In two-member simple declarative sentences hypothetic or incentive modality is expressed this way: I had better tell him about it.
Mother walked her child in the garden. The teacher let the pupils go
home earlier. I will try to have my dress made by then…( Dreiser). He
had succeeded in making her talk. ( London)
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Interrogative sentences ask a question and always end with a
question mark. The usual word order for the interrogative sentence is:
(wh-word+) auxiliary+subject+verb….Interrogative sentences can be
positive or negative. They are formed by means of inversion, that is by
placing the predicate or part of it before the subject. If the subject of the
interrogative sentence is an interrogative word the inversion is not used:
Tom is working in the garden. - Who is working in the garden? -What
is Tom doing?
There are four kinds of interrogative sentences: general questions,
special questions, alternative questions , disjunctive questions.
General questions require the answer yes or no, they are
pronounced with a rising intonation and formed by placing the part of
the predicate, that is the auxiliary or modal verb before the subject of
the sentence: Do you like art? Are you a doctor? Can you speak
English? Sometimes such questions have a negative form and express
astonishment or doubt: Haven’t you seen him yet? General questions
are sometimes rhetorical and don’t require any answer expressing some
emotion: Can you commit a whole country to their own prisons? Will
you erect a gibbet in every field and hang men like scarecrows?( Byron)
Special questions begin with an interrogative word and is
pronounced with a falling intonation. The interrogative word precedes
the auxiliary verb, the order of words is the same as in general
questions: Where do you live ? If the interrogative word is the subject
of the sentence or an attribute to the subject, the order of words is that
of a statement , that is no inversion is used: Who lives in this room?
Whose pen is on the table?
