Making Negative Questions - 46
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
Prior knowledge
A. Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs). These Verbs are used with the main verbs to form Tenses, passive forms,negatives and questions.
The forms of Auxiliary are be forms (am, is, are, was, were, shall/will. e.g I am a teacher.)
Do forms do, does, did, done. e.g. Do you Speak French.
Have forms have, has, had. e.g. She has done the job
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
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They
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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' type - 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?
Note: Subject ----> Auxiliary Verb (For Making negatives/questions.)
I/We/you/they Do+I/we/you/they--> Present,
Did + I/we/you/they--> Past
He/she/it Does+ he/she/it --> present
Did + he/she/it--> past
TOPIC- NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
Negative Questions have two different meanings, ( The meanings depend on the situation and the context.). Generally negative questions have two structures.
A. Yes/no Type question –
I Structure = Auxiliary verb + not + Subject
1. Doesn’t he know the manners?
2. Hasn’t she come
II Structure = Auxiliary verb + subject + not
1. Does he not know the manners?
2. Has she not come?
B. ‘wh’ Type question.
I Structure = ‘Wh’ question word + auxiliary + not subject
Why haven’t you come yesterday?
Why didn’t she see the doctor this morning?
II Structure = “Wh’ question word + auxiliary verb + subject + not
Why have you not come yesterday?
Why did she not see the doctor this morning?
Negative Question – Confirmatory - Positive
Isn’t his argument illogical? – ( Every one will agree that his argument is illogical)
Isn’t it a lovely picture?
Wouldn’t it be better to wait for some more time?
Wasn’t it a boring movie? ( That we saw yesterday.)
Negative question – Confirmatory à Negative
Haven’t the guests arrived yet? ( Guests have not yet arrived.)
Can’t you come next week? (Why?)
Haven’t you received the check yet? (I will find the cause.)
Negative questions in other situations
Won’t you wait for me some more time?
Why don’t you spend some time at a hill resort?
Wouldn’t you like to have your favorite drink now?
The Professor yelled, “ Don’t you pay your attention to what I say?”
Excuse me, can you lend me your trolley for some time?
Can’t you help your sister when she is in distress?
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