Odisha State Board CHSE Odisha Class 12 Invitation to English 4 Solutions Grammar Interrogatives Textbook Activity Questions and Answers.
CHSE Odisha 12th Class English Grammar Interrogatives
We usually make questions by changing the word order :
(a) Look at these sentences.
| A | B |
| This is the road to your house. | Is this the road to your house? |
| He has a car | Has he a car? |
| There is a canteen in the office | Is there a canteen in the office? |
The sentences in ‘A’ are statements and those in ‘B’ are questions. The verb in each sentence in ‘B’ here comes first and the subject is put after it. In other words, there is an inversion of subject and verb. They are all interrogative sentences.
(b) Look at these sentences.
| A Statements |
B Yes/No Questions |
| My friend works on a firm | Has he a car? |
| You sold your car | Is there a canteen in the office? |
| They go to the cinema every evening. | Do they go to the cinema every evening? |
For questions in ‘B’ the auxiliary do or a form of it is provided in questions and it is put before the subject.
(c) 1. (i) Did you see my sister anywhere here?
(ii) Did you see my sister somewhere here?
2. (i) Is anyone absent?
(ii) Is someone absent?
Notice the difference between (1) sentences and (2) sentences. In the latter the speaker tends to believe that the answer is ‘yes’ but not so in the former.
(d) Study those information questions, made with phrases formed by the question word how joined to an adjective or adverb.
| A Statements |
B Yes/No Questions |
| There are five colleges in the district | How many colleges are there in the district? |
| This pen costs twenty rupees. | How much does this pen cost? |
| The postman comes here two times a day. | How often does the post man come here? |
(e) Negative questions (Isn’t it…. ? / didn’t you…. ?) We use negative questions specially to show surprise :
Didn’t you hear the bell? I rang it five times.
Activity -1
Divide the following sentences into two broad categories and state why you have done so.
1. Where’s my pen?
2. Isn’t that my pen?
3. Why haven’t you done your homework?
4. How are you?
5. Would you like something to eat?
6. What’s the time by your watch?
7. Are you listening?
8. You have been to Delhi before, haven’t you?
| 1. Where | is my pen? |
| 2. Is | not that my pen? |
| 3. Why | (haven’t you done your homework? |
| 4. How | are you? |
| 5. Would | you like something to eat? |
| 6. What | (is) the time by your watch? |
| 7. Are | you listening? |
| 8. You have been to haven’t you? (Yes-No Qn) Delhi before |
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Activity- 2
Write yes/no questions or wh-questions, using the following expressions :
1 . you / go / to Puri / last year?
2. where / be / Seema / today?
3. you / write / class notes?
4. what / be / the STD code / for Bhubaneswar?
5. where / Samar / live / at the moment?
Answers :
1. Did you go to Puri last year? (Yes – No Qn.)
2. Where is Seema today? (Wh-Qn.)
3. Do you write class notes? (Yes – No Qn.)
4. What is the STD code for Bhubaneswar? (Wh – Qn.)
5. Where does Samar live at the moment? (Wh – Qn.)
Activity -3
Change these statements into wh-questions, using the in the brackets :
1 . Seema put that letter on my desk. (Who)
2. Jatin left his bag on the bus. (Where)
3. That is my friend’s bag. (Whose)
4. He means this one. (Which)
5. All the trains were late yesterday because of heavy rain. (Why)
6. They walked two kilometres before they found the shop. (How far)
7. 54,763 eggs were used in the world’s biggest omelette. (How many)
Answers:
1 . Who put that letter on your desk?
2. Where did Jatin leave his bag?
3. Whose bag is that?
4. Which one does he mean?
5. Why were all the trains late yesterday?
6. How far did they walk before they found the shop?
7. How many eggs were used in the world’s biggest omelette?
Activity- 4
Ask questions to get the following answers.
1. I’m fine, thank you.
2. About 40 kilos.
3. Yesterday evening.
4. The giraffe.
5. Yes, just before my eyes.
Answers :
1. How are you?
2. How much does it weigh?
3. When did you come?
4. Which animal has the longest neck?
5. Did the accident happen before your eyes?
Activity – 5
Work in small groups. One member goes out, and in his / her absence other members choose an object in the classroom. When (s)he comes back, (s)he has to guess the article by asking yes/no questions to the other members, asking them serially, for example :
O: Is it the blackboard?
S1: No, it isn’t.
O: Is it the teacher’s table?
S2: No, it isn’t…
1 . O: Is that the chair?
S1: No, that isn’t
O: Is it the duster in my hand?
S2: No, it isn’t.
2. O: Is it the map of India?
S1: No, it isn’t.
O: Is it a globe?
S2: No, it isn’t
3. O: Is it the blackboard?
S1: Yes, it is.
O: Is it the teacher’s table?
S2: Yes, it is.
4. O: Is that the chair?
S1: Yes, that is.
O: Is it the map of India?
S2: Yes, it is
Activity – 6
One student stands in front of the class. He thinks of a person or a place. Other students ask him yes/no or wh-questions in order to guess the person or the place. The students ask in turn and twenty questions are allowed. If a student guesses correctly, he replaces the first student.
Example :
S, = have you thought of a person.
X = Person.
S2 = Is the person dead?
X = Yes.
S3 = Was the person a man?
X = Yes.
S4 = When did he die?
X = In Twentieth Century. (Here X can refuse to answer, because (s) he may give away
the secret.)
S5 = Was he a filmstar?
X = No.
S6 = Was he famous?
X = Yes.
S7 = In which field was he famous?
X = Politics.
Sg = Was he a freedom fighter?
X = Yes.
S9 = Was he a minister?
X = No.
S10 = Is it Mahatma Gandhi?
X = Yes. [And now S,0 becomes X]
Activity- 7
Look at the questions in the left column and the list of functions in the right column. Decide on a function for each question :
| 1. What time is it? | a. asking to distinguish |
| 2. Is that poisonous or nonpoisonous? | b. expressing lack of belief. |
| 3. You’re back rather early, aren’t you? | c. offering assistance |
| 4. What do you mean by early? | d. asking for assistance |
| 5. Must you sing at this time of the night? | e. asking for information |
| 6. Shall I do that for you? | f. expressing irritation |
| 7. Would you mind holding this for a moment | g. asking for an opinion |
| 8. Why are you late? | h. expressing mild surprise. |
| 9. What did he look like? | i. asking for an explanation. |
| 10. What do you think of the new bowler? | j. asking for a description |
Answers :
1. = e
2. = j
3. = b
4. = h
5. = f
6. = c
7. = d
8. = g
9. = i
10. = a
Activity- 8
In the light of your findings from the previous activity, what is the distinction between the terms question and interrogative?
Questions are used to elicit information or to clear a doubt or problem requiring solution. Interrogative has the force of a question (used formally)
Activity – 9
How many questions can you frame to get the following sentence or a part of it as the answer?
When Amar Nath and his partners took over the place, it was in ruins and was inhabited by bats and mice.
1. What was the place like when Amar Nath and his partners took over it?
2. What was the place inhabited with when Amar Nath and his partners took over it?
3. Who took over the place which was in ruins and was inhabited by bats and mice?
4. Whose partners took over the place?
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
Transfer the following sentences into interrogative ones
Question 1.
He goes there.
(A) Did he go there?
(B) Does he go there?
(C) Do he go there?
(D) Does he goes there?
Answer:
(B) Does he go there?
Question 2.
My mother cooked well.
(A) Do my mother cook well?
(B) Did my mother cooked well?
(C) Did my mother cook well?
(D) Did my mother cooks well?
Answer:
(C) Did my mother cook well?
Question 3.
You have not seen the Taj Mahal.
(A) Have you not seen the Taj Mahal?
(B) Have you not saw the Taj Mahal?
(C) Have you not see the Taj Mahal?
(D) none of these
Answer:
(A) Have you not seen the Taj Mahal?
Question 4.
My friends go to the cinema.
(A) Does my friends go to the cinema?
(B) Do my friends goes to the cinema?
(C) Do my friends go to the cinema?
(D) Does my friends goes to the cinema?
Answer:
(C) Do my friends go to the cinema?
Question 5.
I like mangoes.
(A) Am I liking mangoes?
(B) Do I liked mangoes?
(C) Does I like mangoes?
(D) Do I like mangoes?
Answer:
(D) Do I like mangoes?
Question 6.
How long you will stay here.
(A) How long will you stay here?
(B) How long you shall stay here?
(C) How long would you stay here?
(D) none of these
Answer:
(A) How long will you stay here?
Question 7.
When you last visited him.
(A) When had you last visited him?
(B) When did you last visit him?
(C) When you had last visited him?
(D) When had you last visit him?
Answer:
(B) When did you last visit him?
Question 8.
This bunch of grapes tastes sour.
(A) Do this bunch of grapes taste sour?
(B) Do this bunch of grapes tastes sour?
(C) Does this bunch of grapes taste sour?
(D) Does this bunch of grapes tastes sour?
Answer:
(C) Does this bunch of grapes taste sour?
Question 9.
I saw you go there.
(A) Do I saw you go there?
(B) Did I saw you go there?
(C) Had I seen you go there?
(D) Did I see you to go there?
Answer:
(D) Did I see you to go there?
Question 10.
We are good friends.
(A) Were we good friends?
(B) Have you been good friends?
(C) Are we good friend?
(D) none of there
Answer:
(C) Are we good friend?
Question 11.
We shall never forget those happy days.
(A) Shall we never forget those happy days?
(B) Should we never forget those happy days?
(C) Shall we ever forget these days?
(D) Can we ever forget those happy days?
Answer:
(C) Shall we ever forget these days?
Question 12.
I have somebody with me.
(A) Have I somebody with me?
(B) Have I anybody with me?
(C) Have I nobody with me?
(D) none of these
Answer:
(B) Have I anybody with me?
Question 13.
I have never been to London.
(A) Have I never been to London?
(B) Have I hardly been to London?
(C) Have I ever been to London?
(D) none of these
Answer:
(C) Have I ever been to London?
Question 14.
A leopard can never change its spot.
(A) Can a leopard change its spot?
(B) Can a leopard never change its spot?
(C) Can a leopard sometimes change its sport?
(D) Can a leopard ever change its spot?
Answer:
(D) Can a leopard ever change its spot?