Interrogative sentences

• Yes-no interrogative sentence


  A type of question that can be answered with a yes or a no.
• Interrogative sentence 


  A sentence that asks a question.
• Yes-no question syntax with auxillaries

  Formula: auxiliary + subject + verb form + predicate ?
• Yes-no question 


  Formed by placing the verb before the subject of the sentence.
• Interrogative sentence tense

  In interrogative sentences, the tense of the auxillary determines the "time" of the action.

  E.g., Can he speak vs Could he speak?
• Progressive-form questions

  To be + subject + present participle (ing) + ?
• Who and what


  Interrogative words that are acutally pronouns that stand in place of a subject or an object in a sentence.
• how, which, and when

  Interrogatives that are substitues for adverbs.
• Whom and what

  In formal writn, the preposition is placed in front of the 'whom' and 'what' interrogatives.
• Interrogative sentences

  Use the objective case of an interrogative pronoun when asking questions about the object.

  E.g., They met the woman -> Whom did they meet?
• Interrogative how

  Often combined with other words to form new interrogatives

  
  

  e.g., little, long, old, etc.
• Yes-no questions


  Questions about an entire sentence and are not seeking specific information about a part of the sentence.
• Interrogative word


  An interrogative word is used for questions about a specific part of a sentence.

  
  

  E.g., what, where, when, etc.
• Placing prepositions in an interrogative phrase


  Questions about the information in a prepositional phrase must include the preposition in the question.
• Where


  An interrogative that can usually replace a prepositional phrase indicating a location or a destination.

  
  

  E.g., They hid in the barn --> Where did they hide?
• In interrogative sentences, it is the tense of the auxillary that determines the time of action.
• Verbs that are not auxilaries form present and past tense questions by the use of do/did.
• What are Interrogative words?

  Identifies the part of the sentence about which is inquired.