Interrogative Mood for intermediate learners
Interrogative mood is a form of verb that is used to ask questions. Now if you want to learn how to make questions correctly, read this article.
What Is Interrogative Mood?
An interrogative mood is a form of the verb we use to ask questions. So, any sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark is in an interrogative mood.
Can I ask you a question?
When will the work be finished?
Do you like bananas?
Structure
We do not change the form of a verb in the interrogative mood. Instead, we change the place of the auxiliary verb and place it before the subject. The main verb comes after the subject.
Are you seeing this?
Where do you think you're going?
Common Types of Interrogatives
Here are some constructions of the interrogative mood:
- Yes/No questions
- Wh-questions
- Tag questions
- Negative questions
Yes/No questions
Wh-questions
We can go swimming,
Tag (also called disjunctive) questions
Negative questions