🧩 Comparative Chart: Yes/No Questions vs Wh- Questions with “Do”
Feature | Yes/No Questions | Interrogative (Wh-) Questions |
Examples (with “do”) | Do you like coffee? ☕ | What do you like? 🍰 |
Structure | Do + subject + base verb + complement? | Wh- word + do + subject + base verb + complement? |
Question Words | None | Wh- words: what, where, when, who, why, how |
Purpose | To ask if something is true or not | To ask for specific information |
Short Answers | Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. | Full answer: “I like coffee.” / “She plays tennis at the park.” |
Main Focus | The answer is yes or no. | The answer gives information. |
|
Yes/No Questions |
Affirmative Short
Possible Answers |
Negative Short
Possible Answers |
|
Do you speak
English fluently? |
Yes, I do. |
No, I do not. No, I don’t. |
|
Do I speak English
fluently? |
Yes, you do. |
No, you do
not. No, you don’t. |
|
Do we speak
English fluently? |
Yes, we do. Yes, you do. |
No, we do
not. No, we don’t. No, you do
not. No, you don’t. |
|
Do they speak
English fluently? |
Yes, they do. |
No, they do
not. No, they don’t. |
|
Do + Subject
+ Verb + Complement? |
Yes, Subject
+ do. |
No, Subject +
do not. No, Subject +
don’t. |

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