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Types of Interrogative Sentences (Типи питальних речень)

There are four types of interrogative sentences in English: General questions, Special questions, Alternative questions and Disjunctive questions.

I. General questions (загальні питання)are those requiring the answer yes or no. They are formed by placing the predicate or its part (the auxiliary or modal verb) at the beginning of the sentence, before the subject.

1)

Do/does

v

+ Subject +Predicate ?

Did

оr

2)

a)

can, must, may, should, would

b)

am /is /are /was /were +Subject

+

Predicate ?

c)

have /has /had

d)

shall /will

оr

3)

Predicate +

Subject?

(am )

is /are

(was )

were

+

Subject) ?

(have

/ has /had

1) Does he speak English?

Didwe meet them?

or

2) Must I do it?

Canyou help me?

Ishe translating this text?

Werethey sent to London?

Haveyou noticed them?

Willyou visit your parents?

or

3) Is he an architect?

Wasshe in (at home)?

Hadhe two brothers?

IІ. Special questions (спеціальні питання)refer to various parts of the sentence. They begin with interrogative words. As to their structure, they are divided into two types. In special questions referring to any part of the sentence except the subject or its attribute the word order is the same as in general questions, but the interrogative word is placed at the head of the sentence.

1

2

3

4 5

6

When

Where

+ Auxiliary

Verb +

Subject

+ Predicate + Object

+ Adverbial Modifiers ?

Why

What

How

Whendid you read this book?

Whatdid you read last year?

In special questions referring to the subject or its attribute the word order is that of a declarative sentence (розповідного речення).Auxiliary verbs do /does /did are never used!

1

2 3 4

Who

Whose dog

+ Predicate + Object + Adverbial Modifiers ?

Which boy

What day

Who is reading a newspaper now?

Which boy plays tennis?

Whose dog has disappeared?

III. Alternative questions (альтернативні питання) imply choice. They consist of two parts connected by the conjunction or. Alternative questions may have the structure of general and special questions (c, d).

a. Auxiliary verb + Subject + Predicate

b. Predicate + Subject

or

Word of alternative?

a. Do you go to school or to college?

b. Have you two sisters or two brothers?

с Where will you study: in Lviv or in Kharkiv?

d. When did you see Alec: on Monday or yesterday?

IV. Disjunctive questions (розділові / роз'єднувальні питання) consist of two parts. The first part is a declarative sentence, the second — a short general question. The second part consists of the subject expressed by the personal pronoun corresponding to the subject of the first part and of the auxiliary or modal verb (or the verbs to be and to have in the Present or Past Indefinite as full predicates). If the first part of a disjunctive question is affirmative, the second is negative:

Declarative sentence (affirmative)

He reads a lot of books

,

auxiliary v. +not +personal pronoun?

does not he?

But if the first is negative, the second is affirmative:

Declarative sentence (negative)

He does not read a lot of books

,

auxiliary v. +personal pronoun.?

does he?

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