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There are three types of questions in English:

Yes/ No : Their structure is OP + Subject +( Verb ) +rest of the predicate? The answer is: Yes, pron. Operator.

No, pron operator not or n+ ’t.

By pronouns it is meant personal subjective pronouns :

I,you,he,she,it,we,you,they and the impersonal there.Operators are the auxiliary verbs : am,is,are; can;have,has;must;dare;need; do,does;may;will,shall;was,were;could;had;did;might;would;should;ought to.

Sometimes the operator is the verb in a question so it is placed in initial position and after the subject comes the rest of the question with no other verb.

For example, if we ask : Is Argentina a large country? “Is “ is the operator and the verb at the same time.

Remember that when the operator is the last word in a sentence , contractions are not used unless they contain the not particle.

Instead of answering Yes, we’re .The right answer is Yes ,we are.In less formal contexts especially when speaking apocopes or contractions can be used to answer negatively and then a right answer can be added. For example , if we ask:”Is it a book?” A possible answer can be :”No, it isn’t. It is a folder.”

Or Questions:Their structure is OP + Subject +( Verb ) +rest of the predicate+ or + an alternative?“or” can join two or more verbs, two or more nouns, two or more adjectives ,two or more adverbs ,two or more prepositions, two or more conjuncts,etc.The answer is as it is in wh questions: Subject, nominal phrase, pronoun or equivalent structure +verb in the corresponding tense the rest of the predicate+ using the right alternative if it is suitable. It is noteworthy that the operators do ,does and did are not used in affirmative complete answers unless we want to emphasize the action.

Wh Questions:They are classified into:

Subject Questions among others who , which, what.( How many –How much –

Whose are sometimes used but not always)

In the case of the first wh –words who, what and which ,the answer is

Subject operator or complete answer Subject Verb rest of the predicate in the right +tense.

If the wh-words how many or how much are used sometimes the amount or number +

the right operator are used.

IF the wh –word Whose is used the genitive (noun + ´s) or

possessive adjective +noun or possessive pronoun + the operator are suitable answers.

Questions to the action verb using do or happen .The answer is

Subject Verb rest of the predicate in the right +tense.

With all the elements that the question and the context involves

( do and happen do not appear in the answer unless they are part of the action .E.g. Do homework.)

Specific information questions referred to a place (where) , manner(how ), time(when / what time), reason(why), number(how many), quantity(how much), frequency(how often), recipient object (whom), appearance(what ---like), age(how old) .selection (which). etc.

The answer is Subject Verb rest of the predicate in the right +tense .with all the elements that the question and the context involves.

Possession or relationship questions with Whose. (When not subjective)

The structure is Whose (noun) operator + Subject+(verb)?

The answer is

Subject verb in the right tense noun or nominal phrase +genitive case+ (‘s) or Subject verb in the right tense +

possessive adjective noun or nominal phrase .+Or Subject verb in the right tense possessive+ pronoun.