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  1. Yes / No questions - Home of English Grammar

    Jan 25, 2014 · Yes / No questions are those questions that expect ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as answer. These questions do not take the question words when, what, where

  2. How to report WH and Yes/No questions - Home of English …

    Sep 2, 2014 · There are mainly two types of questions - Wh-questions and Yes/No questions. When we report a Wh-question, we use a reporting verb like asked or

  3. Reporting yes/no questions - Home of English Grammar

    Dec 1, 2013 · Yes/no questions expect yes or no as the answer. We use if or whether to report yes/no questions. Direct: ‘Will you do this?’ Indirect: She

  4. Noun clause markers - Home of English Grammar

    Jun 23, 2012 · Yes/no questions (questions that expect either yes or no as an answer) are also noun clauses. Note that yes/no questions are usually introduced by the prepositions if or whether.

  5. Reporting yes or no questions - Home of English Grammar

    Jun 7, 2014 · Yes or no questions are reported with ‘if’ or ‘whether’. Note that we cannot use the words say and tell to report questions. Study the

  6. Using whether - Home of English Grammar

    Oct 28, 2013 · Both whether and if can be used to introduce indirect Yes/No questions. She asked if I liked English films. OR She asked whether I liked English films. Before an infinitive, we use …

  7. Whether or If - Home of English Grammar

    May 31, 2011 · Both whether and if can be used to introduce indirect yes/no questions. I don’t know whether I can come. OR I don’t know if I

  8. Rhetorical questions - Home of English Grammar

    Aug 3, 2011 · Rhetorical questions are those questions that do not expect an answer. These are used simply as a way of drawing attention to something. Study the

  9. Rhetorical questions - Home of English Grammar

    Jun 4, 2014 · This makes them different from Yes / No questions because the latter expect an answer. Here is a quick review of Yes / No questions Yes / No questions are asked to get a …

  10. Short answers - Home of English Grammar

    Jan 11, 2011 · The following is the most usual form of short answers to questions beginning with an auxiliary verb: Yes + pronoun + auxiliary No + pronoun