noun
- A word or phrase used to ask a question, such as 'who', 'what', 'where', 'when', 'why', or 'how'.
Usage: Plural form of interrogative.; Commonly used in grammar and linguistics.
adjective
- Relating to or used in asking questions; having the form or function of a question.
Usage: Often used to describe sentences, pronouns, or grammatical structures.
Examples
- The interrogatives 'who', 'what', and 'where' are essential for forming questions.
- Students learned to identify interrogatives in English grammar class.
- Interrogative sentences always end with a question mark.
- The interrogative pronoun 'whom' is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
- In Spanish, interrogatives like '¿quién?' and '¿dónde?' have accent marks.
- The teacher asked students to underline all the interrogatives in the passage.
- Interrogative adverbs such as 'why' and 'how' help us ask for reasons and methods.