Can you start a sentence with a question word?

Are you missing a question mark in a sentence starting with a question word? A question mark replaces a period at the end of a sentence when the sentence is a question. If your sentence begins with one of those words, then it is most likely a question and should be ended with a question mark.

How many question words are there?

There are nine (although ‘whom’ is quite old fashioned and rarely used in common English). You can see that eight of the nine words begin with the letters ‘Wh’; therefore, question words are sometimes known as the ‘W’ or ‘Wh’ words. More properly, question words can be called ‘interrogative’ words.

How many WH question words are there?

In English there are seven ‘Wh…’ questions. Here’s what they are and how they are used: What is used for a thing.

How long is a question word?

Question words

Question words	Meaning	Examples
how much	amount, price (uncountable)	How much time have we got? Ten minutes
how long	duration, length	How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.
how often	frequency	How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.
how far	distance	How far is your school? It’s one mile far.

Can you start a paragraph with a question?

Powerful paragraphs: Start with a question and answer it immediately. Asking a question in the first line of a paragraph grabs readers’ attention and sets up your point. Using an immediate, direct answer to make your point demonstrates a firm stance, emphasized by the confidence of a fragment.

Can you start a sentence with a question?

So, any word you can start a sentence with, technically, can also start a question, but I have also shown you the main ones above. If a sentence starts with a verb, it may well be a question, if it is not a command. I’ll end by giving you a few links that cover this same material in different ways that may be better for you.

How many types of English questions should you know?

In this post, we’ll show you five essential types of English questions you should know, plus grammar tips to form them correctly. The next time you have a burning question for an English speaker, you’ll know how to ask it! Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere.

How do you make a question in English?

If you’re at least a beginner English learner, you probably know how to form simple sentences ( here’s a guide if you need a reminder ). Fortunately, we can use those same sentence-building skills to form questions in English, too. The trick is to form a basic sentence, then invert the word order to create a question.

How do you write a tag question in English?

How to Form a Tag Question. To form a tag question, you simply add the question tag using the opposite form of the verb/auxiliary or modal verb used in the sentence. So if the verb in the sentence is positive (e.g. “is”), you need the negative version (e.g. “is not”).