{"id":707,"date":"2012-02-11T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=707"},"modified":"2012-02-11T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T20:07:59","slug":"statements-and-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/statements-and-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Statements and Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statements can be changed into questions. When we convert a statement into a question, we have to make some changes.\u00a0 One way of doing this is to change the word order by putting the verb at the beginning of the sentence and then adding a question mark at the end, like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;He is interested in animals.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">becomes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Is he interested in animals?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you need to change the verb and add an extra word to make a question, like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;They enjoyed the ballet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">becomes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;<strong>Did<\/strong> they <strong>enjoy<\/strong> the ballet?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some practise, try changing these statements into questions:<\/p>\n<p>1. The bus is going to the station.<\/p>\n<p>2. You get enough exercise.<\/p>\n<p>3. This train stops at Central Station.<\/p>\n<p>4. He loves to eat chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now try to change these questions into statements:<\/p>\n<p>1. Can we walk to school?<\/p>\n<p>2. Will we arrive late?<\/p>\n<p>3. Did you catch your train?<\/p>\n<p>4. Was he cycling in all that rain?<\/p>\n<p>5. Do they have a cat?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that you will need to read through your questions and statements to ensure that they make sense and do not require any extra changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers from Wednesday\u2019s post about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/compound-words\/\">Compound Words<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exercise One:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 sunshine<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 campfire<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 jetpack<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 baseball<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0 sunflower<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 rattlesnake<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 horseback<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 skateboard<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 butterfly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exercise Two:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>handbag, bookshelf, anybody, classroom, playground, waterfall, postbox, cupboard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exercise Three:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 A large yellow sour fruit = grapefruit<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 A room where students are taught = classroom<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Something cold to eat\/drink in the summer that comes in a variety of flavours = milkshake<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Something a spider makes = spiderweb<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 A beautiful insect with transparent wings = dragonfly<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 A sudden shaking inside the earth = earthquake<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 A piece of chicken or something used to beat a musical instrument = drumstick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statements can be changed into questions. When we convert a statement into a question, we have to make some changes.\u00a0 One way of doing this is to change the word order by putting the verb at the beginning of the sentence and then adding a question mark at the end, like this: &#8220;He is interested&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/statements-and-questions\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[134956,135139],"tags":[6,3364,191033,3521],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-english-grammar","category-english-language","tag-grammar","tag-questions","tag-statements","tag-word-order"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}