Learning English - Ask about English

Last updated at 17:16 BST, Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Questions

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