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DefinitionIdentificationVerb 'be'Application - Verb 'be'Verb 'have'Application - Verb 'have'Multi-word verbsApplication - Multi-word verbs
Card 1Definition

What is an interrogative sentence?

Answer

An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question. It always ends with a question mark (?). For example: 'Are you happy?' or 'Where do you live?'…

Card 2Identification

How do you identify an interrogative sentence?

Answer

You can identify an interrogative sentence by two things: 1) It asks a question, and 2) It ends with a question mark (?). For example: 'Did she go to school?' is a question and has a '?' at the end.

Card 3Verb 'be'

What happens to the verb 'be' when making a sentence interrogative?

Answer

When the verb is 'be' (am, is, are, was, were), we move it to the beginning of the sentence. For example: 'I am tired' becomes 'Am I tired?' and 'They were late' becomes 'Were they late?'…

Card 4Application - Verb 'be'

Change 'She is dancing' into an interrogative sentence.

Answer

The interrogative form is: 'Is she dancing?' We move the verb 'is' to the beginning of the sentence.

Card 5Verb 'have'

How do we make sentences with 'have' interrogative?

Answer

We can make 'have' sentences interrogative in two ways: 1) Move 'have/has/had' to the front: 'Has he a bat?' OR 2) Use 'do/does/did': 'Do you have money?' Both are correct, but the second is more comm…

Card 6Application - Verb 'have'

Change 'You have a new book' into two types of questions.

Answer

1) Have you a new book? (formal) 2) Do you have a new book? (common in everyday use). Both are correct, but 'Do you have...' is more widely used today.

Card 7Multi-word verbs

How do you form a question when the verb has two or more words?

Answer

When the verb has two or more words (like 'is laughing' or 'was playing'), we move the first word (usually a helping verb) to the beginning. For example: 'The baby is smiling' becomes 'Is the baby smi…

Card 8Application - Multi-word verbs

Change 'Hari is laughing' into a question.

Answer

The interrogative form is: 'Is Hari laughing?' We move the first word 'is' to the beginning.

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