interrogative
part of speech
adjective (interrogative); noun (an interrogative, interrogatives)
meaning for a pupil
1) (grammar) Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. tree →
2) (grammar, noun) An interrogative is a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why, which or how. tree →
3) (formal) An interrogative look or tone seems to be asking a question. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English grammar lessons: the four sentence types are statement (declarative), question (interrogative), command (imperative) and exclamation. Interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, what.
examples
- «Where is my bag?» is an interrogative sentence. tree →
- Who, what and why are interrogatives. tree →
- Turn the statement into the interrogative form. tree →
- An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. tree →
- She gave me an interrogative look. tree →
- Write three interrogative sentences about the story. tree →
note
Related: interrogate (to question hard, like police), interrogation. Grammar trap: «I wonder where he is.» is a statement, not interrogative, even though it has «where».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «interrogative» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.