Interrogative word |
Question modification |
Type of question |
Example |
What is…? |
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Question to SubjectComplement |
What is Washita? |
Who is…? |
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Question to SubjectComplement |
Who is Pushkin? |
Who did something? |
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Question to Subject |
Who invented telephone? |
What did somebody do? |
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Question to Direct Object |
What did Thomas Edison invent? |
How much\many? |
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Question to Subject |
How many nations established NATO? |
How much …weigh \ cost? |
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Question to Adjunct |
How much does a whale weigh? |
What is the length\surface\ height of…?
How long\wide\high\ far is…? |
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Question to Adjunct |
What is the surface of America? |
Preposition + "what" (made of…, consist of…, etc.) |
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Question to Indirect Object |
What does water consist of?
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When? |
On\since\till what day? |
Question to Adjunct |
When was Bill Clinton born? |
What month?
In\since\till what month? |
What year?
In\since\till what year? |
How long? |
Where? (static) |
In\near\around what city\country? |
Question to Adjunct |
In what city is
Taj Mahal located? |
On what continent? |
Where? (dynamic) |
In\to\from what city\country? |
Question to Adjunct |
In what country did Christianity come before Europe? |
On what continent? |
What/Which + word with "known" semantics (Subject)?
* |
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Question to Subject |
What country took part in the Olympic Games 2004? |
What/Which + word with "unknown" semantics (Subject)? |
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Question to Subject |
What village is the smallest in the world? |
What/Which + word with "known" semantics (Direct Object)?
* |
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Question to Direct Object |
What country did Putin visit? |
What/Which + word with "unknown" semantics (Direct Object)?
* |
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Question to Direct Object |
What village did Putin visit? |
Common questions (with answers "yes"/ "no") |
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Common question |
Does the Russian Central Bank give long-term credits for education? |
Why? |
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Question to Adjunct |
Why did the fire happen? |
How? |
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Question to Adjunct |
How to remove the spot from the carpet? |