Interrogative Sentences
The first sentence above is just a statement, but the second sentence asks a question. Sentences that ask something are called Interrogative Sentences.
Rules for framing of Interrogative sentences:
Look at the following sentences:
Verb – “To Be”
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Statement – Question
- You are ill. – Are you ill?
- We are happy – Are we happy?
- You are busy. – Are you busy?
- He is a teacher. – Is he a teacher?
- He was ill. – Was he ill?
- You were happy. – Were you happy?
- I was absent. – Was I absent?
- They were present there. – Were they present there?
Verb – “To Have”
Statement – Question
- I have a pen – Have I a pen?
- We have a big house. – Have we a big house?
- He has a bicycle. – Has he a bicycle?
- You have many friends – Have you many friends?
- I had many books. – Had I many books?
- You had a servant there. – Had you a servant there?
- The girl had a brother. – Had the girl a brother?
From the examples at A, B, C, and D above, it will be seen that for sentences with verbs “To be” and “To have” as main verbs, Interrogative sentences are formed by putting the verb at the beginning of the sentence. The subject comes immediately after that.
The rule applies to both Present and Past Tenses.
(মূল verb “To be” এবং “To have” হলে প্রশ্ন করবার সময় এই verbটি Sentence-এর আরম্ভে থাকে ও তার পরে Subject-টি বসে। Present Tense ও Past Tense উভয় ক্ষেত্রেই এরূপ হয়।)
Interrogative sentences with the verb “To have” as the main verb can also be formed by putting “do” or “does” in the present tense and “did” in the past tense at the beginning of the sentence.
The subject comes immediately after that and the main verb “to have” remains unchanged.
(verb “To have” subject-4 present tense-4 do does past tense-4 did বসিয়েও Interrogative sentence বা প্রশ্নবোধক বাক্য তৈরি করা যায়। এক্ষেত্রে মূল verb “To have”- এর কোনো পরিবর্তন হয় না।) As,
Statement – Question
- You have a house. – Have you a house? or, Do you have a house? (have = do + have) Has he two brothers?
- He has two brothers. – He has two brothers? or, Does he have two brothers? (has = does + have)
- She had a dog. – Had she a dog? or, Did she have a dog? (had = did + have)
- You had a bicycle – Had you a bicycle? or, Did you have a bicycle?
For main verbs other than “To be” and “To have”, Interrogative sentences are framed by putting “do” or “does” in the simple present tense and “did” in the simple past tense at the beginning of the sentence.
The subject comes immediately after that and the form of the main verb remains unchanged.
(“To be ও “To have” ভিন্ন অন্য সমস্ত verb-এর ক্ষেত্রে প্রশ্ন করবার সময় sentence-টি present tense-এ do বা does এবং past tense-এ did দিয়ে আরম্ভ করতে হয়। Subject-টি ঠিক তার পরে বসে এবং মূল verb-টির কোনো পরিবর্তন হয় না।) As,
Statement – Question
- You play – Do you play? (play =do+play)
- He knows me – Does he know me? (Knows = Does+know)
- She went there – Did she go there? (went = did +go)
- They saw you Did they see you? –
The verbs in the interrogative form are to be split into two words,
Statement – Question
- play = do + play – knows = does + know
- plays = does + play – know = do + know
- played = did + play – knew = did + know
- Did they see you? (saw = did + see)
In the above examples, the main verbs in the interrogative form remain unchanged, as, play, know (not knows), go (not went), and see (not saw).
For sentences having auxiliary verbs like may, can, must, has, have, is, am, are, was, were, will, shall, etc., interrogative sentences are framed by putting the auxiliary at the beginning of the sentence.
The subject comes immediately after that. As, auxiliary
(Sentence- may, can, must, has, have, is, am, are, was, were, shall, will verbs থাকলে Interrogative করবার সময় এরা sentence-টির আরম্ভে বসে এবং তারপরে subject-টি বসে।)
Negative Interrogative Sentences
In Interrogative sentences, the word “not” is usually placed before the noun but after the pronoun.
(Interrogative sentence-এ “not” word-টি সাধারণত noun-এর পূর্বে, কিন্তু pronoun-এর পরে বসে।)
Nouns
Statement – Question
Paresh is not healthy – Is not Paresh healthy?
The book is not very heavy – Is not the book Very heavy?
The boys do not know it -Do not The boys Know it?
Bolpur is not a big town – is not bolpur a big town?
Pronouns
Statement – Question
He is not strong- Is he not strong?
You were not present there.- were you not present there?
They do not know it.- Do they not eat?
You did not eat.- Did you not eat?
Wh- Questions
- Who? কে?
- Which? কোন্?
- When? কখন?
- Why??
- Where? কোথায়?
- What?-?
- How ? – কেমন? কিরূপ? কিভাবে ?
- Whose? – কার?
- who, which, what, whose X
- Who is he? — QC?
- Who are they? তারা কে?
- Which is your pen? তোমার কলম কোনটি ?
- Which are your pens? তোমার কলম কোনগুলি ?
- or, Which pens are yours?
- What is this? QUI FF?
- What are these? -?
- Whose book is this??
- Whose books are these ? — এগুলি কার বই?
In Interrogative sentences, the question words who, which, what, and whose come at the beginning of the sentence.
Their forms remain the same, both in the singular and plural.
“Who” refers to persons (ব্যক্তির ক্ষেত্রে Who ব্যবহার হয়)
- Who goes there?
- Who is he? He is Mr. Ranen Dutta, my uncle.
“Which” is applied to both persons and things and refers to one out of a group (group-এর মধ্য হতে কোনো একটি বা কয়েকটি নির্দেশ করে):
“Which” is he? He is the man on the extreme left.
- Which of these pens do you want? I want the red one.
“What” is applied to things, and a person’s profession ((*):
- What do you want?
- What is he? He is a doctor.
Remember:
- Who is he?. . তিনি কে?’ অর্থাৎ তার পরিচয় কি?
- What is he? – তিনি কি করেন?
- Which is he?- তিনি কোন্ জন?,
Why, How, When, Where
- Why is he absent? সে অনুপস্থিত কেন?
- How are you ? – তুমি কেমন আছ?
- How did you do it? – তুমি কিরূপে এটা করেছিলে?
- When will you come? – তুমি কখন (বা কবে) আসবে?
- Where did he go? -সে কোথায় গিয়েছিল?
In interrogative sentences, the words why, how, when, where, etc. come at the beginning of the sentence.
Negative contracted রূপ ব্যবহার করলে ‘not’ wordটি pronoun-এর পূর্বে বসে। যথা : Isn’t he strong? Didn’t you eat?