Interrogative Sentences — Practice Quiz

He will leave early?

Step 1: To form a correct interrogative sentence, the helping verb must come BEFORE the subject. Step 2: 'Am I right?' – correct, 'am' is before 'I'. Step 3: 'Is she old?' – correct, 'is' is before 'she'. Step 4: 'Will he leave early?' – correct, 'will' is before 'he'. Step 5: 'He will leave early?' is a statement with only a question mark added – this is NOT a correctly formed interrogative sentence because the verb order has not changed.

have

Step 1: In the sentence 'You have a pen', the verb is 'have'. Step 2: 'Have' is a helping/auxiliary verb here. Step 3: The rule for sentences with 'have/has/had' says: move 'have/has/had' before the subject. Step 4: The subject is 'you'. So 'have' moves before 'you'. Step 5: The question becomes 'Have you a pen?' The words 'pen', 'you' (subject), and 'a' (article) do not move to the front.

Move the first word of the verb before the subject.

Step 1: When a verb phrase has two or more words (e.g., 'will leave', 'have seen', 'can help'), only the FIRST word is moved. Step 2: Example – 'He will leave early.' → 'Will he leave early?' Only 'will' moves. Step 3: Example – 'She can help me.' → 'Can she help me?' Only 'can' moves. Step 4: Moving the LAST word would break the grammar. Step 5: Moving the ENTIRE verb phrase is also wrong because the main verb stays after the subject.

Can she help me?

Step 1: The verb phrase is 'can help' (two words). Step 2: The first word is 'can' (a modal helping verb). Step 3: The subject is 'she'. Step 4: Move 'can' before 'she': 'Can she help me?' Step 5: Option A incorrectly moves both 'can' and 'help'. Option B just adds '?' without reordering. Option D mixes up all the words incorrectly.