Frame questions

OCTOBER 9, 2014 - 

The interrogative pronouns who, what, whom, whose, which and the interrogative

adverbs where, when, why and how are used to frame information questions.

The structure ‘how + an adjective/adverb’ may also be used to frame information

questions.

Make meaningful questions using the interrogative pronouns given above.

1. ..................................... books are these?

Who's

Whose

Whos

2. ..................................... do you want?

What

Whose

Which

3. ........................................... will you stay with?

Whom

What

Which

4. With ....................................... are you going?

who

whom
what

5. ....................................... did you go there?

Why

What

Which

6. ........................................... is your boy?

Which

What

7. ......................................... do you come from?

What

When

Where

8. ....................................... did you meet him?

When

Where

How

All of the above

9. ................................... long is this bridge?

What

How

Which

10. ......................................... old is your father?

What

How

11. ..................................... brothers and sisters do

you have?
How many

How much

12. ....................................... is your headmaster?

Who

What

13. ............................................ did you come to this

place?
When

Where

What

Answers
1. Whose books are these?

2. What do you want?

3. Whom will you stay with?

4. I am going with my aunt.

5. Why did you go there?

6. Which is your boy?

7. Where do you come from?

8. When did you meet him?

9. How long is this bridge?

10. How old is your father?

11. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

12. Who is your headmaster?

13. When did you come to this place?

DEFINITION
WH questions
Wh-questions begin with what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how. 
The 'W' in WH question stands for what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why; whereas, the 'H'
stands for how. 
Let's form WH-questions using auxiliary verbs:
We usually form wh-questions with wh- + an auxiliary verb (be, do or have) + subject + main verb or
with wh- + a modal verb + subject + main verb:
Be: When  are you leaving?
Do: Where do  they live?
Have: What has  she done now?
Modal: Who  would  she stay with?
Let's form WH - questions without the auxiliaries:
Remember, when what, who, which or whose is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary in
such cases. We use the word order subject + verb:

What fell off the wall? 

Which  horse won?
Who bought this? 
Whose phone rang?
DEFINITION

Frame Questions
The interrogative pronouns who, what, whom, whose, which and the interrogative adverbs where, when,
why and how are used to frame information questions.
The structure how + an adjective/adverb may also be used to frame information questions.
 How old is your father?
 How many brothers and sisters do you have?
 Who is your headmaster?
 When did you come to this place?
DEFINITION

Yes/No Questions

Yes or No questions are questions that can be answered with a 'yes' or 'no.' For example:
Do you like classical music?
Is this your blue jacket?
EXAMPLE

Yes/No Questions

Yes or No questions can be framed in different ways.

1. If the main verb in the sentence is "to be," invert the position of the verb and the subject to
frame a yes/no question. For example:
She is his mother. 
Is she his mother?

2. If the sentence includes a main verb and another auxiliary (helping) verb, invert the position of
the subject and the first verb to frame a yes/no question. For example:
He will go to Paris next year.
Will he go to Paris next year?

3. If the sentence does not include the verb "to be" or any other helping verbs, use do, does,
or did  to frame a yes/no question. For example: 
Raymond usually works from home.
Does Raymond usually work from home?
EXAMPLE

Negative Yes/No Questions

Negative yes or no questions are used to confirm something that we believe to be true. These
questions are framed using the word "not"  which is usually shortened as "n't." For example:
Isn't that the house that was broken into?
Shouldn't we report this to the police?

Framing of questions
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Before studying to frame questions,  we have to learn all  the most relevant question words and their purposes 
and also understand  more about the types and patterns of interrogative sentences ( sentences denoting
questions).

First of all, let’s study about the types and patterns of interrogative sentences .
Interrogative sentences are in two types.
1. Auxiliary beginning interrogative sentences         &
 
1. Question word beginning interrogative sentences
 
 Auxiliary beginning interrogative sentences.
Interrogative sentences beginning with auxiliary verbs are known as Auxiliary beginning interrogative
sentences.
The answer of this type of interrogative sentences is always ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.  So they are also called
as ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions.   This type of sentences can be used in Active voice and Passive voice.
The common pattern in Active Voice is shown as below:-
Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Verb + O ?
Eg:  Do you know Grammar ?
Here  ‘Do’ is the auxiliary verb, ‘You’ is the subject, ‘know’ is the verb and ‘Grammar’ is the object.

The common pattern in Passive voice is given below:-

Auxiliary verb + O + V3 ( past participle form of the verb) + by + Subject ?
Eg: Is Grammar known by you?
Here,  ‘Is’ is the auxiliary verb, ‘Grammar’ is the object, ‘known’ is the V3 and  ‘you’ is the subject.
 
 Question word beginning interrogative sentences.
Interrogative sentences beginning with question words are known as question word beginning interrogative
sentences. They can be used in  Active voice and Passive voice.
The common pattern of this type of interrogative sentences  in Active Voice is as shown below:–
Question word + Auxiliary verb + Subject + Verb + Object ?
Eg:  When did Jacob ask the question?
Here,   ‘When’ is the question word, ‘did’ is the Auxiliary verb,  ‘Jacob’ is the subject, ‘ask’ is the verb and
‘the question’ is the object in the example.

The common pattern in Passive voice is given below:-

Question word + Be-forms + Object + V3 ( past participle form of the verb)  + by + Subject ?
Eg:- When  was the question asked by Martin?
Here, ‘When’ is the question word,  ‘was’ is the be-form, ‘the question’ is the object, ‘asked’ is the past
participle form of the verb ( V3) and ‘Martin’ is the subject.

But  if the question word is ‘Who’ or ‘What’,    there will be a slight difference in the pattern in both voices. 
To know the difference and  understand  more about auxiliary beginning and question word beginning
interrogative sentences in both voices  click here.

Now we are going to study more about  question words and their purposes one by one in detail.

  Who
The question word ‘Who’ is used to denote persons.  The purpose of this question word is to know the ‘Do-
er’ ( subject) of the ‘verb’ in a sentence.
Eg: Martin played football.

Here, if we have to know the ‘Do-er’ of the verb ‘played’ in the sentence, we should use the question word  ‘
who’.  Then we get the answer ‘Martin’.

To frame a question for the given sentence as example,  the question word Who is to be used in the 
interrogative sentence with the purpose of getting Martin as the answer,  as shown below;
Who played football ?

Now, let’s see the given direction and try to frame a question as directed.

 
‘Megha’ attended the meeting.  ( Frame a question to get the word in italics as answer)

Here we know that  ‘Megha’, the word in italics, is the subject of the sentence.   So to get this as answer, we
should use the question word ‘Who’.
Then the question will be,
Who attended the meeting?

 Whom
This is also used to denote persons  in a sentence.  The purpose of this question word is to know the object in a
sentence.

Eg:  Mathew called  ‘Mary’.

Here Mary is the object in the sentence.  So, to know the object in the sentence, the question word Whom is to
be used as shown below,

Whom did Mathew call?

By whom.
This  question word is used in passive voice as subject. The purpose of the question word is to know the ‘Do-
er’ of the verb in a sentence.
Eg:  The work was completed by ‘John’.
Here the sentence is in passive voice and  ‘John’ is the subject. So, to get John as the answer,  the question
word ‘By whom’ is to be used as follows,
By whom was the work completed?

What.
It is used to denote the object in a sentence.

Eg;  Mahesh  wrote a ‘poem’.

 

The object of the sentence is ‘poem’.  To get ‘poem’ as the answer,  the question word ‘what’ is to be used
here, as shown below,

What did Mahesh write ?

Which
 It is  used to denote  nouns.
 
Eg: ‘Grammar’ is very tough to him.

Here ‘Grammar’ is the noun.  To get  Grammar  as  answer,  the question word ‘which’ is to be used, as
follows,

Which is very tough to him?

Which + noun.
It is used to denote a ‘noun along with adjective’ standing as an  object in a sentence.

Eg:  She  often likes ‘long kurtas’.

Here,  ‘long Kurtas’  is the object of the sentence in which ‘kurtas’ is the ‘noun’ that stands  along with the
adjective ‘long’.   So to get ‘long kurtas’ as answer, the question word  ‘Which + noun’ is to be used as
shown below,
                      ‘Which kurtas’ does she often like?

When.
It is used to know the ‘time’ of the verb in a sentence.

 
Eg: Tom reached there at ‘4. P.M’.

Here,  ‘4.P.M’. is the time of the verb ‘reached’.  So, to get ‘4. P.M’. as answer, the question word ‘When’ is
to be used as follows,

‘When’ did Tom reach there?

  Where
It is used to ask about a ‘place’ in a sentence.

Eg:  Mathew settled in ‘Australia’.

Here ‘Australia’ denotes a place ( a country)  and to get it as answer, the question word ‘Where’ is to be used
as shown below,
‘Where’ did Mathew settle?

 Why
It is used to ask about a reason.

Eg: Jancy missed the train because ‘she was late’.

Here,  the fact ‘She was late’ is the reason for Jancy to have missed the train.  So to get the reason as answer,
the question word ‘Why’ is to be used as follows,
‘Why’ did Jancy miss the train?

The above question words are known as Wh-question words.

 
Question words beginning with How are given below.

How.
It is used to ask about ‘the manner or the way of the verb being done’ in a sentence.

Eg: Namit went to  school ‘by bus’.

 
Here, the phrase ‘by bus’ denotes ‘the manner of  Namit going to school’.  So to get ‘the manner’ as the
answer,  the question word  ‘How’ is to be used as shown below,
‘How’ did Namit go to school?

How often.
 It is used to ask about ‘a specific time regarding to habitual actions’.

Eg: She watches movies ‘every weekend’.

Here, ‘watching movies’ is her habitual action and  ‘every weekend’ is the specific time.  So to get
the specific time as the answer,  the question word ‘How often’ is to be used as follows,
‘How often’ does she watch movies?

How far.
It is used to ask about the distance between places.

Eg:   The Moon is 384,400 km. away from Earth.

Here,  384,400 km is the distance and to get it as the answer,  the question word ‘How far’ is to be used as
shown below,

‘How far’   is the Moon away from Earth?

 
How long.
 It is used to ask about the duration of time.

 
Eg: We should  wait here for ‘2 hours’. 

Here,  ‘2 hours’ is a duration of time  and to get it as answer,  the question word ‘How long’ is to be used  as
follows,

‘How long’  should we wait here?

 
How many.
 It is used to ask about numbers.
 
Eg:  He has ‘two’ cars.

Here , ‘two’ is the number and to get it as the answer, the question word ‘How many’ is to be used as shown
below,

‘How many’ cars does he have?

How much.
It is used to ask about the quantity of something.

Eg:  Mary bought ‘2 litres  milk’.

Here, 2 litres milk is a quantity and to get it as answer,  the question word ‘How much’ is to be used as
follows,

‘How much’ milk did Mary bought.

The difference between the question words ‘How many’ and ‘How much’ is that while ‘How many’ denotes
‘numbers of something’,  ‘How much’ denotes ‘quantity of something’.
 
Eg: Q : How many kilometres should we travel to reach there?
Ans: We should travel 4 kilometres to reach there.

Q :  How much did you pay for that?

      Ans:  I paid $ 5 USD for that.

There are two kinds of questions.

They are yes or no questions and wh questions.

Yes or no questions:

V+ S+ X?

Is he a fool?

V1+S+V2?

Is he going?

V1+S+V2+X?

Is he going home?

Can he drive a car?

Did he break the doll?

Have they seen her?

Wh questions:

Wh+V+S?

Where is he?

What is it?

Wh+V1+S+V2?

What are they doing?

Wh+V1+S+V2+X?

Why is he digging the pit?

When did she sing the song?