Here you can take a lesson on the topic: Question and its varieties in English. Different types of Questions in English.
There are three types of main sentences in English. These are affirmative, also called narrative, negative and interrogative. In this lesson we will take a closer look at interrogative sentence and its varieties.
English questions are quite different from Russian ones, especially in the order of words in a sentence. Most English questions are formed using inversion (rearranging words) and the use of auxiliary verbs.
There are 5 types of questions in English (general, special, alternative, dividing, to the subject), and each of them has its own characteristics. We will look at each of them in detail:
1. General question General Question is the most common and important type of question in the English language. Knowing the rules for composing a general question, you can easily create all the others.
The word order in a general question is as follows:
Auxiliary verb - Subject - Predicate - Object - Adverbial modifier? For example:
Do you have a cup of coffee every morning? - Do you drink a cup of coffee every morning?
The main members of interrogative sentences are auxiliary verb, subject and predicate, since their presence is mandatory. And the remaining members of the sentence may be omitted from the sentence. For example:
Does he swim? - He is swimming?
Do you like ice-cream? - Do you like ice cream?
If a sentence uses modal verb(all except have to and need to) or the verb to be, then the help of an additional auxiliary verb is not required, since these verbs themselves become auxiliary and are placed in front of the subject. The auxiliary verb and the subject then become obligatory parts of the sentence, and the rest can be omitted depending on the context. Let's look at examples:
Are you a manager? - Are you a manager?
Can you sing well? -Can you sing well?
May I come in? - May I come in?
Must he sign his name here? - Should he sign here?
Would you like another piece of cake? - Would you like another piece of cake?
The general question can also be negative. For example:
Don't you like this film? - Don't you like this film?
Isn't she adorable? - Isn't she adorable?
Can't we meet another day? - Could we meet another day?
We have considered many questions in the present simple tense, but how to ask Questions about past actions or future ones? Knowing the order of words in a general question, this will not be difficult. Questions in the past and future tense differ from questions in the present only by auxiliary verbs. The auxiliary verb of the past tense is did, and the auxiliary verb of the future is will. The verbs did and will do not change for persons or numbers. Let's look at a few examples:
Do you like skating? - Do you like skating?
Did you like skating? - Did you like skating?
Will you like skating? - Do you like ice skating?
Does he ask you many questions? - Does he ask you a lot of questions?
Did he ask you many questions? - Did he ask you a lot of questions?
Will he ask you many questions? - Will he ask you a lot of questions?
All general questions require short answers: Yes or no. Short answers in English directly depend on the auxiliary verb, used in the question. Let's look at examples:
Does she get on your nerves? -Yes, she does. -No, she doesn't. -Does she get on your nerves? -Yes. -No.
Did you get a good mark for this exam? -Yes, I did. -No, I didn't." -Did you get a good grade for this exam? -Yes. -No.
Are you Jared's sister? -Yes, I am. -No, I"m not. -Are you Jared's sister? -Yes. -No.
Is he the oldest child in the family? -Yes, he is. -No, he isn't." - Is he the eldest child in the family? - Yes. - No.
Can you call me later? -Yes, I can. -No, I can't. -Can you call me later? -Yes. -No.
May I come in? -Yes, you may. -No, you may not. - Can I come in? -Yes. -No.
2. Special question (Special Question) is a question starting with special question words: who? (who?) what? (what?) where? (where?) when? (when?) how much? (how many?) whose? (whose?), etc. It is also popularly called Wh-question.
Knowing the rules for composing general questions in English, you can easily create a special question. After all, the main rule of special questions is to ask question word(what, who, why) before the auxiliary verb, and the rest of the question remains the same as in the general question. Let's look at an example and compare:
Did you fight with him again? -Did you fight with him again?
Why did you fight with him again? - Why did you fight with him again?
Where did you fight with him again? -Where did you fight with him again?
When did you fight with him again? - When did you fight with him again?
Sometimes items for which a special question is asked, fall out of the general question. For example:
Do you speak French? - Do you speak french?
What languages do you speak? - What languages do you speak?
Does he like watching TV in the evening? - Does he like to watch TV in the evening?
What does he like watching in the evening? - What does he like to watch in the evening?
When does he like watching TV? - When does he like to watch TV?
In sentences in modal verbs or with to be, question words are placed again at the beginning, before these verbs. For example:
How can I help you? - How can I help you?
What is your name? -What is your name?/What is your name?
Where are you from? - Where you're from?
Why should I help him? - Why should I help him?
Which food is your favorite? - What is your favorite food?
Often in English special questions there are prepositions associated with the main verb. As a rule, these prepositions are put at the very end of the sentence. For example:
What are you looking for? -What are you looking for?
Who does he take after? - Who does he look like? / Who does he look like?
Who is she talking to? - Who is she talking to?
What are they talking about? - What are they talking about?
3. Alternative question Alternative Question is a type of question that asks you to make a choice. An alternative question always contains the conjunction or (or). The peculiarity of this question is that the answer is already present in the question; you just need to choose from two given objects, persons, qualities, etc. Let's look at an example:
Do you like apricots or peaches? - Do you like apricots or peaches?
Is he from England or from Wales? - Is he from England or from Wales?
Can she sing or dance? -Can she sing or dance?
As can be seen from the examples, the construction of alternative questions differs little from general ones, except that a conjunction is added or (or) and an additional part for selection. The additional part is usually shortened and can be expressed in one word or a short phrase. For example:
Is she a lawyer or a judge? - Is she a lawyer or a judge?
Did he go to his place or to his friend's? - Did he go to his place or to his friend?
Will you be in office at 5pm or at home? - Will you be in the office by 5 pm or at home?
An alternative question may be similar to a special one. For example:
What are you going to order: pizza or sushi? - What are you going to order: pizza or sushi?
When are having a holiday: in June or in July? - When will you have your holidays: in June or July?
4. Separated question(Tag Question) is a type of question expressing doubt, surprise or confirmation of what was said. A disjunctive question is formed by adding to a normal affirmative sentence a short phrase with an auxiliary verb, casting doubt on the entire sentence. The Russian equivalent of a dividing question is "isn't it?"
In English, in order to correctly compose this short dividing part, you need to carefully study the sentence itself. If the sentence is affirmative, then the dividing part will be negative, and vice versa, if the sentence is negative, then the dividing part will be affirmative. The dividing question is formed using auxiliary verb, used in a sentence, and a pronoun that could replace the subject of that sentence. Let's look at an example:
John is a good student, isn't he? - John is a good student, isn't he? (the sentence is affirmative, which means the separating part is negative)
Let's try to create a few more dividing questions:
Linda is the most beautiful girl in the class, isn't she? - Linda is the most beautiful girl in the class, isn't she?
Jamie's parents aren't from Spain, are they? - Jamie's parents are not from Spain, are they?
We aren't going to London tomorrow, are we? - We're not going to go to London tomorrow, are we?
It will be the best summer in their life, won't (will not) it? - This will be the best summer of their life, won't it?
He can climb any tree, can't he? - He can climb any tree, can't he?
We already know that all English verbs, with the exception of to be and modal verbs, build questions using the auxiliary verbs do, does or did(if we are talking about the past). For example:
You don't like your neighbors, do you? - You don't like your neighbors, do you?
He likes his friend's sister, doesn't he? - He loves his friend's sister, doesn't he?
They found a new babysitter, didn't they? - They found a new nanny, didn't they?
As can be seen from the examples, all dividing questions are asked with the aim of expressing doubt, surprise, or finding confirmation of what was said.
5. Question to the subject(Subject Question) is a special category of questions in which you do not need to change direct word order, those. it remains the same as in an ordinary declarative sentence. Thus, this is the only type of question where there is no need for auxiliary verbs and no inversion (rearrangement of sentence members) occurs. For example:
Who came to the party? - Who came to the party?
What happened at the end? - What happened in the end?
How many students arrived to the lesson?- How many students came to the lesson?
Often questions to the subject begin with question words who?, what?, how many/how much? The meaning of the question to the subject lies in the fact that the interrogative pronouns in it perform the role of the subject. For example:
Who is talking to you? -Who is talking to you? (direct word order in a sentence: Subject - Predicate - Object)
Thus, we got acquainted with all types of English questions and examined each of them separately. From the lesson we can conclude that the most important thing is to learn how to compose ordinary narrative sentences and general questions for them, then all other categories of English sentences will be much easier to compose.
To the question Create 5 types of questions in English. given by the author Tatyana Pavlyuk the best answer is five types:
Wh- questions or Special questions (questions to the subject);
General questions (general questions);
Disjunctive questions or otherwise question tags;
Alternative questions;
Questions with prepositions at the end.
Wh- questions or Special questions
The first type is special questions; in English they sound like Wh-questions or Special questions. Sometimes they are also called questions to the subject. A special question always begins with a question word, for example, what, who, when, why, where (What? Who? When? Why? Where?).
When did you come home? (When you came home?)
Why don't you believe me? (Why you do not believe me?)
All these questions begin with WH, which is why special questions are called Wh- questions. Question words in this type of questions also include how, how much, how long (How? How much? How long?).
How much money should we pay? (How much money should we pay?)
If a special question begins with who/what, then the word order in the question is direct, since the question word replaces the subject.
Who is your doctor? (Who's your doctor?)
In this case, who/what is considered as the 3rd person, singular. number.
If the question word in a special question does not replace the subject, then an auxiliary verb is placed after it (do/does, will(shall), did, have/has, etc.).
Compare:
Who is standing there? (Who is standing there?)
Who did you talk with? (With whom did you talk?)
General questions
They are called general because the answer to such a question can be either “yes” or “no”.
The second name for general questions is yes/no questions. A common question begins with an auxiliary verb. After this, the subject or subject of the statement, then the semantic verb. The minor members of the sentence go to the end.
Do you see me? (Can you see me?) – No, I don’t.
Have you been there? (Were you there?) – Yes, I have.
Will you be here when I'm gone? (Will you be here when I leave?) – Yes, I will.
Thus, the answer to a general question contains "yes" or "no" and sometimes an auxiliary verb.
But! The verb to be in the present and past tense does not require auxiliary verbs.
Is he your friend? (Is he your friend?) - No, he isn’t.
Disjunctive questions
The second name is question tags (questions with a tail). A tag is a kind of tail that is placed after the entire sentence. These questions are based on the type of denial - affirmation, and vice versa.
The second part of the sentence must correspond to what is included in the predicate.
You are ok, aren’t you? (You're okay, aren't you?)
He knows my real name, doesn’t he? (He knows my real name, doesn't he?)
These people don’t know me, do they? (These people don't know me, do they?)
Tag or tail can be translated in different ways. Basically, possible translations: right? is not it? right? But in the Russian translation it is possible not to use the tail by inserting the word “after all” in the middle of the sentence.
We are young, aren’t we? (Aren't we young?)
The emphasis in such questions should fall on the second part.
Alternative questions
A distinctive feature of such questions is the presence of the conjunction “or” (or). This question cannot be answered in monosyllables; a choice must be made.
Are you going to go there by plane or by car? (Are you going to get there by plane or by car?) – I’m going to go there by plane.
Is she your wife or not? (Is she your wife or not?) - She is my wife.
Questions with prepositions at the end
They might not be separated into a separate category, but their composition differs in some features.
Place a preposition at the end if the semantic verb has a special preposition. For example, to look for (look for something), look at (see
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Why did you give this person so much unnecessary information??? and why did you translate special questions as a question to the subject? This is a special question, and it can begin with the words how much, for example. in short, so much unnecessary stuff has been written.
Every day we ask questions. For example, we often ask:
- How are you doing?
- What did you do yesterday?
-Who will go to the store?
-Are you going to the cafe or not?
Everyone who learns English must know how questions are formed, because without them you will not be able to communicate. In English there is 5 types of questions.
In the article I I will explain how they differ from each other, when they are used and how they are formed.
Special questions in English
The word “special” means “intended exclusively for something.” Accordingly, this question needed to find out specific information you are interested in. That’s why it’s called special, that is, you want to clarify special information.
For example
Where will you go on vacation?
We find out specific information - the place where the person will go.
How to construct a special question?
It is asked using the following question words:
- what - what,
- where - where,
- when - when,
- who - who,
- why - why,
- how (much/often/long) - how (many/often/long).
A special question is constructed according to the following scheme:
Question word + auxiliary verb + character + action being performed?
Examples
Step by step guide
>> How to ask specific questions.
Question to the subject in English
The subject names who or what the sentence is talking about.
In the survey, the subject is asked with the interrogative words who and what, which replace the character or thing being talked about in the sentence. For example
Who will pack your suitcase for you?
Consequently, we ask a question to the subject when we do not know who performed the action or has the attribute.
How to construct a question to the subject?
The peculiarity of this question will be the order of words in the sentence. In this type of question, the word order never changes and proceeds as in an affirmative sentence. The outline of such a proposal would be as follows:
Who + action?
For example, we have an affirmative sentence
They played tennis.
They played tennis.
We simply substitute the question word who instead of they
Who played tennis?
Who played tennis?
At the same time, we imagine that who/what is the singular person in question (he, she). Therefore, the sentence should be constructed as if in place of who/what costs he/she.
For example, we have a proposal
They were in the car.
They were in the car.
When asking a question, we forget about they and introduce he in its place, therefore, we replace were with was
Who were in the car?
Who was in the car?
Examples
Who likes to sing?
Who loves to sing?
What was in the box?
What was in the box?
Who is a doctor?
Who is the doctor?
Step by step guide:
>> How to construct a question to the subject? .
Alternative questions in English
True to its name, this question presupposes an alternative, that is, the right to choose. By asking it we give the interlocutor two options to choose from.
Example
Will you fly to England or Germany?
In such a matter there is always there is a conjunction or (or). The question itself is constructed as a general one, only at the end we add a choice clause using our or.
Scheme for constructing an alternative question:
Auxiliary verb + actor + action performed + ___ or ___?
Examples
Will they go to the park or to the cinema?
Will they go to the park or to the cinema?
Did you buy apples or pears?
Did you buy apples or pears?
Does he work or study?
Does he work or study?
Step by step guide:
>> How to construct an alternative question correctly.
Dividing questions in English
This type of question is also called a “tail question.” A question expresses doubt or desires confirmation of something.
For example
You've already packed your suitcase, haven't you?
It is divisive because consists of 2 parts, separated by commas.
The first part is constructed as an affirmative or negative sentence with the usual word order.
The second part (“tail”) looks like a short question. It consists of:
- auxiliary verb (depending on the tense used in the first part);
- character (I, you, he, she, they, it, we, you) used in the first part.
We translate such a “tail” into Russian as “isn’t it so” / “isn’t it true?”
1. If the first part of the sentence is affirmative, then the second part is negative.
Affirmative sentence + auxiliary verb + not (in shortened form) + character?
Examples
He called you yesterday, didn't he?
He called you yesterday, didn't he?
They play tennis every weekends, don't they?
They play tennis every weekend, don't they? Examples
So, we have looked at all five types of questions in English. Now let's move on to practice.
Reinforcement task
Make 5 types of questions from the following affirmative sentences:
1. He went to school yesterday.
2. She gave me a phone.
3. We will read this book.
4. They bought a car.
5. She doesn’t like to cook.
Leave your answers in the comments below the article.
There are five types of questions in English:
I. General Question(for ease of recording in further formulas, we denote this type of question by the letter T).
II. Alternative Question(question-choice) .
III. Special Question
IV. Disjunctive question(question-request, narrative sentence + short question to it ( Question Tags)).
V. Question to the subject.
Characteristics of question types
I - applied to the entire sentence, and you can give it short answer "yes" or "no":
Do you live in Kyiv? - Yes.
He is a student? - No.
II - choice question, which cannot be answered “yes” or “no”, need to give an answer to the choice:
Do you live in Kyiv or Lvov? - I live in Kyiv.
Is he a student or a worker? - Student.
III - is placed on a separate word (member) of a sentence(requires a special answer). Based on this characteristic, we can pose a question to the word - the subject of the sentence and this will also be a special question. But the construction of a question to the subject differs from the construction of all other special questions, therefore the question to the subject is included in an independent type of questions ( V).
Where do you live?
Who is he?
IV - corresponds to Russian questions - repeat questions like "is not it?", "it's true?"These questions, like general questions, require an affirmative or negative answer, that is, an affirmation or denial of the thought expressed in the question.
I live in Kyiv, right?
He's not a student, right?
V - to questions about the subject or its definition Usually short answers are given, which consist of a subject and an appropriate auxiliary verb in the required person, number, tense.
Who lives on Kiev? My sister does.
Construction of questions
1. The basis for constructing all types of questions(except the last one) is a common question. There are two ways to construct a general question:
First way refers to all sentences whose predicate is any form of verbs "to be", "to have" or modal verbs (if they are part of a complex predicate). The general question according to the first method is built according to the verb rule "to be".
Not a student.
Is he a student?
I have read the book.
Have I read the book?
Second way applies to all other sentences (when the predicate does not include the verbs listed above). The general question regarding the second method is based on the formula:
Everyone knows this phrase without error, even those who can’t say anything else in English. It is taken as an example, a standard of a general issue.
Using the substitution method using this formula, you can pose a general question to any sentence that fits the second method of constructing a question.
I live in Kiev.
Do I live in Kiev?
We lived in Kiev last year.
Did we live in Kiev last year?
He lives in Kiev.
Does he live in Kiev?
Having mastered the construction of a general question (which we previously designated T), we can move on to constructing all other questions.
2. An alternative question consists of a general question plus a choice, which is given through the word "or" ("or").
Do you live in Kiev or in Lvov?
Briefly this construction can be written as follows: T + "or".
3. A special question consists of a special word plus a general question
Special questions are:
what- what, who
who- Who
whose- whose, whose
where- where, where
when- When
why- Why
which- which one, etc.
All these special words have the first two letters in common. "wh", so the formula for a special question can be written as follows: "wh" + T
4. Dividing questions consist of 2 parts: First part represents narration(declarative sentence) - affirmative or negative, A second - a short general question to the first part (Question Tags), which consists of:
a) an auxiliary (or modal) verb in the required form
b) subject (always in the form of a pronoun)
c) there is always an inverse relationship between the first and second parts: if the 1st part is positive, then the 2nd is negative and vice versa.
Dividing question formula: S, + start T.
I live in Kiev.
I live in Kiev, don't I?
My friend is a student, isn't he?
Examples of using separating questions are discussed in vignette 11.
5. To build question to the subject(or its definition) you only need to replace the subject in a declarative sentence with a question word who "Who" or what "What", "Which", whose "whose", which "which". There are no more changes in the formation.
Question words who, what, which usually agree with the predicate verb in the 3rd person singular.
I live in Kiev?
Who lives in Kiev?
My friend is a student.
Who is a student?
Hello dear readers. Today I have prepared for you an introductory lesson on the topic - types of questions in English. After studying the material, you will become familiar with the 5 types of questions that are distinguished in English grammar. We will dwell on each of them in more detail in the following lessons. And now our goal is to introduce you in general terms to each of the 5 types of questions, explain their meaning, features and design. Types of Questions in English Constructing interrogative sentences is a very important topic for learning any language. After all, our speech mainly consists of questions and answers. I want to say right away that the construction of interrogative sentences in English is much more complicated than in Russian. In Russian, to pose a question, you simply need to change your intonation. In English, to ask a question you need to change not only intonation, but also the order of words in a sentence, and very often there is a need to use auxiliary words.
In order to clearly explain the features of each type, I will first give examples and then explain their essence. I advise you to memorize the design of 5 types of questions.
5 types of questions in English
So, in the English language there are 5 main types of questions: general question, special question, question about the subject and its definition, alternative question, dividing question. We will start the lesson with a general question, because... it is fundamental. Having learned the construction of a general question, it will be easy for you to understand the other types.
1. General question
| Question | Answer |
| Do you have a dog? Does he read that book? Did you visit your grandmother? Is she a student? Was he in Moscow? Can I help you? Must children do homework? |
Yes, I do / No, I don’t Yes, he does/ No, he doesn’t Yes, I did / No, I didn’t Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t Yes, he was/ No, he wasn’t Yes, you can / No, you can’t Yes, they must/ No, they must not |
As you can see, the general question is asked about the entire sentence, and you can answer it with just one word - yes or no (no). That is why it is called general.
To correctly pose a general question, you must use an auxiliary verb:
- do→ for I, you, we, they
- does→ for he, she, it
- did→ for past tense.
So, in the first place we put the auxiliary verb, and then the declarative sentence remains unchanged. Example:
- Narrative sentence: You speak English. → we add an auxiliary verb in first place, and we get →
- General question: Do do you speak English?
If a verb acts as a predicate in a sentence to be (am, is, are, was, were - its forms), or modal verbs can (could), may (might), must, shall (should), will (would), then they are placed in first place as auxiliary. Example:
- Narrative sentence: I can help you. → we take it out modal verb to first place, and we get →
- General question: Can I help you?
Summarize! The outline of general questions looks like this:
Auxiliary Verb → Subject → Predicate → other members of the sentence.
Video on the topic: General and alternative questions in English
2. Alternative question
| Question | Answer |
| Is this a pen or a pencil? Does Ann work as a teacher or a doctor? Is that pencil red or green? Was Peter in Moscow or in Minsk? Does Jim like playing chess or watching TV? |
It's a pencil. She works as a doctor. It's green. He was in Minsk. He likes playing chess. |
As you may have noticed, an alternative question is a question that asks the answerer to choose between two homogeneous members of the sentence (a pen - a pencil, teacher - doctor, red - green, Moscow - Minsk, playing chess - watching TV). These homogeneous members of a sentence can be expressed by additions, circumstances, definitions, the nominal part of a compound predicate, etc.
The alternative question is very easy to recognize by the conjunction or, thanks to which an alternative is proposed. An alternative question is usually given a complete answer.
Please note that the alternative question is practically no different from the general question, with the exception of the obligatory presence of the conjunction or.
3. Special question
| Question | Answer |
| Where do you have vacation every summer? When can I see her? What is your favorite color? How does he get to work? Why are you eating at my desk? |
I have vacation in London. You can see her today. My favorite color is blue. He gets to work by bus. Because I am hungry. |
Specific questions in English are asked to obtain additional information. A special question word always comes first:
- what?- What? Which?
- why?- Why?
- where?- Where? Where?
- how?- How?
- how long?- how long?
- which?- which?
- who?- Who?
- when?- When?
Special questions in English The word order after the question word is the same as in the general question.
- General question: Does he see her every day? → add an interrogative pronoun to the first place, and we get →
- Special question: Where does he see her every day?
So, the diagram will look like this:
Interrogative pronoun → Auxiliary Verb → Subject → Predicate → other members of the sentence.
Please note that in English there are often phrasal verbs, i.e., some prepositions are closely related to these verbs. When special questions are asked in English, these prepositions are placed at the very end of the sentence. For example:
- What are you busy with? - What are you doing?
- What are you asking for? -What are you asking for?
- Who were they waiting for? -Who were they waiting for?
Answers to special questions are usually given in detail.
Video on the topic: Special question in English
4. Question to the subject and its definition
| Question | Answer |
| What is on going on there? Who is listening to the tape? Which of the children is going to the Zoo on Sunday? Whose children are having dinner now? |
A fight is. Peter is. John is. Peter's children are. |
Questions to the subject or its definition always begin with interrogative pronouns:
- Who- Who
- What- What
- Which- which
- Whose- whose
In questions to the subject, the word order of the declarative sentence is preserved.
For example:
- Narrative Suggestion: They must do it every day. → instead of subject They put Who, we leave the rest of the sentence unchanged, and we get →
- Question to the subject: Who must do it every day?
Note that if the sentence refers to the present tense, then the interrogative words who, what, which usually agree with the predicate in the 3rd person singular form. Because we do not know what answer will follow; it is customary to use the 3rd person.
For example:
- Narrative Suggestion: They study at school. → instead of subject They put Who, and add to the verb 3rd person ending, and we get →
- Question to the subject: Who stud ies at school?
You also need to remember that the question word “ which- which" involves a choice from a certain number of objects or persons. Therefore, it is often used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun preceded by a preposition of. For example:
- Which of the children... - Which of the children...
- Which of you... - Which of you...
Questions about the subject or its definition are given short answers that consist of a subject expressed by a noun or pronoun and the corresponding auxiliary verb.
5. Dividing question
| Question | Answer |
| He is a student, isn’t he? My friends don’t play football, do they? She can play piano, can’t she? It isn’t warm today, is it? Alex speaks English, doesn’t he? |
Yes, he is. No, they don't. Yes, she can. No, it isn't. Yes, he does. |
Disjunctive questions in English are asked to test an assumption or express doubt. The peculiarity of a separating question is that it consists of two parts and is separated by a comma. That's why it's called separating. The first part consists of a declarative sentence with direct word order. The second part is a short question, which consists of an auxiliary or modal verb and a pronoun that replaces the subject. A comma is placed between them. In the second part, as you already understood, the reverse word order is used, and it is translated into Russian: isn’t it?, isn’t it?, isn’t it?
Remember that if the first part of the question is affirmative, then the verb in the second part must be in the negative form. If the first part of the question is negative, then in the second part the verb must be in the affirmative form.
Let's look at a couple of examples:
- Narrative sentence affirmative: She can cook that dish. → can, add a piece “ not"and the pronoun itself she. We get →
- Separated question: She can cook that dish, can't she?
- Narrative sentence negative: She can't cook that dish. → We rewrite the sentence, put a comma, put a question indicator, i.e. in this case a modal verb can, there is no need to add the “not” particle, because it is in the first part of the sentence, and finally the pronoun itself she. We get →