Definition of Question: A sentence that asks a question is called an Interrogative Sentence.
Examples:
What
is your name?
Do
like to sing?
Kinds of Question: In English there are 3 kinds of Questions.
1) WH- Question
2) Yes/No Question
3) Tag Question
Details on kinds on question:
WH- Question: Which start with WH word like - who, what, how,
when, where, etc.
Examples:
What
is your name?
Which pen do you need?
Yes/No Question:
Which start with auxiliary
verb like - am, is, are, was, were, can, could etc.
Examples:
Do you like it?
Can you do the work?
Tag Question: This is used frequently in conversation to
verify a statement.
Examples:
I write a letter, don’t
I?
They can read, can’t they?
More about Wh-question:
Rule 1: If we want to make a
question with a subject of a sentence, then we have to use-
Who for = I, He, You, She, Name (David), They.
What/Which for = Animal and Inanimate
Objects.
Whose for = My, Your, His, Her,
Its, Roy’s.
Examples:
He is a teacher. Q: Who is a teacher?
Computer is important. Q: What
is important?
The cow is an animal. Q: Which
is an animal?
His father is a doctor. Q: Whose
father is a doctor?
Rule 2: If we want to make a question with a subject
of a sentence, there is no need of using extra
Auxiliary Verb if there is no Auxiliary Verb in
the sentence. On the other hands if we get any
auxiliary verb in the sentence then, we shall
use only that auxiliary verb.
Examples:
It makes me laugh. Q: What makes you laugh?
He played cricket. Q: Who played cricket?
They are eating. Q: Who
are eating?
NB: There is no auxiliary verb
in those sentences and so we have no need to use any auxiliary verb.
This rule is only when we
shall ask any question with a subject.
Rule 3: If we want to make a question from predicate
of a sentence, then we have to use-
Whose for = My, Your, His, Her,
Its, Roy’s.
What/Which for = Animal and Inanimate
Objects.
Whom for = Me, You, Him, Her, It, Roy.
Why for = Reason.
Where for = Place.
How for = Quantity.
When for = Time.
Examples:
I want a red pen. Q: Which pen do you want?
This is his pen. Q: Whose pen is this?
I am ten years old. Q: How
old are you?
He knows him. Q: Whom does he know?
They saw him at 10 pm. Q: When
did they see?
You went to college. Q: Where did you go?
Rule 4: If we want to make a question from predicate of
a sentence, then we have to use Auxiliary
Verb if there is no Auxiliary
Verb in the sentence. (do, does for
Present Indefinite Tense and did for
Past Indefinite Tense). On the other hands if
we get any auxiliary verb in the sentence then, we
shall use only that auxiliary verb.
Examples:
I
have forgotten his name. Q: Whose name have you forgotten?
I
went there for a pen. Q:
Why
did you go there?
He
works for eat. Q: Why does he work?
They
like honest person. Q: How person do they like?
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