English Grammar: a resource Book for Students
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English Grammar- A Resource Book for Students
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Activity B9.1
122 D E V E L O P M E N T but this is not the case if the preposition has been left behind, or ‘stranded’ (see also relative clauses in B10): Who did you laugh at? What clause elements do the underlined words or phrases represent in these interrogatives (taken from above)? 1. Who are you discussing? 2. Which route shall we take? 3. Whose money is this? 4. Who is he? 5. How should I know? Wh- questions do not always have inversion. When who or what represent the subject of the clause, subject-verb inversion is not allowed, as the question word must come at the start of the sentence. Thus Who broke the window? (and not ‘Did who break the window?’ However, Who did break the window? is possible as an emphatic question). We can suggest the following sequence of operations in the formation of wh- interrogatives: replace the particular unit with an appropriate question word ❏ insert ❏ do if necessary (transferring the finite element to it) and invert the subject with the first auxiliary (see A7); this will not apply if the subject is the wh- word promote the ❏ wh- word to the start of the clause (along with the noun if it is which or whose) For example, with an object that is ‘questioned’: They criticised me. Add wh- word They criticised WHO? (also a possible question) Insert DO and invert Did they criticise WHO? Promote wh- word Who did they criticise? And with a ‘questioned’ subject: I criticised them. Add wh- word WHO criticised them? Invert not allowed Promote wh- word (already done) Who criticised them? And with an auxiliary with a ‘questioned’ object: She is marrying my cousin. Add wh- word She is marrying WHO? (also a possible question) Invert Is she marrying WHO? Promote wh- word Who is she marrying? Activity B9.2 ✪ C L A U S E T Y P E S 123 Turn the following declaratives into wh- questions, focusing on the underlined words and phrases and replacing them with wh- words. 1. I’ve bought a new bike. 2. The concert is in May. 3. I went to the US this summer. 4. Something caused this damage. 5. This is my car. 6. The fire lasted three days. 7. I saw you with a stranger. Download 1.74 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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