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VISUAL EXPLAINER · SENTENCE FORMATION
Turn a statement into the question you need.
English questions often change word order or add a helping verb. The right pattern depends on whether you need a yes/no answer or a specific piece of information.
01 · IDENTIFY THE GAP
Decide what information is missing.
A yes/no question checks a proposition. A question word such as who, what, where, when, why or how asks for a specific kind of information.
EXAMPLEYou are ready. → Are you ready?
02 · YES / NO
Bring the auxiliary forward.
When a helping verb such as be, have or a modal is present, it commonly moves before the subject in a yes/no question.
EXAMPLEShe is coming. → Is she coming?
03 · WH WORDS
Put the question word first.
Place the word that signals the missing information at the beginning, then use the appropriate question structure.
EXAMPLEYou are going somewhere. → Where are you going?
04 · DO, DOES OR DID
Add do-support when the pattern needs it.
In many simple-present and simple-past questions, use do, does or did. After does or did, the main verb uses its base form.
EXAMPLEShe likes tea. → Does she like tea?
05 · CHECK THE SUBJECT
Not every question uses the same inversion.
When who or what is itself the subject, the question can keep statement-like word order. Finish with the appropriate punctuation.
EXAMPLESomeone called. → Who called?
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Original EnglishLamp lesson•Reference learning mode
Interrogative sentence is a type of sentence. It asks question. Each group of words ends with a grammatical symbol according to its type. We have seen that declarative ends with full stop and interrogative sentence ends with question mark (?). As this sentence interrogates we call it as interrogative sentence.
