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♦ Interrogative sentences

1. For yes/no question, we have the following structure.

auxiliary verb subject main verb rest of the sentence

Did subject base form of verb rest of the sentence

• Was she upset with Smriti yesterday?
• Did the cab arrive on time?
• Did Murthy go to Chennai?

2. For wh question type, we have the following structure.

question word auxiliary verb subject main verb rest of
the sentence

wh did subject base form rest of
of verb the sentence

• When did the cab arrive?
• Where did they play cricket?

• Why did you lie?

Simple Future Tense

The simple future tense in English is used to describe an action that will happen in
the future—immediate or on the spot decisions, intentions, promises, predictions
without evidence.

Uses

We use will + verb Note

1. to talk about actions that are not planned. The
speaker decides to do the action at the time of We sometimes use shall
with I and we. It is used
speaking. For example, to talk about offers and
• I will help you do your homework if you give me suggestions. For example,
some of your ice cream. • I shall not go out to play

• I will see you at the science exhibition tomorrow if you need me today.
afternoon. • We shall bring you the
puzzle you wanted the
2. to predict a future event. For example, other day.
• It will rain heavily tomorrow.
• Your wound will soon fester if you don’t see a doctor.

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