Yes-no questions and W-questions

Revision: yes-no questions

Yes-no questions are those that can be answered with "yes" or "no". In these questions, the conjugated verb is in first position, followed by the subject.

Spielst du gern Fußball?
Machen Sie regelmäßig Yoga?

Revision: W-questions

W-questions are open-ended questions that cannot be answered with "yes" or "no". In W-questions, the conjugated verb follows a question word, for example, wie, wo, woher, wer or was. The subject comes in third position.

Was machst du in deiner Freizeit?
Wo angeln Max
und Tarek am liebsten?

 

Grammatical terms in German:

die W-Frage: W-questions are open questions that cannot be answered with "yes" or "no". At the beginning of a W-question there is a question word, which often begins with the letter W.
Die Satzfrage: This is a question that can be answered with "yes" or "no".