Why do we say "is it" when asking a question rather than "it is"? [closed]

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http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/verb-patterns/verbs-questions-and-negatives

Here are the question forms and negative forms for the verb be in the present simple and past simple:

I am         Am I?       I am not
He is        Is he?      He is not
She is       Is she      She is not
It is        Is it       It is not
You are      Are you     You are not
They are     Are they    They are not     

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/question-forms-subjectobject-questions

Yes/No questions

Is he a teacher? Yes he is.
Can you swim? No, I can’t.
Have they got a car? Yes they have.

To form yes/no questions where there is an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, we invert the word order of a positive sentence. (He is a teacher > Is he a teacher?)