In the English language there are several types of questions.

Among them
are General Questions, Special questions, Disjunctive or Tag questions, and
Alternative questions. Let’s learn how they are formed!

General Questions

Also known as "Yes/No questions"

because a short answer (yes or no) is
expected. This kind of question is
formed by putting an auxiliary verb
before the subject (=inversion).
Ex.: Are you from Greece?
Answer: Yes, I am / No, I am not
Was she at home yesterday?
Answer: Yes, she was / No, she
Special Questions
wasn't
They are those questions that ask for details (we also call them Wh-questions as
most of them start with "wh": What? Which? When? Where? Why? Whose? Other
special questions include: How? How many? How much?). Special questions
require inversion, like general questions.
Ex.: Where are you from? Answer: I am from America.
How old are you? Answer: I'm 12.
Questions to the subject have the word order of an affirmative sentence.
Ex.: Who will buy milk? Who wants some tea? What makes you think so?
(Will who buy milk? Who does want some tea? What does make you think so?)

Disjunctive questions Alternative Questions

Also called “question tags”. They
appear at the end of sentence. We use
them to show emphasis, politeness,
irony or lack of confidence.
Main Clause + the comma + Positive/
Negative Auxiliary Verb + Personal
Pronoun.
Ex.: They have just arrived, haven't
they? You like her, don't you?
They are questions that offer the
listener a closed choice between two
or more answers. They are formed
like Yes/No questions.
Ex.: Would you like eggs, pancakes,
or waffles?
Will you come at 3 or at 5 in the
evening?