Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Significato
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Come riconoscerlo
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Esempi
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↗
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Questions usually keep normal word order and rely on question words or intonation.
Dove abiti?
Where do you live?
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese le domande spesso richiedono un ausiliare davanti al soggetto, l’uso di do/does/did, una parola interrogativa in posizione iniziale, oppure un’intonazione ascendente.
Do you like coffee?
do + you = cornice che segnala una domanda
Chi impara può formare domande con l’ordine delle frasi affermative o dimenticare do/does/did.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.