Greetings, my dear reader.
If you do not know how to correctly ask something on english language, then big problems await you! I'm kidding, of course. After all, this blog is for this, and today I want to help you understand the preparation of interrogative sentences, give exhaustive examples of common questions in English and the answers to them. In addition, I'll tell you about the rules.
By the way, after studying this topic, do not forget to master its practical part: and.
What is this anyway?
This is a structure that only needs an answer "Yes" or "not"... Usually no further response is required to such a proposal. But, if you wish, additional information it is quite possible to give.
Note that a common question will look completely different in different!
Let's see the first example:
Are you reading a book now? - Yes, I am.
Are you reading a book now? - Yes.
The structure of an interrogative sentence is usually formed as follows:
- Offer starts with auxiliary verb (are, is,was, were, do, does, has, have, had, did, etc.)
- Then comes subject (actor).
- Then follows main verb.
- It is followed by the rest of the sentence: additions, circumstances of time, place etc.
Do you believe in aliens?- Yes, I do.
Do you believe in aliens? - Yes.
The answer always consists of the word "yes" or "no", after which the subject and the auxiliary verb related to the subject are repeated.
Have you seen Lora recently? - Yes (answer), I have (auxiliary).
Have you seen Laura recently? - Yes, I saw.
How to ask about the present tense
We use general questions most often, and at any time. In the 2nd grade, the description of current actions is most used. B they usually start with do, does, is, are, has or have.
Do you have any interesting books to read?- Yes, I do. I bought several last week.
Do you have any interesting books to read? - Yes, I have. Onpastweekiboughtsome.
Does she goto this school? - No, she doesn’t.
Does she go to this school? - Not.
Are you free tomorrow morning? - No, I am not. I am going to visit my doctor.
Are you free tomorrow morning? - No, I'm not free. I'm going to go to my doctor.
Is he goingto college this year? - Yes, he is.
Is he going to college this year? - Yes, he's going.
Have you visitedthe exhibition already? - No, I haven’t. But I am going to do it next week.
Have you already been to the exhibition? - No. I was not. But I'm going to go next week.
Has he done the task yet? - No, he hasn’t. It wasn’t very simple.
Has he done the assignment yet? - No, I didn't. It was not very simple.
How to ask about the past tense
In grades 3 and 4, students begin to use descriptions of the past. The questions usually start with did, was, were or had .
Did you dowhat I asked you to?- Yes, I did. I called them as soon as you asked me to.
Did you do what I asked you to do? - Yes I did. I called them as soon as you asked.
Was she at home when you called? -No, she wasn’t. She went out with her sister.
Was she at home when you called? - No, she was not. She went for a walk with her sister.
Were they on holiday in July? - Yes, they were. They went for holiday to Spain.
Were they on vacation in July? - Yes. They went on vacation to Spain.
Had you taken the key, before you set off to school? - No, I hadn’t. I remembered, that I had forgotten them.
Did you collect your keys before heading to school? - No, I didn't. I remembered that I had forgotten them.
How to ask about the future tense
But in the 5th grade, you can somehow cope with the future. Therefore, in the future tense, all questions begin mainly with will .
Will you meet me at the station on Friday?- Yes, I will. I will be there on time.
Will you meet me at the station on Friday? - Yes, I will. I'll be there on time.
Sometimes a question may not start with an auxiliary verb at all, but, for example, with a modal verb can, could, may etc.
- Could you pass me salt and pepper, please?
“Could you give me the salt and pepper, please.
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There are four types of interrogative sentences in English. These proposals differ from each other according to which they are built, in particular,. The difference in grammar stems from the different communication tasks these sentences accomplish.
1. General question (another name: Yes / no - questions, - ed.).
It is very simple to define it, it implies the answers "YES" or "NO".
Example:
Do you like ice cream?
Do you like ice-cream? (Yes / no).
Is he in the house?
Is he at home? (Yes / no).
They are sleeping?
Are they sleeping? (Yes / no).
Construction scheme:
Auxiliary verb + subject + other members of the sentence.
2. Special question (another name: wh - questions, - ed.)
These are questions for individual members of the sentence, formed using the so-called interrogative words. They often begin with a letter combination (Wh) - hence the second name. There are many, but here are the most common question words:
Who? (Who?)
Why? (Why, why?)
When? (When?)
What? (What? What?)
Where? (Where? Where?)
How? (How?)
Whose? (Whose?)
The matter is not limited to interrogative words, there are also "interrogative groups", characterized by the fact that, although they play the same role as interrogative words, each of them includes several words. The most common examples are:
How many? ("How much" for countable)
How much? ("How many" for uncountable)
How often? (How often?)
How long? (How long?)
Which of you? (Which one of you?)
But it's time to move on to examples of interrogative sentences of the second type:
Example:
How many pens do you have?
How many pens have you got?
What are you doing today?
What do you do today?
How much are you asking for this?
How much do you charge for that?
How much are you asking for this?
Construction scheme:
Question word (question group) + auxiliary verb + subject + predicate (if any, - ed.) + Other members of the sentence.
Attention!
There is a subtype of special question - it is called a subject question. The name speaks for itself - these are special questions addressed to the implied (after all, not always questions are asked after the approval, - ed.) Or the actual subject.
Example:
The boy goes to school.
Who goes to school?
Who goes to school?
It is immediately obvious that such special questions differ from all others. They do not require an auxiliary verb. You can use it, but you can not use it - it will not be a mistake.
3. Alternative question
An alternate question is formed by adding an alternate "or" particle construct. Thus, an alternative can be assigned to any member of the proposal.
Example:
Are I or my brother going to school?
Do I or my brother goes to school?
Am I going or going to school?
Do I go or drive to school?
Am I going to school or college?
Do I go to school or to the institute?
Construction scheme:
Auxiliary verb + subject (with an alternative if necessary, if not, an alternative with "or" follows the subject).
4. Separation question (also called a question with a tail, tag-question, - ed.)
This type of questions can be adequately translated into Russian with sentences that end with the words "isn't it?", "Isn't it?"
Example:
You speak English, don't you?
You speak English, don’t you?
You don't speak Spanish, do you?
You don’t speak Spanish, do you?
Construction scheme:
As you noticed, this question has two parts - before the comma and after. Before the comma, you need to build an ordinary affirmative or negative sentence, but after in 1) place - an auxiliary verb that is suitable in time and subject in the main part 2) a subject or pronoun corresponding to the subject. Here's an illustration of the latter case: Ivan will go to school, won’t he?
But when in the "tail" of the question, that is, in the part after the comma, you need to put a negation, as you noticed from the examples, it is not always put there.
According to the scheme, it is easy to understand the principle: if there is no negation in the main sentence, then the "tail" must "deny" the subject. If there is negation there, then the remainder of the sentence after the comma must be positive.
Read the article on question denial here.
Any questions?
Any questions?
Of course, you have questions: English sometimes asks puzzles. For example, how do you write questions in English? What are the types of questions? How to ask a question with the correct intonation so that native speakers don't have to guess - is it a question or not?
So, there are 5 types of questions in English:
General questions, or yes / no questions
Special questions, or WH questions
Alternative questions
Separation questions, or tag questions
Questions to the subject
Let's take a closer look at all types of questions with examples.
General issues - these are questions that can be answered either yes or no (you can still answer “I don’t know”, but this is not about us).
Do you like opera? - No, I don’t.
Do you like opera? - No I do not like.
Are you a football player? - Yes, I am.
Are you a football player? - Yes.
Common questions always start with a verb. It can be one of the auxiliary verbs (be, do, have), it can be the verb to be (to be, to be) in its direct meaning, or it can be modal.
How to ask YES / NO a question with the verb to be
The formation of questions in English becomes possible due to a change in the structure of the sentence. If you know the most basic sentence structure in English (subject-predicate-object), you can ask this question. Just swap the subject and predicate.
See how the place of the verb to be changes in the question:
Note that nothing changes in the Russian translation - we are used to denote a question by intonation, and inversions - changes in the order of words in a sentence - we do not have it, or is rare.
How to ask this question in English using the verb to do
In addition to to be, a sentence can contain any other verb:
The fish swims in the ocean - Fish swims in the ocean My friends play football - My friends play football I sing opera - I sing opera
And then you need to use the helper verb DO
Does the fish swim in the ocean?
Do my friends play football?
Do I sing opera?
There is no word with such a function in Russian. We say simply: Does the fish swim in the ocean? It is worth replacing the question mark with a period, as the meaning changes radically. Conveniently? May be. But treat the auxiliary do condescending. He tries his best. See how he took away from the verb swim the ending -s? This is to make it immediately clear to you and me that we are talking about one single fish. Anyway, it's like a beacon: you hear do at the beginning of a sentence - wait for a general question.
So we put the verb do at the beginning of the sentence before the subject, and the general question is ready. You just need to choose the correct shape in accordance with the number and time.
If the semantic verb is also do (to do), then the auxiliary will still be do... It will turn out two words do in one phrase:
Does she do her homework? - Does she do her homework?
Note again that the auxiliary do has changed to match the feminine gender - to does, and the semantic remained in its initial form.
How to ask questions in English with modal verbs
I have the opportunity to buy a goat. But I have no desire.
(from the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus")
Modal verbs are verbs that express our desires and possibilities. These are the verbs can, may, must, should and others. We ask questions with them using inversion, i.e. change the places of the subject and the predicate.
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You can buy a goat.
You can buy a goat.
?
Can you buy a goat?
Can you buy a goat?
Also, modal verbs are very often used when asking a direct question is not very polite.
Could you pass me the salt? - Could you give me the salt?
Would you do me a favor? - Could you do me a favor?
May I come in? - May I come in?
Should I wait here? - Do I need to wait?
How do I answer a general question?
As you know, sometimes you can get an answer to a question, and here it is important not to get confused and understand it. Most often, at first it will be the usual short answer, and after it the details may already follow.
Yes, I do, or:
No, I don’t.
Or:
Yes, it is
Yes, I can
Which verb will be used in the answer directly depends on the question. If the question contained an auxiliary do, then the answer will contain do. If you were asked:
Did you go the supermarket yesterday? - Did you go to the supermarket yesterday?
Need to answer
- Yes, I did, or
- No I didn’t
As a last resort,
- I don’t remember
- I do not remember
But don't make this mistake:
- Did you go to the supermarket yesterday?
Do not answer
- No, I wasn’t.
It is necessary that your verbs coincide with the interlocutor, then you will have complete linguistic harmony and understanding.
Why bother with these short answers? It's faster and more convenient. Instead of saying "Yes, I went to the supermarket yesterday," you can simply say "I did." And it doesn't sound harsh, even if you don't say anything else, although, of course, it is often followed by a more detailed story.
Special questions, or WH questions
As the English name suggests, special questions are those that begin with the letters wh.
For instance,
Where - where?
Who - who?
What - what?
Which - which?
When - when?
Why - why?
How - how?
and questions containing "how":
how often - how often?
How far - how far?
How old - to ask about age
Etc.
So WH questions include Wh questions + How
Where is my darling? - Where My lovely?
Those of you who already know how to ask general questions will be surprised to know how easy it is to form a specific question in English.
Let's consider its structure using an example:
Why do you like swimming? - Why do you like to swim?
If we remove the question word why, it will turn out
Do you like swimming?
This is a common general question that requires a yes or no answer. We added why, and got a special question.
Let's practice a little. Make the following general questions special by adding any question words to them.
- Does she go tho the supermarket?
- Can I buy a goat?
- Should I wait here?
- Do your friends play football?
- Does she do her homework?
- Are you waiting for me?
You probably ended up with something like this:
- When does she go tho the supermarket?
- Where can I buy a goat?
- Why should I wait here?
- How often do your friends play football?
- When does she do her homework?
- Where are you waiting for me?
Question to the subject
In many British textbooks, this type of question is not singled out separately and is referred to a group of special questions. Yes, subject questions also begin with interrogative words that begin with Wh.
But many consider exactly five types of questions in English, because the question to the subject has a very simple structure, which, of course, cannot but rejoice.
When we ask a question about a subject, then an auxiliary verb is not needed. No inversion is needed either. Take a look at an example:
Bulgakov wrote "Master and Margarita" - Bulgakov wrote "The Master and Margarita".
The subject is Bulgakov. He is a character in this proposal, he wrote a novel. Let's say we don't know this known fact and want to ask a question to the subject:
Who wrote The Master and Margarita?
To do this, instead of the subject, insert who... It turns out
Who wrote "Master and Margarita"?
That's it, you don't need to do anything else, the question is ready. You don't have to remember the rules, but just translate word for word, because in Russian this structure looks the same:
Who reads the books?
Who reads books?
Which city is the largest?
Which city is the biggest?
By the way, why in the example "Who reads books?" does the verb have the ending s? The fact is that when we ask the question "Who?", We always mean the third person singular, even if in fact there are many actors.
In Russian we do the same:
Who is reading? (reads - a verb with a 3-person ending, singular).
We do the same in the present perfect:
Alternative questions
These are any questions in which an alternative is given and there is a separation union. The choice can be between objects, actions, qualities, etc. In terms of structure, these are two general questions separated by a union or (or). The second part is often incomplete:
Are you married or single? - Are you married or not?
Do you work or study? - Do you work or study?
Do you like classical music or jazz? - Do you like classical music or jazz?
In Russian, there is also such a structure, therefore, how to ask questions in English in a situation of choice is quite clear.
Separation questions or tag questions
This type of question is also called "tail questions" - literally "tail questions." They were named so because such a question is short and is an appendage to the main, longer sentence.
They are especially useful when we are insecure about something and want to clarify, confirm our thoughts, find out if we understood correctly. And also, in order to involve the interlocutor in a dialogue.
There are two parts to tag questions:
- The first, main part is what you thought, but want to clarify. You voice your thought. It can be either in the affirmative or in the negative form.
- Then, as if doubting your words, you ask if this is so, if you thought correctly. The second part is the question itself in short form. It consists of the verbs be, do, have, or a modal verb, and a subject, most often expressed by a pronoun.
If the first part is affirmative, the question must be negative. Conversely, if there was negation in the main part, it will no longer be in the “tail”.
Here, symmetry reigns in everything - if the verb to be was used in the first part, we will see it in the tail:
You are Masha’s sister, aren’t you? - You are Machine's sister, right?
If in the beginning there was a modal verb, say, can, it will also be at the end:
You can’t swim, can you? - You can't swim, can you?
When there is no auxiliary or modal verb, or the verb to be in the first part, in the second we use do, does or did
Masha went to Moscow last week, didn’t she? - Masha went to Moscow last week, didn't she?
His little brother ate all the sweets, didn’t he? - His younger brother ate all the candy, didn't he?
If in the first part of the sentence there is I am, then in the question it is transformed into aren’t I?
I am right, aren’t I? “I’m right, am I not?
Below is a table that once again demonstrates the rule: if the first part contains the statement (+), the question will contain a negation (-), and vice versa.
Most often in English you can hear exactly the negation in the interrogative part.
The interrogative "tail" is pronounced with increasing intonation. But it happens that intonation in this place, on the contrary, goes down. With such intonation, a question-statement is obtained. The speaker is confident that he is right, he seems to say “agree with me”, “share my opinion”.
Compare intonation in “confident” and “uncertain” dividing questions:
It also happens that both parts of such sentences contain an affirmative construction, and this is not a mistake. This can be done when you have just heard the information and repeat it to show your interest, surprise, concern, or some other reaction.
So you are keen on drawing, are you? - So you like to draw, don't you?
Short spoken questions
We have covered all the main types of questions, but you should not think that English ends there. Colloquial speech has its own laws and rules, and, more often than not, they are aimed at reducing and simplifying. Who likes bulky designs? The pace of life is accelerating and therefore, for example, instead of
- Are you ready?
- Are you ready?
- Ready?
More examples of shortened questions and their long counterparts:
Seen it? - Have you seen it?
Got it? - Have you got it?
Going to school? - Are you going to school?
Any questions? - Have you got any questions?
When the speaker is familiar with the context, for example, because the interlocutors are friends or coworkers, the full question may seem odd.
Both the auxiliary verb and the pronoun are often dropped.
But:
You can not drop an auxiliary verb and a pronoun if this pronoun is I:
Have I said it before? - Have I already said that?
"Said it before?" - the wrong option.
Now you know how to ask a question in English if you are talking with friends, loved ones, and are in a relaxed atmosphere. Also, these forms of questions are very often heard in films.
A little about intonation in questions
Intonation is the melodic pattern that always appears in speech. We don't speak on the same note, do we? Especially when we ask questions. It is often very important to get an answer, so the questions in all languages \u200b\u200bare intoned especially. Very often this is an increase in intonation that occurs towards the end of a sentence. However, English questions can be asked with three different intonations, depending on the type of question.
Downward intonation.
Typical for special questions.
Rising intonation.
Typical for general questions.
Mixed intonation (fall-rise intonation)
Such intonation is expressed schematically as follows:. It is especially useful to use it when you need to request some information or politely invite the interlocutor to join a meal or some kind of business (usually pleasant).
But whatever the intonation, questions in English are not based on tone of voice, but on certain grammatical structures. Keep track of how the sentence is built, where its parts are, whether there is an inversion or an auxiliary verb.
Often, language learners willingly answer the teacher's questions, can name all kinds of questions in English, but there is a problem in asking questions themselves. If you are studying with a teacher, sometimes take the initiative in the conversation with yourself. Ask something about the teacher, his family, his experience. Be a journalist interviewing.
Be curious and let this be reflected in your level of English!
In Russian, the word order in questions remains unchanged. The speaker uses only intonation to find out what interests him. For this reason, there are many problems about how to make an interrogative sentence in English, because there the arrangement of words is different from the narrative statement.
Types of interrogative sentences
In accordance with the intentions of the speaker, English questions are divided into 2 types.
- General are necessary to receive a positive or negative response from the interlocutor about the requested information. At the beginning of these statements, a helper verb is required. The intonation is used ascending.
Scheme: Auxiliary verb + subject + predicate + object + circumstance?
Have your parents visited Germany? - Have your parents been to Germany? (Present Perfect sentence: have is the auxiliary verb, your parents is the subject, visited is the predicate, Germany is the object)
Did John buy a new house last year? - John bought a new house last year? (Question in Past Simple: did - auxiliary verb, John - subject, buy - predicate, new - definition, house - addition, last year - circumstance)
- Special differ from the general by the presence at the beginning of the phrase of words specifying what kind of data is important for the speaker: what (what? What?), Who (who?), When (when?), Where (where?), How (how?) , why (why?), which (which?), etc. The intonation towards the end of the utterance is descending.
Scheme: Question word + auxiliary verb + predicate + addition + circumstance?
In English, such a concept is distinguished as questions to the main member of a sentence - the subject. These phrases start with who or what. The construction of such statements differs in that there is no need to use an auxiliary verb. Who and what are subjects.
Who shopping went yesterday? - Who was shopping yesterday?
What has fallen on the floor? - What fell to the floor?
Examples of interrogative sentences in English
Students in grades 5 and older can more easily understand the structure of the main types of questions by using specific examples of sentences in the most frequently used tenses.
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- Present Simple:
Are you busy at the weekend? - Are you busy at the weekend?
Does your mum cook breakfast? - Is your mom making breakfast?
What do your friends do after school? - What are your friends doing after school?
- Past Simple:
- Future Simple:
Will you go to a summer camp? - Are you going to summer camp?
What will you do in June? - What are you going to do in June?
- Present Continuous:
Is he sleeping? - He's sleeping?
What is your sister doing now? - What is your sister doing now?
- Past Continuous:
Was Sarah reading this novel at 5? - Sarah read this novel at 5?
What was she reading at 5? - What did she read at 5 o'clock?
- Present Perfect:
Hello everyone. You have entered an English grammar lesson. And since you are already here, then by the end of the article you will definitely be able to deal with today's topic. And the topic of the lesson is interrogative sentences in English. In this article, we will tell you what types of questions there are, how they are built, and how to answer them.
Types of interrogative sentences
This topic is relevant for students of any level of language proficiency, because making mistakes is possible even at a higher level when it comes to constructing questions in English. They confuse word order, skip auxiliary verbs, use incorrect intonation. Our mission is to prevent such errors from occurring. Can we start?
The first thing to know about questions in English is that they differ from the structure of affirmative sentences. We usually (but not always!) Ask questions in English, changing the word order: we put an auxiliary verb in the first place before the subject. Another (main) verb is placed after the subject. In the picture, the word order in the English question looks like this:
There are four types of interrogative sentences:
- General question. We ask this question when we want to know general information... We can answer it with one word "yes" or "no".
- Dividing question (tag question). Here, the statement is already embedded in the question, and the respondent can only answer whether this is so. Usually ends with a phrase like "isn't it?" ("is not it?").
- Alternative question. It is proposed to choose one from several offered options.
- Special question. We need such questions in order to find out certain, specific information that interests us. The questioner has no assumptions about the answer, and the question cannot be answered "yes" or "no".
- Question to subject. We know the predicate, and we ask the question to find out who is performing the action.
To make it clearer, let's look at the interrogative sentences in the table with examples.
| Question type | Formula | Characteristic | Example question | Sample response |
| General question | Do / does / is / can ... + subject + V ...? | You can answer "yes" or "no" | Do you like oranges? Will she go with us? |
Yes, I do. No, she will not. |
| Tag question | Subject + V ... + Isn’t it? / Aren’t you? ... | You can agree or disagree with the statement | You like oranges, don’t you? She will go with us, won’t she? |
Yes, I do. No, she will not. |
| Alternative question | Do / does / is / can ... + subject + V + 1st object or 2nd object? | You can choose one of several options | Do you like oranges or bananas? Will she go with us or with them? |
I like oranges. She will go with them. |
| Special question | What / when / where ... + is / do / did / will ... + subject + V ...? | You can give a complete answer | What fruit do you like? Where will she go? |
I like oranges. She will go with them. |
| Question to subject | Who / what + is / do / did / will ... + V ...? | You can give a complete answer related to the subject | Who likes bananas? Who will go with us? |
She likes bananas. He will go with us |
* V - verb, predicate
* Subject - subject
This is the big picture. Now let's take a closer look at each of the types of interrogative sentences.
General question
The easiest way to build a general question is with simple inversion. We take a statement and, according to the rules for constructing a question, change the places of the subjects and the predicate.
Kim is a doctor. - Is Kim a doctor?
Julie will study German. - Will Julie study German?
Ducks can fly. - Can ducks fly?
In the examples above, you didn't have to add anything to the verbs. But sometimes you need to add an auxiliary verb. For instance:
I like oranges. - Do you like oranges?- Do you like oranges?
He tried to enter Oxford University. - Did he try to enter Oxford University?- Did he try to go to Oxford?
Tom likes swimming in the sea. - Does Tom like swimming in the sea?- Does Tom like to swim in the sea?
She goes to work everyday. - Does she go to work everyday?- Does she go to work every day?
Otherwise, there should be no problems. The main thing is to know the basic rules of grammar. So let's move on to the next type.
Tag question
It's even easier here. You don't even need to swap anything. We just take the statement and add “right?” At the end. Just like in Russian. The interrogative part depends on the affirmative. If is was used at the beginning, then isn’t at the end, and so on. For instance:
Kim is a doctor, isn’t he? “Kim is a doctor, isn't she?
Julie will study German, won’t she?- Julie will learn German, won't she?
Ducks can fly, can't they?- Ducks can fly, right?
I am your friend, aren’t I? “I’m your friend, don’t I?”
He isn’t your brother, is he? “He’s not your brother, is he?”
They aren’t at home now, are they? “They’re not home now, are they?
Your friend worked in IT, didn’t he? - Your friend worked in IT, didn't he?
You used to get up at 5 a.m., didn’t you? - You got up earlier at 5 am, right?
That is, we are, as it were, almost sure of our statement, but we want to make sure. "Ducks fly, don't they?"
Alternative question
It is built according to almost the same rules as the general question. The only difference is that at the end, instead of one option, several are proposed.
Is Kim a doctor or a teacher? Is Kim a Doctor or a Teacher?
Will Julie study German of French? - Will Julie learn German or French?
Will they go to the park or to the cinema? - Will they go to the park or to the cinema?
Did you buy apples or pears? - Have you bought apples or pears?
Does he work or study? - Does he work or study?
Accordingly, in the answer it is no longer possible to simply say "yes" or "no", but one must choose one of the options.
You may have noticed that our favorite example of ducks has disappeared. Because several options will not always form an alternative question. For example: "Can ducks fly or not?" There are two options here, but this is a general question, because you can answer yes or no. Or "Can ducks fly or swim?" This is also not an alternative question, since the choice of one option is not required (they can be able to do both, and we do not offer to choose, but only combine the two questions into one).
Special question
The special question uses interrogative words. These are what, where, when, whose, (when), how (how), why (why), and so on. The interrogative word is placed at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the verb (or auxiliary verb), the subjects - and then the rest of the sentence. For instance:
What is Kim's profession? - Who does Kim work for?
When will Julie study German? - When will Julie learn German?
Why do ducks fly?- Why do ducks fly?
What are you cooking? - What are you cooking?
What do you want to eat? - What do you want to eat?
When did you leave the house? - When did you leave home?
Question to subject
Everything is the same as with the special question, but now the question refers not to the predicate, but to the subject.
Who is Kim? - Who is Kim?
Who will study German? - Who will learn German?
Who can fly? - Who can fly?
Who went to the supermarket? - Who went to the supermarket?
Who are you? - Who are you?
What happened to your friend? - What happened to your friend?
Who did that? - Who did it?
We answer in the same way as for a special question, but we already name the subject. Who did it? - He did it !.
Conclusion
How did you manage to replace, there is nothing difficult in asking a question and finding out the information of interest. We hope that this article will help you understand all the subtleties and nuances. Learn English, be curious and ask English questions correctly. Because not knowing is not a shame. It's a shame not to want to know!
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