Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Signification
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Comment le repérer
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Exemples
who|what|where|when|why|how|do
where are you|do you know|is it ready
Where do you live?
Visual guide
QUESTION FRAME signal + thought + ? where + you live + ? = answer wanted Not a plain statement Ask: asking or stating?
Question signals can vary: Word: where are you? Order: is it ready? Do: do you know? Particle: ready Q? Tone: ready↗
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Questions can use intonation, est-ce que, inversion, or question words.
Où habites-tu ?
Where live-you?
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, les questions demandent souvent une inversion entre l’auxiliaire et le sujet, l’ajout de do/does/did, un mot interrogatif placé au début, ou une intonation montante.
Do you like coffee?
do you = cadre de question
Les apprenants gardent parfois l’ordre d’une phrase affirmative ou oublient do/does/did dans les questions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.