Interrogative Mood for intermediate learners

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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.

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"Interrogative Mood" in the English Grammar

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:

Are you having fun? Yes, I am./No, I am not.

Yes/No questions

When can we meet?

Wh-questions

We can go swimming, can't we?

Tag (also called disjunctive) questions

Didn't I tell you to be quiet?

Negative questions

Declarative Mood

There are different types of moods in English. Each shows a special manner toward the subject. In this article, we will focus on the declarative mood.

Imperative Mood

If you're wondering what the word 'imperative' means, in grammar, imperatives are verbs that are used to tell somebody what to do or not to do.

Subjunctive Mood

Subjunctive is a form or mood of verbs that helps us talk about wishes, possibility or uncertainty. To learn about this mood, start reading this article.

Exclamatory Mood

There are six moods in English grammar. In this article, we will focus on the exclamatory mood. Exclamatives are moods of feelings.

Conditional Mood

Have you ever thought about something that might have happened if there was a different situation in the past? Conditionals help us talk about possibilities.

Zero Conditional

'If you don't eat or drink, you die'. 'If you heat water, it boils'. Zero conditional is used to talk about facts or situations which are always true.

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