Writing Academic English 4th Edition

204 Part 111 I SentenceStructure

SentencewithQuestionClause

Pleasetellmewhattimel1§J1tl.

Thepolicewanttoknowhow~

ed

therobbersenter"the apartment.

Question

Whattimeis it?

Howdidtherobbersenter

theapartment?

Completethememothatfollows.Explaintoyourbosswhyyoucannotwritethe

article.Changeeachofthe tenquestionsintoa questionclause.Adda question

clausetoeachincompletesentence.

Imaginethatyouareworkingasa summerinternatyourlocalnewspaper, the"Fog

CityNews."A well-knownrockgroup,BehindBars,is intownto givea concert.Your

bosshasaskedyoutowriteanarticleaboutthegroupfortheSundayentertainment

section.However,whenyoutrytointerviewthegroup,theyarenotveryhelpful.

Hereisa listofquestionsthatyouhavepreparedfortheinterview.

1. Whenandwherewilltheconcerttakeplace?
   2.WhendidyoulastperforminFogCity?


2. Howmanyyearshaveyoubeentogetherasa group?


3. Whowritesyoursongs?


4. Wheredoyoupracticeontheroad?


5. Howmanysongshaveyourecorded?
   7.WhichcompanyproducesyourCDs?


6. HowmanyGrammysdoyouhave?

Addtwoquestionsofyourown.

9.

10.

Followthesequenceoftensesrulesifnecessary.(Iftheindependentclauseverbis

ina pasttense,theverbinthenounclauseshouldalsobeina pasttense.)

Thevictimsdidnotknowhowtherobbershadenteredtheapartment.

Noticethatthewordorderinquestionclausesisstatementorder(subject+verb),

notquestionorder(verb+subject).Also,questionclausesdonotcontaindo,does,

ordidbecausetheyarenotquestionseventhoughtheybeginwitha questionword.

Tochangea questionintoa questionclause,changethewordordertostatement

wordorderanddeletedo, does,anddidifnecessary.

SUBORD. ,SUBJECT"1 v

Thepolicedonotknowwhentherobberyhappened.

SUBJECTISUBORD. v

Thepolicedonotknowwhocommitted therobbery.

Aquestionclauseis a dependentnounclausethatbeginswitha subordinatorsuchas

who,what,when, where,why,how,howmuch, howlong,andsoon.Therearetwo

possiblepatterns.Inthefirstpattern,thesubordinatoris thesubjectoftheclause.

Inthesecondpattern,thesubordinatorisnotthesubjectoftheclause.

PRl\.CT1CE 5

QuestionClauses

Question Clauses