5 sentences in interrogative form in English. How to write an English interrogative sentence

I'm in such a musical mood today! what if we compare English to music? The English language is just as melodic Do re mi fa sol la si...

English as music

• before– subject(that is, the one who performs the action);
• re- this is a predicate(verb, action);
• mi– addition or circumstance;
• F- auxiliary verbs(do, does, did... or linking verb);
• salt- question words(what? where? where? how? why? how much?);
• la– or (or) ;
• si(What, Who in questions specifically to the subject, who or what did the action).

For example:

I like music. – Do re mi;
I am listening to music.

Are you listening to music? – fa do re mi;
Do you like music? – fa do re mi.

English questions may sound different. I suggest listening to 5 different melodies - types of English questions.

General question (YesNo Questions) – Fa do re mi

As its name implies, these are questions that can be answered with “yes” or “no.” Let's look at an example of this “melody” in the most common English verb tenses.

• Present Simple: Do you listen to music every day?
• Past Simple: Did you listen to music yesterday ?
• Future Simple: Will you listen to music tomorrow ?
• Present Continuous: Are you listening to music now?
• : Were you listening to music yesterday at 5 p.m. ?
• Present Perfect: Have you ever listened to Hawaiian music?

Special Question. Special question (Wh question)

Let's listen - Sol fa do re mi

• What do you listen to every day?
• When did you listen to that music?
• Where will you listen to music?
• Why are you listening to music?
• How were you listening to music?
• How many symphonies have you already listened to?

Alternative question

This is a type of question that asks for an alternative, a choice.

For example, " Do you like classical or popular music? ”

Listen to one of the most common variations of this type of verb - Fa do re mi la mi

• Do you like classical or popular music?

Tag question

This is a question with a “tail”, when we say some phrase containing information that we are almost sure of and ask the interlocutor for confirmation “isn’t it? is not it?"

You love classical music, don't you?

This is the only type of question whose main part has direct word order.

“Tail” contains auxiliary and subject, but if the main part of the sentence is positive, the tail must be negative, and vice versa, if the main part is negative, the tail will be positive.

Do re mi fa do

You like classical music, don’t you?
You are listening to Mozart music now, aren’t you?
You haven’t heard it before, have you?

Subject question

This melody does not like auxiliary verbs (do, does, did). And of course there is no note here BEFORE, because it is about this note (about the subject) that we ask through the note SI(Who or What did the action). Here's a note SI and becomes the subject.

Si re mi

Who likes classical music?
What inspired him to compose that Symphony?

Please note, since the note F(purple, indicating the auxiliary verbs do, does, did) is missing in this melody, verb (blue note re) is placed immediately in the required form in accordance with the grammatical tense, as in an affirmative sentence.

Who called? Past tense. Who called? Added to the verb ending -ed, as in the affirmative sentence in the Past Simple.

Who calls you every day? Who calls you every day? The ending -s was added to the verb, as in the affirmative sentence in the Present Simple in the 3rd person singular (as with the pronouns he, she or it).

Now make 10 affirmative sentences in different tenses and ask all types of questions to each!

This way, the melodies will be firmly fixed in your memory, and you will not be out of tune.

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According to the purpose of an utterance, there are three main types of sentences in English: declarative sentences, interrogative sentences and imperative sentences. IN in this case We are interested in interrogative sentences. The types of questions in English are the following: general, alternative, question to the subject, special and dividing.

Each type has its own characteristics, so we will consider each of them separately.

1. General Question

The general question is asked about the entire sentence. You can answer it either “yes” or “no”. That is why general questions in English are also called yes/no questions. The word order is reversed here. The auxiliary verb (Auxiliary Verb) should come first, then the subject (Subject), predicate (Predicate) and other members of the sentence.

• To pose a question grammatically correct, the auxiliary verb do (does) is required, in the Past Simple - did. If the sentence uses the verb to be or as a predicate (with the exception of have to and need to), then they will act as auxiliaries. Examples: Does
• James smoke? — Does James smoke? Are
• are you living in London now? — Do you live in London now?

I have a look at your photos? -Can I see your photos?

• To pose a question grammatically correct, the auxiliary verb do (does) is required, in the Past Simple - did. If the sentence uses the verb to be or as a predicate (with the exception of have to and need to), then they will act as auxiliaries. Examples: Short answers to common questions depend entirely on the auxiliary verb used. If the question begins with the verb does, then it should also appear in the answer. For example: she like English poetry? — Yes, she does
• . — Does she like English poetry? - Yes. Is Ann playing the piano? - No, she isn't

. — Anna plays the piano? - No.

2. Alternative Question

• An alternative question in English involves a choice. It always contains the conjunction or (or). The structure of this question is similar to the general one, but here a choice sentence is also added. Compare:
• Do you want to go to Warsaw by car? — Do you want to go to Warsaw by car? Do you want to go to Warsaw by car or by train?

• — Do you want to go to Warsaw by car or by train?
• Is Kate going to buy shoes? — Is Katya going to buy shoes? Is Kate going to buy shoes or high boots

? — Is Katya going to buy shoes or boots?

3. Question to the subject (Subject Question)

• When posing a question to the subject, the direct word order in the sentence does not change. You just need to use a suitable question word instead of the subject. Who (who), What (what) are usually used. It should be noted that in the Present Simple tense the verb will be used in the third person, singular. Examples:
• Who will post this letter? - Who will send it?
• What caused the exlosion? — What triggered the explosion?

4. Special Question

Special questions in English are used to request specific information. They begin with the question words Who, What, Which, When, Where, Why, How, How many/How much .

• The word order after the question word remains the same as in the general question, you just need to remove the part of the sentence to which the question is asked. For example:
• What does Jane do on Sundays? — What does Jane do on Sundays?
• Why are you sitting at my desk? - Why are you sitting at my desk?
• When did he borrow your car? - When did he take your car?

How many pictures have they bought? — How many paintings did they buy?

• In English, phrasal verbs are common, that is, a sentence contains a preposition that is closely related to the main verb. When posing a special question, this preposition is used at the very end of the sentence. For example: What are you busy with
• ? - What are you doing? Who was Jack waiting for

? —Who was Jack waiting for?

5. Disjunctive Question.

Disjunctive questions in English are an affirmative or negative declarative sentence followed by a short general question, often called a tag.

• This type of question is used to express surprise, doubt, confirmation of what was said. The “tail” itself is translated into Russian as “isn’t it true”, “isn’t it so”. When posing a question, the first part remains unchanged, in the second part an auxiliary verb is placed at the beginning (depending on the predicate in the first part), and then the nominative pronoun comes. If the sentence is affirmative, then the “tail” must be made negative and vice versa. Examples: You heard from him,
• didn't Ann playing the piano? - No, she you? “You heard from him, didn’t you?”
• Alex is a driver, he? — Alex is the driver, isn’t he? That isn't Tom
• is it ? - It's Tom, isn't it? Ann hasn't got color TV set,

has
1. vshe? — Anya doesn’t have a color TV, does she? When considering this type of question, it should be noted that dividing questions in English have several nuances that are important to remember. I am.

• the first part requires a question aren't I I am I'm

so exhausted ? “I’m so tired of everything, aren’t I?” 2. If the first part begins with let's.

• , then in the second part we use the question shall we let's? - Let's visit our grandparents, okay?

3. If the pronouns anyone, anybody, nobody, none, neither, everybody, everyone, somebody, someone are used as the subject of a sentence, then the pronoun is placed in the second part they. For example:

• Neither of them prepared for the lesson, did they? “None of them were prepared for the lesson, were they?”
• Someone had seen him, hadn’t they? - Someone saw him, didn't they?
• Everyone liked your story, didn’t they? - Everyone liked your story, didn't they?

There are 5 types of questions in English. Mastering them will not be difficult if you know the word order in declarative sentences and can pose general questions to them.

What kind are there? questions in English? Not so long ago, just n-number of years ago, we went through this in school, without leaving a clear definition in our heads for this issue. It is possible that maybe you are currently studying at some educational institution and they cannot explain everything to you clearly, so we will try to talk in detail about the questions and their classifications in English.

Let's go back and remember or re-study this topic. In English, all questions are divided into 5 types:

• General question (Yes/No question)
• Special question
• Alternative question
• Separated question
• Question to the subject

And now we will analyze each type of question in detail:

1. General question (Yes/No question).

This kind of question can be answered either “Yes” or “No”.

For example:

In Russian it is enough just to change the intonation in order to affirmative proposal do interrogative sentence. To English for conversion general issue, the proposal should be slightly adjusted. Again:

• You go to work every day. – Do you go to work every day?
• You go to work every day – Do you go to work every day?

As you can see, in English, adding the auxiliary verb “Do” to the beginning of a sentence creates a common question. In this case, the auxiliary verb itself is not translated in any way, but is needed only to show in what tense the question is asked.

The auxiliary verb “Do” can only be used before the pronouns “I, you, we, they” in the present tense:

• I am reading interesting books– Do I read interesting books?
• I read the interesting books – Do I read the interesting books? - Yes, you do.

• Do you love me - Do you love me?
• You love me – Do you love me? – No, I don’t.

• We run every morning - We run every morning?
• We run every morning – Do we run every morning? - Yes, we do.

• They love to train together – Do they love to train together?
• They like to train together – Do they like to train together? – No, they don’t

To transform a general question with the pronouns “He, she, it” in the present tense, there is another auxiliary verb “Does”, which also cannot be translated in any way and is placed at the beginning of the sentence:

• He opens his store at 8 o'clock - He opens his store at 8 o'clock?
• He opens his shop at 8 a.m. – Does he open his shop at 8 a.m.? – Yes, he does.

• She always uses this method - Does she always use this method?
• She uses this method always – Does she use this method always? – No, she doesn’t.

• She (the dog) lives here – Does she live here?
• It lives here – Does it live here? - Yes, it does.

Note: When forming a general question with the pronouns “He, she, it”, there is no need to add the ending “-s, -es” to the verbs!

In order to ask a general question in the past tense, for all pronouns there is one common auxiliary verb “Did”, which, strictly speaking, is not translated in any way and shows that the question is asked in the past tense:

• I ate 5 hours ago – Did I eat 5 hours ago?
• I ate five hours ago – Did I eat five hours ago? – Yes, you did.

• We saw them near the sea - We saw them near the sea?
• We saw them about the sea – Did we see them about the sea? – No, we didn’t.

• Did you talk to him - Did you talk to him?
• You spoke with him – Did you speak with him? – Yes, I did.

• They called you - They called you?
• They called you – Did they call you? – No, they didn’t.

• He traveled this summer - Did he travel this summer?
• He traveled this summer – Did he travel this summer? – Yes, he did.

• She answered him - Did she answer him?
• She answered him – Did she answer him? – No, she didn’t.

Note: When forming a general question in the past tense, the main verb does not need to be changed!

You can also safely ask general questions in the future tense. To do this, we need to use the auxiliary verb “Will”, which also cannot be translated in any way and is placed at the beginning of the sentence before all used pronouns:

• We'll go to the cinema - Shall we go to the cinema?
• We will go to the cinema – Will we go to the cinema?

• She will cook dinner - Will she cook dinner?
• She will cook a dinner – Will she cook a dinner?

• Will you do it - Will you do it?
• You will do it – Will you do it?

• I'll meet them tomorrow - Will I meet them tomorrow?
• I will meet them tomorrow – Will I meet them tomorrow?

• They will launch their new project in 2 weeks – They will launch their new project in 2 weeks?
• They will start their new project in 2 weeks – Will they start their new project in 2 weeks?

• He will arrive today - Will he arrive today?
• He will come today – Will he come today?

Sentences with modal verbs are converted into interrogative sentences without adding an auxiliary verb. Modal verbs themselves perform the function of auxiliary verbs:

• I can help you - Can I help you?
• I can help you – Can I help you? - Yes, you can.

• They should bring me something - Should they bring me something?
• They must bring me something – Must they bring me something? – No, they must not.

• She can afford everything - Can she afford everything?
• She may let herself everything – May she let herself everything? - Yes, she may.

• Do you need money - Do you need money?
• You need money – Need you money? – No, we need not.

With the verb to be (to be, to be, to appear) everything is the same as with modal verbs:

• Are you a doctor - Are you a doctor?
• You are a doctor – Are you a doctor? – Yes, I am.

• They were there - Were they there?
• They were there – Were they there? – No, they weren’t.

• I'm sick - Am I sick?
• I am sick – Am I sick? – Yes, you are.

• She's sleeping now - Is she sleeping now?
• She is sleeping now – Is she sleeping now? - No, she is not.

• We'll be here in 20 minutes - We'll be here in 20 minutes?
• We will be here in 20 minutes – Will we be here in 20 minutes? – Yes, we will be.

For the verb to have there are 2 options for forming a general question:

Do you have a car - Do you have a car?

1. You have a car – Do you have a car? – No, I don’t (American version)
2. You have a car – Have you a car? - Yes, I have. (British version)

To express our surprise or confusion in a general question, we add the negative particle “not” to the auxiliary verb:

• Aren't you a driver? - Aren't you the driver?
• Can't he cook a lunch? – Can’t he cook dinner?
• Didn't they see us? - As if they didn’t see us?

2. Special question - a question that begins with question words:

The procedure for forming a special question.

First, we form a general question with an auxiliary verb and then put any appropriate question word before the auxiliary verb:

Did you eat? - Did you eat? (General question)

• What did you eat? - What did you eat?
• When did you eat? - When did you eat?
• Where did you eat? -Where did you eat?
• How long did you eat? – How long did it take you to eat?

Can you do it? - You can do that?

• How can you do it? - How can you do this?
• When can you do it? – When can you do this?
• Where can you do it? – Where can you do this?

Are we going to her? -Are we going to see her?

• Why are we going to her? - Why are we going to her?
• How long are we going to her? - How long will it take us to get to her?

You can also use negative auxiliary verbs:

• Why can't you swim? - Why can’t you swim?
• What doesn’t she know about you? – What doesn’t she know about you?
• When didn’t he go to train? – When did he not go to training?

3. Alternative question – a question where you can choose only one option from those offered. In an alternative question there is always a connecting conjunction “or - or”:

• What language do you know: English or Spanish? – What language do you speak: English or Spanish?
• Does she love Oleg or Alex? – Does she love Oleg or Sasha?
• Are they boxers or chess players? – Are they boxers or chess players?

4. Dividing question. Used to verify the correctness of a proposal, express dissatisfaction, hear confirmation of a proposal, or find mutual agreement. They are formed by adding to the end of the sentence a short question “isn’t it?”, “isn’t it true?”, “isn’t it?”, “would you agree?”, “isn’t it true?” etc.

In English, such a short question is formed by adding to the end of the sentence the auxiliary verb and pronoun that were used in the sentence. If the sentence is affirmative, then the auxiliary verb at the end of the sentence must be negative and vice versa, if the sentence is negative, then the auxiliary verb must be affirmative:

• You are the good lawyer, aren’t you? “You’re that good lawyer, aren’t you?”
• She doesn’t want to rest, does she? – She doesn’t want to relax, does she?
• We can win them, can’t we? – We can defeat them, can't we?
• Tom pays you, doesn't he? - Tom pays you, right?
• They don’t like your pie, do they? – They don’t like your pie, don’t you agree?

5. Question to the subject. Here the questions themselves play the role of the subject. The big highlight of such questions is that nothing needs to be swapped here. Everything is the same as in Russian:

• Who saw you? -Who saw you?
• Who loves me? -Who loves me?
• Who sent you here? -Who sent you here?
• Who called you? -Who called you?
• Who will start? - Who will start?
• What happened here? -What happened here?

That's all about questions in English, which were worth considering at this stage. As we remember, there are only 5 types. The basis is the correct formation of the general question, and everything else comes from it. Don't be afraid to ask questions. They are the main key to your successful learning.

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