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# interrogative

adjective (interrogative); noun (an interrogative, interrogatives)

«interrogative» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (grammar) Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#m1)
2. (grammar, noun) An interrogative is a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why, which or how. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#m2)
3. (formal) An interrogative look or tone seems to be asking a question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English grammar lessons: the four sentence types are statement (declarative), question (interrogative), command (imperative) and exclamation. Interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, what.

### Examples

- «Where is my bag?» is an interrogative sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x1)
- Who, what and why are interrogatives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x2)
- Turn the statement into the interrogative form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x3)
- An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x4)
- She gave me an interrogative look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x5)
- Write three interrogative sentences about the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/#x6)

### Note

Related: interrogate (to question hard, like police), interrogation. Grammar trap: «I wonder where he is.» is a statement, not interrogative, even though it has «where».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interrogative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interrogative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interrogative.html) on Mova free.