Question making(1) - 42

                                                                          

           Questioning Techniques -1

                                                                     

Question making is quite different from making statements. Statements that provoke response from the hearer are called a question.  In formal English there are standard structures to frame questions, however in informal ways body language and expressions pay a vital role in creating a question mood.  A simple statement can be converted into question by rising intonation. ( e.g. Obama won second term?,/ France lost AAA rating?)

KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT, VERB, AUXILIARY VERB ETC. IS ESSENTIAL FOR FRAMING QUESTIONS. Click grammarmail, to know Subject, verb etc

WHAT IS A SUBJECT?

Subject often describes the doer of an action, subject shows what  the sentence is about. All the nouns and pronouns can also be used as subjects. Subject  usually comes at the beginning of a sentence.

Jane gave a book to Jim (Jane = Subject)- Noun used as a subject

She gave a book to Jim (She = pronoun) – Pronoun used as a subject

SUBJECT PRONOUN

Person	Singular	Plural
First	I	We
Second	You	You
Third	He She It	They

                                         

What is a VERB ?

 Verb is a word that tells us   

1. What a person or thing does.e.g The man runs on the wall.

2. What is done to the person or thing e.g She was awarded a Nobel Prize

3. What a person or thing is. e.g she is a teacher

A. A Verb  or Main Verb = action verb

The action verbs like read,see, watch  etc.are called an ordinary a verb or main verb.

They denote some action, they have present,past, past participle etc. forms (e.g go, went, gone etc.)

                      

                                     Auxiliary and modal auxiliary

A. Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs). These Verbs  are used with the main verbs  to form Tenses, passive forms,negatives and questions. The three forms of Auxiliaries are,

be  forms   am, is, are, was, were,  shall/will. e.g I am a teacher

do forms   do, does, did, . e.g. Do you Speak French.

have forms  have, has, had. e.g. She has done the job.

 B. Modal verbs or Modals or Modal auxiliary:  These verbs are used before ordinary or main verbs  to denote certainty,uncertainly,necessity, permission possibility etc. The verbs are can, could, shall, should,may,might,will,would,must and ought, have to, used to, need,dare,

e.g.

She can speak English. (can is an auxiliary verb Speak is a main verb)

He has gone to school. (has is an auxiliary verb, gone is a main verb.)

It will rain now. (will is an auxiliary verb, rain is a main verb.) - Rain is used as a verb here.

She is a doctor.  (is is an auxiliary verb acting as a main verb, because there isn't any main verb here.)

TYPES OF QUESTIONS

The two important  types of questions in English are ' wh' question and 'yes/no'  question. In this session we shall see 'yes/no' type..

1. 'Wh' question begins with  'wh' word  like what, when,where etc. ''Wh' question requires a complete response. e.g. Where is John// How is Shane?

2. 'Yes/no' - .The response to this type of question is either 'yes' or 'no' , a complete response is not required in this case. e.g. Are you tired? ,  Does she work in a bank?

A - Changing statement  ( having main verb + auxiliary verb) into question 

The new president  will save the economy - Statement

Will the new president save the economy - question ('yes/no')

More Sentences

She can speak French.  ----> Can she speak French?

They will come next week -----> Will they come next week?

She is speaking to her boss ------>Is she speaking to her boss?

They are attending the customers.--------> Are they attending the customers?

She has finished the assignment. -------> has she finished the assignment?

B - Changing statement (without a main verb) into questions

She is a timid girl. ----> Is she a timid girl?

The coffee is hot enough ------> Is the coffee hot enough?

You have some books. -----> have you  some books? (= Do you have some books?)

NOTE: If there is no main verb  in sentence auxiliary verb acts as a main verb

C. Changing statement (Without an auxiliary verb.) into questions.

She speaks five languages. -----> Does she speak five languages?

They like fruits. -----> Do they like fruits?

She went to Paris last week. -------> Did she go to Paris last week? (Did +  go = went)

Note: If there is no auxiliary verb in the statement, the question is made by introducing an auxiliary verb in the question.

Note:  Subject                Auxiliary Verb (For Making negatives/questions.)

        I/We/you/they                  Do --> Present , Did ---> past

         He/she/it                          Does --> Present, Did ---> past