Information Questions
Many times you will want to ask a question that elicits information, instead of a simple yes/no answer. Information questions will begin with one of the following words:
WHO WHERE WHOM WHAT WHOSE WHICH WHY HOW WHEN
Who refers to people. It is used as the subject of the question.
Whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
Whose asks questions about possession.
Why is used to ask questions about reason.
When is used to ask questions about time.
Where is used to ask questions about place.
What can be used as the subject or object of a question. It refers to things.
Which is used instead of what when a question concerns choosing from a definite, known quantity or group.
How generally asks about manner. It is often used with much and many.
When a form of to be is the main verb in the simple present and simple past, it precedes the subject:
--Who is that man?
--Where is the airport?
--Where are the checks?
--What time is it?
Negatives
The word not is used with do to make a verb negative, as in I don't have any money (don't = do not). No is used as an adjective in front of a noun, as in I have no money. Both of these examples are acceptable ways of expressing the idea that you do not have something.
Note these contracted negative forms with do:
I don't you don't he, she doesn't they don't we don't
Here are some affirmative words and their negative forms in English:
AFFIRMATIVES
someone, anybody something, anything still ever either... or
NEGATIVES
no one, nobody nothing no longer never neither... nor Avoid using more than one negative in a clause:
--I don't have any money. NOT: I don't have no money.
--They don't see anybody. NOT: They don't see nobody.
--I didn't do anything. NOT: I didn't do nothing.
