Interrogatives Question Answer
Activity -1
Divide the following sentences into two broad categories and state why you have done so.
1. Where’s my pen?
2. Isn’t that my pen?
3. Why haven’t you done your homework?
4. How are you?
5. Would you like something to eat?
6. What’s the time by your watch?
7. Are you listening?
8. You have been to Delhi before, haven’t you?
| 1. Where | is my pen? |
| 2. Is | not that my pen? |
| 3. Why | (haven’t you done your homework? |
| 4. How | are you? |
| 5. Would | you like something to eat? |
| 6. What | (is) the time by your watch? |
| 7. Are | you listening? |
| 8. haven’t | you? |
Activity 2
Write yes/no questions or wh-questions, using the following expressions :
1 . you / go / to Puri / last year?
2. where / be / Seema / today?
3. you / write / class notes?
4. what / be / the STD code / for Bhubaneswar?
5. where / Samar / live / at the moment?
Ans:
1. Did you go to Puri last year? (Yes – No Qn.)
2. Where is Seema today? (Wh-Qn.)
3. Do you write class notes? (Yes – No Qn.)
4. What is the STD code for Bhubaneswar? (Wh – Qn.)
5. Where does Samar live at the moment? (Wh – Qn.)
CHSE Odisha Board Class 12 Invitation to English 4 English Grammar Interrogatives
Activity 3
Change these statements into wh-questions, using the in the brackets :
1 . Seema put that letter on my desk. (Who)
2. Jatin left his bag on the bus. (Where)
3. That is my friend’s bag. (Whose)
4. He means this one. (Which)
5. All the trains were late yesterday because of heavy rain. (Why)
6. They walked two kilometres before they found the shop. (How far)
7. 54,763 eggs were used in the world’s biggest omelette. (How many)
Ans:
1 . Who put that letter on your desk?
2. Where did Jatin leave his bag?
3. Whose bag is that?
4. Which one does he mean?
5. Why were all the trains late yesterday?
6. How far did they walk before they found the shop?
7. How many eggs were used in the world’s biggest omelette?
Activity 4
Ask questions to get the following answers.
1. I’m fine, thank you.
2. About 40 kilos.
3. Yesterday evening.
4. The giraffe.
5. Yes, just before my eyes.
Ans:
1. How are you?
2. How much does it weigh?
3. When did you come?
4. Which animal has the longest neck?
5. Did the accident happen before your eyes?
CHSE Odisha Board Class 12 Invitation to English 4 English Grammar Interrogatives
Activity 5
Work in small groups. One member goes out, and in his / her absence other members choose an object in the classroom. When (s)he comes back, (s)he has to guess the article by asking yes/no questions to the other members, asking them serially, for example :
O: Is it the blackboard?
S1: No, it isn’t.
O: Is it the teacher’s table?
S2: No, it isn’t…
1 . O: Is that the chair?
S1: No, that isn’t
O: Is it the duster in my hand?
S2: No, it isn’t.
2. O: Is it the map of India?
S1: No, it isn’t.
O: Is it a globe?
S2: No, it isn’t
3. O: Is it the blackboard?
S1: Yes, it is.
O: Is it the teacher’s table?
S2: Yes, it is.
4. O: Is that the chair?
S1: Yes, that is.
O: Is it the map of India?
S2: Yes, it is
Activity 6
One student stands in front of the class. He thinks of a person or a place. Other students ask him yes/no or wh-questions in order to guess the person or the place. The students ask in turn and twenty questions are allowed. If a student guesses correctly, he replaces the first student.
Example :
S, = have you thought of a person.
X = Person.
S2 = Is the person dead?
X = Yes.
S3 = Was the person a man?
X = Yes.
S4 = When did he die?
X = In Twentieth Century. (Here X can refuse to answer, because (s) he may give away
the secret.)
S5 = Was he a film star?
X = No.
S6 = Was he famous?
X = Yes.
S7 = In which field was he famous?
X = Politics.
Sg = Was he a freedom fighter?
X = Yes.
S9 = Was he a minister?
X = No.
S10 = Is it Mahatma Gandhi?
X = Yes. [And now S,0 becomes X]
CHSE Odisha Board Class 12 Invitation to English 4 English Grammar Interrogatives
Activity 7
Look at the questions in the left column and the list of functions in the right column. Decide on a function for each question :
| 1. What time is it? | a. asking to distinguish |
| 2. Is that poisonous or nonpoisonous? | b. expressing lack of belief. |
| 3. You’re back rather early, aren’t you? | c. offering assistance |
| 4. What do you mean by early? | d. asking for assistance |
| 5. Must you sing at this time of the night? | e. asking for information |
| 6. Shall I do that for you? | f. expressing irritation |
| 7. Would you mind holding this for a moment | g. asking for an opinion |
| 8. Why are you late? | h. expressing mild surprise. |
| 9. What did he look like? | i. asking for an explanation. |
| 10. What do you think of the new bowler? | j. asking for a description |
Ans:
1. = e
2. = j
3. = b
4. = h
5. = f
6. = c
7. = d
8. = g
9. = i
10. = a
Activity 8
In the light of your findings from the previous activity, what is the distinction between the terms question and interrogative?
Ans:
Questions are used to elicit information or to clear a doubt or problem requiring solution. Interrogative has the force of a question (used formally)
Activity 9
How many questions can you frame to get the following sentence or a part of it as the answer?
When Amar Nath and his partners took over the place, it was in ruins and was inhabited by bats and mice.
Ans:
1. What was the place like when Amar Nath and his partners took over it?
2. What was the place inhabited with when Amar Nath and his partners took over it?
3. Who took over the place which was in ruins and was inhabited by bats and mice?
4. Whose partners took over the place?
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