Question Formation Dias

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Aquestion may be either a linguisticexpression used to make a requestfor information , or else the request itself

made by such an expression. Thisinformation may be provided withan answer.


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Mayyou pay attention ?

Do you want money?

what is it for?Whatmakes the presentation

different?


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You like ice-cream ?[positive sentence intonated as a question]

Do you like ice cream ?[yes/no question]


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A speaker who ask a yes/no question expect

a response or at least a yes or not. Thespeaker may use the syntactic structure of adeclarative sentence with intonation and

facial expression, thus creating ainterrogative yes-no utterance.

The girls are arriving today?

Mary is sick?


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In questions, the word order subject-verbs-object is thesame as in affirmative sentences. The only thing thatsdifferent is that you usually have to put the auxiliaryverb (or the main verb be) before the subject.Interrogatives are put at the beginning of thesentences:


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Interrog

ativeauxiliar

y verb Subjectother

verb(s)indirect

objectdirect

object place Time

What Would You like totell

Me

Did You Have a party in yourflat

yesterday

?

When Were You here?


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WH question also called constituted question, areused typically when the speaker assumes that they andthe hearer share the knowledge of a proposition

concerning an even/state. That proposition is thus partof the presupposed background the pragmatic contextwithin which the WH- question is translated.


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Question about: ExamplePlace Where does she play ?Time When did they play ?Manner How is he playing ?Direct object What was he playing ?Indirect object With whom have you played ?Choice Which game have you been

playing ?Reason Why had they played ?Frequency How often had she been

playing ?Number How much will I play ?Possession Whose role can he play ?Duration How long would it take ?Age How old would he have been ?


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How many (countables)

How much (uncountables)

How tall (height) How old (age)

How big (size)

How fast (speed)

How often (frequency) How many times (number)

How long (duration)

How far (distance)


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The Subject Wh Question Rule: To form a subjectWh-question in English, replace the subject with aquestion word, using who (for people) or what (fornon-people) ? The word order is that of a positivesentence.

Watch out: There is no auxiliary verb inWh Subject questions in

the Present Simple and Past Simple tenses. Thequestion word simply replaces the subject.


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Who he sent a card to?

Who did he send a card to?


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How much it cost?

How much will it cost?/ How much does it cost?


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'LIKE' can be used as a VERB for preference and as a

PREPOSITION for description.

What does she like doing at the weekend? (VERB) =What does she enjoy doing?

What is she like? (PREPOSITION) = Describe hercharacter (and maybe her appearance).


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NOTE! 'How is she?' REFERS ONLY TO HEALTH &WELL-BEING.

Eg. How is your mother? = Is your mother in goodhealth.


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Statement questions can be used to expresssurprise or disbelief.

You're not married?

They won the game?

He does?


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For added effect, you can add a wh- word.

You did what?

She went where?


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Aren't you going to the dance?

Haven't you been there before?

Isn't that Doctor Zimbango?


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Is it the blue one, or the red one? Would you like some tea or coffee?


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repeat all or part of what have been said.

A- Sara will be leaving for china in may

b she will be leaving for where?

a- Are you coldB- am I cold?


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Are not intended to be answered, but instead, serve toestate the opinion of the speaker.

A- Have you read the news about Willie Wonka?

b- whowasnt?


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Do not began with a wh question word and are oftenused by teachers to request that the students displaytheir knowledge about something.

so this story is about?


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Question tags have the same form as reply questionsbut are used either to ask for confirmation or aresponse.

Eg. You're Brazilian, aren't you?

Eg. You haven't finished yet, have you?


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NOTE!

After 'Let's....' the question tag is 'Shall we?'

Eg. Let's go out for a meal, shall we?

After the imperative the question tag is 'Will you?' Eg. Open the door for me, will you? Don't be late, will

you?


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