Interrogatives

What is an interrogative?

That is an interrogative. When we ask a question 'what, who, where, when, which, whose, how' it is an interrogative question. An interrogative question is responded with a stated answer.

Examples:
Where is the school? It's next to the park.
What's this? It's a computer.
How's your mom? She's doing well.
Which drink is mine? That one.

What is a non-interrogative question?
A question that doesn't use the interrogative question words, or a question that begins with 'is, are, do (present), was, were, did (past)'
Typically a non-interrogative question will usually be answered with 'yes or no' answer.

Examples:
Is that your coat? Yes, it is.
Are you free tonight? No, I'm not.
Did she finish the laundry? Yes, she did.
Was the movie exciting? Not really.


*Take note
Even though we use 'can' to answer yes or no questions it's not a non-interrogative question. 'can' is a modal verb. We'll look at that later.

Any questions please feel free to ask interrogative questions in the comments.

Happy learning!