C.S.- II CHAPTER NO -02 FRAMING QUESTION

1. 1. PREPOSITION.
2. FRAMING QUESTION.
3. CONJUCATION.
4. TENSES.

2. 2.FRAMING QUESTION
DEFINITION:-
 Framing Question in as important as constructing of sentence. For a good
language learner it is important to know how to frame question. ‘Making of
Question’ is considered as framing question.
 All formats or type of sentence can be converted into questions. Now
question arises “How to frame question?” Before we start this topic we must
understand various basic rules:-
1) What are helping verb?
2) What are modal auxiliary ?
3) What is subject?
4) What are the places of subject and helping verb in a sentence?

3. 1.HELPING VERB
It plays an important role in framing question . It generally comes
after subject in affirmative and negative sentences and it is
placed before the subject or between question word and subject
in an interrogative.
SR.NO. TENSE HELPING VERB
01.
02.
03.
04.
Present Indefinite
Past Indefinite
Future(all tense)
Present,Past,Future
perfect tense
1.does/do
2.Did
3.Will
4.has/have/had

4. 2.MODAL AUXILIARY
These are also placed after subject in affirmative and negative
sentence . Most commonly used model auxiliaries are
Can Could May Might Will
Would shall Ought to Should Etc.

5. 3.SUBJECT
The main part of a sentence that is generally found at the
starting of the sentence . It generally performs an act or
sometimes it is discussed in the sentence.
Subject may be a noun or a pronoun.
o Suresh in going to market.
o Ravish thanks Mr. Dinesh for help.
o Vikas in an intelligent boy.
o Meeta looks sad today.
o Suresh , Ravish , Vikas and Meeta are subjects in the above sentences.

6. 4.Placenof subject and helping
Verb/Modal Auxiliary
Subject comes at the starting of the sentence while helping verb
or modal auxiliary comes after subject.
EXAMPLE:-
1. She is going to market.
2. Yami and Bhudha have lost their money.
3. They will join Indian Army.
4. I can do this work alone.
‘she , Yami and Bhudha , They and I’ are subject while ‘is , have ,
will and can’ are helping verb/modal auxiliary.

8. TYPES OF INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES
Interrogative sentences have three formats:-
1. Without question word– When there is no need of question word to frame
a question then we need to simply put helping verb before the subject and
put a ‘?’(Question mark) at the end of the sentence.
2. With question mark– In this type of question formation question word is
used at the starting of the question and rest ‘formation rule’ remain same.
3. With question tag (avoid writing full sentence/statement)
 Now, let us discuss the formation of question (with and without question
word) acc. To tenses.{(Detail about the tenses and modal auxiliary are
explain on next presentation ).}

9. FRAMING QUESTION BY
USING ‘QUESTION TAGS’(?)
A tag question is a special construction in English . It is a statement following by a mini-question .
We use tag question to ask for confirmation . They mean something's like : “Is that right?” or “Do
you agree?” They are very common in English.
The basic structure of a tag question is:
Positive statements Negative tag
1. Snow is white,------------------------------------------------------ isn’t it?
2. You like me,--------------------------------------------------------- don’t you?
3. This flower is very beautiful,-------------------------------------- isn’t it?
4. Rahul is very stupid,------------------------------------------------ isn’t he?
5. Mr. Jain broke this glass,------------------------------------------- doesn’t he?
Negative statements Positive tag
1. This doll is not beautiful,------------------------------------------------- is it?
2. Vikas has not eaten apples,----------------------------------------------- has he?
3. Tannu will not go to temple,---------------------------------------------- will she?
4. Vibhu’s mother doesn’t cooks delicious food,-------------------------- does she?

10. 1.Positive Statement & Tag Questions
Look at these examples with the positive statements . You will see that most
of the time , the auxiliary verb fro the positive statement is repeated in the
tag and change to negative.
(+) positive statements (-) negative tag
sr. no. subject auxiliary Main verb auxiliary +not +subject
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10.
You
We
You
You
They
I
We
He
You
Meera
Are
Have
Will
Can
Must
should
Coming,
Finished,
Like
Like
Help,
Come,
Go,
Try,
Are
was
Coffee
Coffee
Harder,
English
There,
Are
Have
Do
Do
Wo
Can
Must
Should
Are
Was
n’t
n’t
n’t
n’t
n’t
‘t
n’t
n’t
n’t
n’t
You?
We?
You?
You?
They?
I?
We?
He?
You?
She?

11. 2.Negative Statement Tag Questions
Look at these examples with the negative statement . Notice that the negative
verb in the original statement is changed to positive in the tag.
(-) negative statement (+) positive statement
subject
+auxili
ary
+not
+main
verb
auxiliary +subject
It
We
You
They
They
I
We
He
You
You
John
Is
Have
Do
Will
Wo
Can
Must
Should
Will
n’t
never
n’t
not
n’t
never
n’t
n’t
n’t
raining,
seen
like
help,
report
do
tell
drive
be
are
was
n’t
not
that,
coffee,
us,
it right,
her,
so fast,
late,
English
there,
is
have
do
will
will
can
must
should
will
are
was
it?
we?
you?
they?
they?
I?
we?
he?
you?
you?
he?

12. 3.Negative adverb & Question Tags
The adverbs never , rarely , seldom , hardly , barely and scarcely have a
negative sense. Even through they may be in a positive statement , the
feeling of the statement is negative . We treat statement with these words
like negative statements , so the question tag is normally positive. Look at
these examples:
Positive statement treated as negative
statement
Positive tag
He never came again,
She can rarely comes these days,
You hardly even came late,
I barely know you,
You would scarely expect her to know that,
did he?
can she?
did you?
do I?
would you?

13. 4.Imperatives
Sometimes we use question tag with imperatives (invitations , order), but the
sentence remain an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use
won’t for invitations. We use can, can’t, will, would for orders.
Imperative + question tag notes
Help me, can you?
Help me, can’t you?
Close the door, would you?
Do it now, will you?
Don’t forget , will you?
Quite friendly
Quite friendly (some irritation?)
Quite polite
Less polite
With negative imperatives only
‘will’ is possible.

14. SOME MORE SPECIAL CASES IN
QUESTION TAG
EXAMPLES NOTES
I am right, aren’t I ?
You have to go, don’t you?
I have been answering , haven’t I?
Nothing came in the post, did it?
Let’s go, shall we?
He’d better do it , hadn’t he?
aren’t I (not amn’t I)
you(do) have to go.....
use first auxiliary
treat statements with nothing, nobody etc.
Like negative statement
let’s =let us
he had better (no auxiliary)

15. MIXED EXAMPLES OF TAG
QUESTION
Here is a list of examples of tag question in different contexts . Notice that
some are “normal” and other seen to break all the rules:
1. But you don’t really love her , do you?
2. This’ll work, won’t it?
3. Oh! You think so, do you?
4. Well, I couldn’t help it, could I?
5. We’d never have known, would we?
6. Oh! You do, do you?
7. Nobody know , do they?
8. Shut up , will you?
9. Nothing will happen, will it?