Topic: Interrogative Sentences – Definition, examples, sentence structure, and usage

If you listen to an every day conversation, you’ll notice the exchange isn’t simply statements of facts or ideas.   Of course, these types of statements (called declarative sentences) are part of the dialogue, but unless the conversation is entirely one-way, chances are you’ll also hear requests or commands (imperative sentences), exclamations (exclamatory sentences) or questions (interrogative sentences).  That’s how normal dialogue occurs and in order for your writing to be engaging and interesting, you need to do what comes naturally in every day language.

Sentences that ask a question are called interrogative sentences.  They