Interrogative sentences

Content

• Types of interrogative sentences
• Other types of questions
• When are they used?
• Examples of interrogative sentences
• Other types of sentences according to the intention of the speaker

The interrogative sentences They are those units of meaning that, in principle, ask the interlocutor for some specific information. To ask we resort to a special type of statement: theinterrogative sentences. For example:What time is it? or How many siblings did you say you had?

In another case, these types of sentences can be used to make a suggestion or give some advice to the receiver: Shouldn't you treat your mom better? or Don't you think you should review more before taking the exam?

Finally, interrogative sentences are sometimes used to pronounce a command: Why don't you go help your mother"Or Why don't you shut your mouth a little bit?

Types of interrogative sentences

• Direct. They are easily recognized by being framed by question marks, which act in place of the period. From the phonic, it is also easy to distinguish them because they have the intonation of the question. For example: Could you tell me your name? or Still a long way?
• Indirect. They have an enunciative preposition and an interrogative subordinate. They do not have a question mark (or question intonation) and usually have verbs such as "say", "ask" or "question". For example: I asked him why he didn't come.

Other types of questions

When are they used?

Both direct and indirect questions are used when you want to obtain information, the difference is that in the second case the information you want to obtain is specified in a subordinate way to a verb of understanding or speech (such as knowing, understanding, saying , ask, explain, know, announce, see, etc.) and are generally used when the information is requested from a third party, not from someone who is directly involved in what is being asked.

They are also used as a reflection on one's actions. For example: I wonder why I was so naive.

Something that characterizes interrogative sentences is the presence of interrogative pronouns that are written with diacritical tilde, which differentiates them from relative pronouns, typical of relative sentences.

The pronouns, with their declensions in number in certain cases, are:

• What. For example: What do you like to do in your free time?
• Where. For example: Where did you leave the keys?
• When. For example: When will dinner be ready?
• How. For example: How does this dress fit me?
• Which. For example: What is your cup?
• Who. For example: Who knows this answer?

They usually appear in the interrogative sentence combined with prepositions (for, by, until, in, from, to, etc.), and with it the value of the question changes.

However, it should be clarified that there is not always a pronoun of this type in the interrogative sentence. For example: Did you go to the meeting yesterday?

It can serve you:

• Interrogative statements
  
• Interrogative adverbs
• Interrogative adjectives

Examples of interrogative sentences

1. How much does a kilo of tomatoes cost?
2. Do you want to go to the movies with me?
3. Where is the museum of fine arts?
4. Do you like how this dress fits me?
5. Don't you think you should have apologized for what you did to him?
6. Could you close that window?
7. Would you mind helping me carry this box to the car?
8. How about we go out to dinner tomorrow?
9. He asked me why I hadn't called him for his birthday.
10. In what year did Columbus arrive in America?
11. What did you think of the play that I recommended?
12. How often are you going to visit your grandparents?
13. Why didn't you do the homework they gave you?
14. Does it seem right to answer your mother like that?
15. How many inhabitants does Denmark have?
16. Every how many years are there presidential elections?
17. I questioned why he hadn't kept me up to date.
18. Where do you want us to go for our honeymoon?
19. Did you read the last book by Pilar Sordo?
20. Why do you treat me this way?
21. We ask them how often they paint the house.
22. Can you help me prepare the salads?
23. Isn't the way he acted a little strange to you?
24. What color do you like the most for this wall? Light blue or green?
25. Are these the shoes you were telling me?
26. Why did I give you the jacket if you don't use it?
27. Why don't you help me cut the grass?
28. What is the outfit you bought for the party like?
29. What did you make this salad with?
30. What color is the car you rented?
31. What position does your dad have in the bank?
32. Doesn't it seem very inconsiderate of you to behave like this?
33. Is the little dog in that tree yours?
34. What is the best Shakespeare play for you?
35. Who is your best man?
36. How did you manage to put the puzzle together so fast?
37. Who was the president who resigned before the end of his term and left by helicopter?
38. What would you like to be when you grow up?
39. Where did you learn to cook so delicious?
40. Do you want us to take the furniture to your home or do you have it removed?
41. What day does your birthday fall this year?
42. What are you carrying that bag for?
43. Who are these guys who are playing ball?
44. What was the reason for your resignation?
45. The exam was about the war and how it had started-
46. When did you make your trip to Europe?
47. What kind of shoes are you looking for?
48. How about we order ice cream to go?
49. Doesn't what you're asking me seem a bit ridiculous?
50. Who voted against the new law?
51. What was your salary in February?
52. What is your mother-in-law's name?
53. Where do you go to dance on Saturdays?
54. Who was your thesis jury?
55. Are they suspicious of that man in the club?
56. What time do we meet tomorrow?
57. Do you drink wine or soda?
58. When did you last see her?
59. Why did you leave so early?
60. How far in advance do I have to get the tickets?
61. I wonder why they sell the car right now.
62. I can imagine where that gossip came from.
63. I am interested in knowing how much you earn.
64. I asked him to find out where to buy those parts.
65. Tell me who the scoundrel was who stole that document.
66. It was difficult for him to confess to me why he did it.
67. Luis has been fighting for months to know where his children are.
68. Who knows how much they will sell it for later.
69. I still don't understand how they managed to find it.
70. He did not remember where he had kept it.
71. When is your birthday?
72. What would you like to do when you grow up?
73. Because you were late?
74. Did you understand the lesson?
75. He asked me if I could accompany him.
76. They questioned me why I did not arrive with the delivery.
77. Where did this letter come from?
78. How long have you lived in this neighborhood?
79. I wonder if one day we can be happy.
80. What kind of movies you like?
81. Where is this bus traveling to?
82. I asked him to tell me where to go.
83. Are your savings enough to pay for the ticket?
84. Would you like to know how the story ends?
85. When did they make the complaint?
86. Where can I pass?
87. I would like to know why none of them studied for the exam.
88. What is inside the box?
89. How are these books ordered?
90. How much is the night worth in this hotel?
91. Who are responsible for this outrage?
92. When does the movie you star in premiere?
93. How can they be so calm?
94. They arrived on time?
95. Do you have computer studies?
96. I'd like you to explain to me where all the money is.
97. Can you believe it?
98. You are alone?
99. Why did profits increase but performance decrease?
100. I wonder if it was worth making so many changes.

Other types of sentences according to the intention of the speaker