
dia
benci
basket
?
 b.If
kata
kerja
dalam
bentuk
lampau
,
tamba
hkan
lakuka
n dan
menem
patkan
kata
kerja
utama
dalam
bentuk
alasny
a:
 contoh
:
 • Ia
menem
ukan
kebena
ran . -
Apakah
dia
menem
ukan
kebena
 ran ?
 • Dia
menuli
s
sebuah
esai
yang
bagus .
-
Apakah
dia
menuli
s esai
yang
baik ?
 •
Mereka
melaku
kan
pekerja
an
rumah
.-
Apakah
mereka
melaku
kan
pekerja
an
rumah
?

a. Yes/No
Question
s
Yes/No
Question
adalah jenis
pertanyaan
yang
membutuhkan
jawaban ya
atau tidak.
Kata sambung
yang
digunakan
adalah whether
atau if. Namun
yang perlu
diingat adalah
susunan
kalimat dalam
kalimat tak
langsungnya
harus menjadi
normal
kembali.
Artinya setelah
kata
whether/if,
maka harus
dimulai dengan
Subjek,
Predikat, dst.
Kita dapat juga
menambahkan
or not pada
kalimat tak
langsungnya.
Namun kata or
not hanya
mengiringi
kata whether
dan tidak if.
Kata whether
lebih sering
digunakan
daripada if.
Contoh:
 Mr.
Hunt
asked,"
Are
you my
new
secretar
y?"
 Mr.
Hunt
asked
 the girl
whethe
r she
was his
new
secretar
y or
not. -
Bentuk
I
 Mr.
Hunt
asked
the girl
whethe
r or not
she was
his new
secretar
y. -
Bentuk
II
 Mr.
Hunt
asked
the girl
whethe
r she
was his
new
secretar
y. -
Bentuk
III

 "Can
you
pick me
up?",
asked
Edward
.
 Edward
 asked if
I could
pick
him up.

b. Wh-
Questions

Wh- Question
adalah jenis
pertanyaan
yang tidak
dijawab
dengan ya atau
tidak,
melainkan
sebuah
pernyataan
seperi How old
are you, Where
do you live?
dsb.
Kata sambung
yang
digunakan
adalah kata
tanya itu
sendiri.
Susunan
setelah kata
tanya itu
kembali seperti
kalimat positif.
Perhatikan
contoh-contoh
kalimat
berikut. Tanda
tanya juga
harus
dihilangkan.
COntoh:
 "How
old are
you?",
Ahmad
 wanted
to
know.
 Ahmad
wanted
to
know
How
old I
was.
(BUKA
N How
old was
I)

 Andy
asked
Ted,"
Where
do you
live?"
 Andy
asked
Ted
where
he
lived.

2. Question
A. Yes/No
Question
Conjunction yang
dipakai adalah:
“whether (or
not/or if)”
b. Fungsi Klausa ini
adalah sebagai:
1) Subjek Kalimat
Can she drive the
car? (Question)
Whether she can
drive the car
doesn’t concern
 me. (Noun
Clause)
= Whether or not
she can drive the
car doesn’t
concern me.
(Noun Clause)
= Whether she can
drive the car or
not doesn’t
concern me.
(Noun Clause)
= Whether or if she
can drive the car
doesn’t concern
me. (Noun
Clause)
2) Objek Pelengkap
My question is
whether she can
drive the car.
3) Objek Kata Kerja
I really wonder
whether she can
drive the car (or
not).
4) Objek Kata Depan
We discussed about
whether she can
drive the car.
B. Wh- Question
Conjunction yang
dipakai adalah:
“kata Tanya itu
sendiri”
b. Fungsi Klausa ini
adalah sebagai:
1) Subjek Kalimat
What is he doing?
(Question)
What she is doing
doesn’t concern
me. (Noun
Clause)
2) Objek Pelengkap
My question is what
she is doing.
3) Objek Kata Kerja
I really wonder what
she is doing.
4) Objek Kata Depan
We discussed about
what she is doing.
Catatan:
Posisi kembali
normal, tidak
seperti posisi
sebuah
pertanyaan
normal.

Conto
h yes
or
no
ques
tion
dala
m
baha
sa
Ingg
ris

Are you a
student?

Do you like
tea?

Have you ever

been
discriminated?

Is she a tailor?

Do you believe
in God?

Is she a police?

Does she like

me?

Cara
mem
buat
yes
or
no
ques
tions
Aturan 1

Jika kalimat
positif hanya
menggunakan
to be sebagai
kata kerja,
maka balikkan
subjek dengan
kata kerja,
kemudian
tambahkan
tanda Tanya di
akhir kalimat
interogatif.
They
are English.
– Are
they English?

She is an
accountant.
– Is she an
accountant?

He is a murder.
– Is hea
murder?

Aturan 2
Jika kalimat
positif
mempunyai
kata kerja
utama
ditambah
dengan kata
kerja bantu
(auxiliary
verbs) maka
balikkan posisi
subjek dengan
posisi kata
kerja bantu
yang pertama.

They are
swimming in
my pool. – Are
they
swimming in
my pool?

She has
done her
homework
today. – Has
she done her
homework
today?

He will always
be with us.
– Will he
always be with
us?

Aturan 3
Jika kalimat
positif tidak
mempunyai to
be dan tidak
pula
mempunyai
kata kerja
bantu
(auxiliary
verbs), maka
perubahannya
akan lebih
kompleks.
Penjelasannya
adalah sebagai
berikut.

3.1. Tambahka
n Do di awal
kalimat
interogatif
apabila
subjeknya I,
we, they, dan
you. Termasuk
juga subjek
yang jamak
namun tidak
ditulis dalam
bentuk they,
misalnya
parents,
teachers,
speakers,
mechanics.

You
like football.
– Do you
like football?

Their parents
cook in the
kitchen. – Do
their parents
cook in the
kitchen?

We have a
strong opinion.
– Do we
have a strong
opinion?

3.2. Tambahka
n does jika
subjeknya
adalah orang
ketiga tunggal,
yaitu he, she,
it. Namun
jangan lagi
tambahkan
akhiran s/es
ketika kata
kerja sudah
diubah ke
dalam bentuk
kalimat Tanya.

Danny
plays football.
– Does Danny
play football?

He fixesthe
car. – Does he
fix the car?

She eats apple.

– Does she eat
apple?

3.3. Tambahka
n did di awal
kalimat apabila
kalimat positif
berbentuk past
tense.
Kemudian
kembalikan
kata kerja
utama menjadi
kata kerja
present atau
kembalikan ke
bentuk awal.

You
liked football.
– Did you
like football?

Their parents
cooked in the
kitchen. – Did
their parents
cook in the
kitchen?

We had a
strong opinion.
– Did we
have a strong
opinion?
 Danny
played football
. – Did Danny
play football?

He fixed the
car. – Did he
fix the car?

She ate apple.

– Did she
eat apple?

Untuk kali ini

akan dijelaskan
tentang yes no
question yang
menggunakan
bentuk
past/lampa
u. Did
adalah bentuk
past atau
lampau dari
“do dan
does”.
Langkahnya
sama seperti
yes no
question
bagian
sebelumnya.
Langsung lihat
saja ke
contohnya:

1. Did you go to
school
yesterday?
Answer :
@ Yes, I did

@ No, I did
 not
2. Did they make
this kite?
Answer :
@ Yes, they
did

@ No, they did

not
3. Did he write
this letter?
Answer :
@ Yes, he did

@ No, he did
not
4. Did we buy
this apple?
Answer :
@ Yes, we did

@ No, we did
not
5. Did she come
yesterday?
Answer :
@ Yes, she did

@ No, she did

not

Rumus untuk
kalimat yes no
question ini
adalah :
Did + subject
+ verb I +
adverb ?

Kalau
menggunakan
keterangan
waktu, maka
kalimat yang
memakai did ini
memakai
yesterday,
last week,
last
month,
last year
dan
sebagainy
a.

Pengertian
dan Fungsi
Question
Words

Question
words (kata
tanya)
digunakan
untuk
menanyakan
tentang jumlah
yang spesifik,
waktu, tempat,
orang, dll.
Berdasarkan
jenisnya, WH
question
words berbeda
dengan yes or
no questions.

Ada banyak
kata dalam
bahasa inggris
yang
digunakan
khususnya
untuk
membuat
kalimat tanya,
kata-kata ini
disebut dengan
“question
words”(kata
tanya).
Terkadang
dalam materi
Bahasa Inggris
kita
mengenalnya
dengan “WH
question
words” karena
kata-kata tanya
tersebut
diawali dengan
huruf “W” dan
“H”, dan "yes
or no
questions"kare
na jenis
kalimat tanya
ini hanya
memberikan
ide jawaban
"YA" dan
"TIDAK".

Jenis
Question
Words
Ada 2 jenis
kalimat tanya
(question
words), yakni:
1. WH
Question
Words
2. Yes or No
Questions

Contoh
Question
Words
Perhatikan
tabel di bawah
ini:

WH Question Words
What is your name?
When did he leave?
Where do they live?
Who are they?
Which color do you want?
Why do you say that?
How does this work?
How was your exam?
How many students are there?
How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
How long will it take?
How much money do you have?
How old are you?
Whose is this book?, etc.

Yes or no
questions
adalah kalimat
tanya yang
memiliki ide
jawaban hanya
“YA” dan
“TIDAK”.

Jenis
Question
Words
Ada 2 jenis
kalimat tanya
dalam Bahasa
Inggris
(question
words), yakni:
1. WH
question
words
2. Yes or
no questions
Contoh Yes or
No Questions
They are
Indonesian. –
Are they
Indonesian?
(Jawaban: Yes,
They are/ No,
They are not)
He is nice. – Is
he nice?
(Jawaban: Yes,
He is/ No, He
is not)

1. JIka kata
kerja utama
dari
kalimatnya
berbentuk “to
be”, silahkan
letakkan to be
pada awal
kalimat
kemudian
diikuti dengan
subject.
Contohnya:
They are
Indian. – Are
they Indian?
Jenny is sick.
– Is Jenny
sick?
2. Jika pada
suatu kalimat
mengandung
kata kerja
utama atau
kata kerja
bantu
(auxiliary
verb), silahkan
letakkan
subject setelah
kata kerja
bantunya.
Contohnya:
She is visiting
Bali. – Is she
visiting Bali?
They have
finished the
homework. –
Have they
finished the
homework?
My sister will
be cooking
fried rice. –
Will my sister
(she) be
cooking fried
rice?
Tony has been
working all
day long. –
Has Tony been
working all
day long?
3. Jika pada
suatu kalimat
mengandung
kata kerja dan
tidak ada “to
be” pada
kalimat
tersebut atau
kata kerja
bantu
(auxiliary
verb), cara
merangkai yes
or no
questions –
nya adalah
sebagai
berikut:
a. Jika kata
kerjanya dalam
bentuk Simple
Present Tense,
silahkan
tambahkan
“do” atau
“does”
kemudian
diikuti dengan
subject dan
object
kalimatnya.
Agar lebih
mudah untuk
merangkai yes
or no question
menggunakan
“do” atau
“does”,
silahkan
perhatikan tabel
di bawah ini:
Do
Does
Contohnya:
They like her.
– Do they like
her?
She goes to
library every
night. – Does
she go to
library every
night?

b. Jika kata
kerjanya dalam
bentuk Simple
Past Tense,
silahkan
tambahkan
“did”
kemudian
diikuti dengan
subject dan
object
kalimatnya.
Contohnya:
He arrived
here yesterday.
– Did he
arrive here
yesterday?
Her mother
went to the
market. – Did
her mother go
to the market?