{"id":3349,"date":"2025-07-15T18:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:55:55","slug":"english-interrogative-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/english-interrogative-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"English Interrogative Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/h2>\n
The interrogative mood is used to ask questions. It is one of five different moods in English and can be used with all tenses. It allows us to seek yes\/no answers, specific information or clarification.<\/div>\n

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In-depth Explanation<\/h2>\n
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Interrogative sentences (questions) are typically formed by changing the word order (subject-verb inversion) or by using auxiliary verbs. Here are the key structures:<\/p>\n

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Yes\/No Questions<\/h3>\n

These questions can be answered with a simple “yes” or “no.” The structure is:<\/p>\n

[Auxiliary verb] + [subject] + [main verb] + [object\/complement]?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Do you like pizza?<\/p>\n

Is she coming to the party?<\/p>\n

The two exceptions are when using\u00a0the verb \u201cto be\u201d or a modal verb<\/strong>\u00a0like \u201ccan\u201d or \u201cshould.\u201d In this case, they invert directly (switch places) with the subject. For example:<\/p>\n

Are you ready?<\/p>\n

Were they at the park yesterday?<\/p>\n

Can we leave now?<\/p>\n

Should he bring a towel?<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/p>\n

Wh- Questions<\/h3>\n

These questions ask for specific information. We use the same structure as we do for yes\/no questions, with the Wh- word at the beginning.<\/p>\n

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Question Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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who<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Who is at the door?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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what<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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What are you doing?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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where<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Where does he live?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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when<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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When will the train arrive?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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why<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Why were they late?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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how<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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How does this work?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Tag Questions<\/h3>\n

Tag questions are used to\u00a0confirm or check information<\/strong>. For this, we use a statement followed by a tag that consists of an auxiliary verb and subject pronoun:<\/p>\n

[Statement] + [auxiliary verb] + [subject]?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The auxiliary verb is negative if the statement is positive and positive if the statement is negative. For example:<\/p>\n

You\u2019re coming, aren\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

She wasn\u2019t angry, was she?<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t leave my phone at home, did I?<\/p>\n

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Negative Questions<\/h3>\n

We can also form questions with negative verbs for various reasons, including to confirm or clarify information, express surprise or disbelief and to make polite suggestions or offers. They are formed using \u201cnot\u201d or its contraction (n’t). For example:<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t you see the sign?<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it a beautiful day?<\/p>\n

Why haven\u2019t they called?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary The interrogative mood is used to ask questions. It is one of five different moods in English and can be used with all tenses. It allows us to seek yes\/no answers, specific information or clarification. In-depth Explanation Interrogative sentences (questions) are typically formed by changing the word order (subject-verb inversion) or by using auxiliary …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[758,754,752,745,748,756,744,746,273,751,759,761,749,287,747,760,757,750,755,753],"class_list":["post-3349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mood","tag-bai-tap-cau-nghi-van","tag-cau-hoi-wh","tag-cau-hoi-yes-no","tag-cau-nghi-van-tieng-anh","tag-cong-thuc-cau-nghi-van","tag-dang-cau-hoi-tieng-anh","tag-english-interrogative-mood","tag-hoc-cau-nghi-van","tag-hoc-tieng-anh-cung-eduma","tag-interrogative-examples","tag-interrogative-exercises","tag-interrogative-grammar","tag-interrogative-sentence-structure","tag-learn-english-with-eduma","tag-learn-interrogative-sentences","tag-ngu-phap-cau-nghi-van","tag-types-of-english-questions","tag-vi-du-cau-nghi-van","tag-wh-questions","tag-yes-no-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3351,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions\/3351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}