Ask It Right: Interrogative Sentences for Class 4

This Grade 4 grammar worksheet helps students understand how to form correct interrogative sentences in English. Interrogative sentences are questions that ask for information and typically begin with question words such as who, what, where, when, why, or how. This worksheet teaches learners how to structure questions properly so they sound natural and grammatically correct.

Through engaging activities, students practice identifying incorrect question structures, selecting correctly written questions from multiple choices, rewriting incorrect questions, correcting errors in a paragraph, and creating their own questions. These exercises help learners understand word order in questions and improve their overall grammar accuracy.

By completing this worksheet, Grade 4 students develop confidence in asking questions clearly in both spoken and written communication. This skill strengthens conversation abilities, classroom participation, and comprehension of English sentence structures.

Why Interrogative Sentences Matter in Grammar?

Interrogative sentences are used to ask questions and gather information. Using the correct word order in questions helps communication remain clear and effective. For Grade 4 learners, this topic is important because:
1. Questions usually begin with question words like who, what, where, when, why, or how.
2. Interrogative sentences follow a specific structure such as Question Word + Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb.
3. Correct question formation improves communication and conversation skills.
4. Understanding interrogative structures helps students participate confidently in discussions and classroom learning.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five grammar-rich activities that build understanding of interrogative sentence structure:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Identify the Incorrect Question Structure 
Students read each question and underline the incorrect word order or structure used in the interrogative sentence.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice: Choose the Correct Question 
Students select the correctly structured interrogative sentence from the given options.

📋 Exercise 3 – Rewrite the Question 
Students rewrite incorrectly structured questions by arranging the words in the correct interrogative order.

📝 Exercise 4 – Paragraph Correction 
Students read a paragraph containing several incorrectly formed questions and rewrite it by correcting the question structures.

✍️ Exercise 5 – Question Writing 
Students write three correct interrogative sentences using proper capitalization, question words, and punctuation.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Incorrect Question Structures

1. Where you live? → Where do you live? 
2. Why they are laughing? → Why are they laughing? 
3. When you will start the class? → When will you start the class? 
4. How she solved the problem? → How did she solve the problem? 
5. When the train will arrive? → When will the train arrive? 
6. What he is doing? → What is he doing? 
7. Where she is going now? → Where is she going now? 
8. Why he didn’t come yesterday? → Why didn’t he come yesterday? 
9. How you finished the work? → How did you finish the work? 
10. What they are playing in the park? → What are they playing in the park?

Exercise 2 – Choose the Correct Question

1. a) Where are you going? 
2. a) Why is she late? 
3. a) What do you want? 
4. a) When will we start? 
5. a) How did you do this? 
6. a) Where is he going? 
7. a) Why are they laughing? 
8. a) When will she arrive? 
9. a) How can we solve this? 
10. a) What are you doing?

Exercise 3 – Corrected Questions

1. Where is she going? 
2. Why are they shouting? 
3. When will you finish the work? 
4. What is he reading? 
5. How did you solve the puzzle? 
6. Why is the baby crying? 
7. Where are they playing? 
8. When will the movie start? 
9. Why is he running so fast? 
10. What is she drawing?

Exercise 4 – Corrected Paragraph

Yesterday my teacher asked me, “Where are you going after school?” I told her I was going home, but she asked again, “Why are you leaving so early today?” Later my friend came and said, “What are you doing this evening?” I replied that I might study, but he continued, “When will you finish your homework?” Then my sister called me and asked, “Where did you keep my book?”

Exercise 5 – Sample Questions

1. Where are you going after school? 
2. Why are the children laughing? 
3. What are you reading today?

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