An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question. Interrogative sentences can be direct or indirect, begin with or without pronouns, and feature yes/no interrogatives, alternative questions, or tag questions. Interrogative sentences often start with interrogative pronouns and end with a question mark.

An interrogative sentence, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is defined as “a sentence that asks a question or makes a request for information.” According to the Collins Dictionary, an interrogative sentence is one “denoting a form or construction used in asking a question.”

What is the form of an interrogative sentence? The typical form (structure) of an interrogative sentence is: If we use a WH- word it usually goes first: The final punctuation is always a question mark (?). Interrogative sentences can be in positive or negative form, and in any tense.