Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Ý nghĩa
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Cách nhận biết
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Ví dụ
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↗
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Questions use question words, có...không, đã...chưa, à, hả, nhỉ, nhé and intonation.
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you past eat not-yet
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English questions often require auxiliary inversion, do-support, wh-word position, or rising intonation.
Do you like coffee?
do you = question frame
Learners may form questions with statement word order or forget 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.