TREE DIAGRAMS WH-QUESTION

Tree diagrams- Wh question

SIMPLE TENSESPROGRESSIVE

TENSES FERFECT TENSES

The simple present

tense

The simple past

tense

The Present

progressive tense

The past progressive

tense

The Future perfect

tense

The present perfect

tense

CONTENTI. DEFINITION OF WH-QUESTION II.TREE DIAGRAM

I. DEFINITION OF WH-QUESTIONWh question is a question asks for information by

using the question word such as what, who, where, why, when, whom, whose,

which , and howStructure: Q + aux + subject/object/complement?Ex:• What do you do ?• Who did you meet last night?

II.TREE DIAGRAM

NoteS: Sentence Pro: PronounC: Complementizer Pred.P/VP: Predicate phraseV: Verb Q: Question wordN: Noun Prep: PrepositionVP: Verb phrase PP: Prepositional PhraseNP: Noun Phrase A: AdjectiveDet: Determiner Aux: Auxiliary(t): Transformation, I: inversion/inflectionAdv :adverbAdvP : adverb phrase

1) Simple tenses

Why did you (t) buy that shoes?

N Det

NP

VP

V

Pred.P/VP

I

S

S’

S

Q

C

Aux+finit

e

NP

Pro

N

NP

Adv.P PPV

VPI

Pred.P/VP

Pro

NP

S

+finite Aux

COMP

S’

S

N

Q

Who do you (t) love (t) most in your class?

Adv

NP

Det

Prep

Progressive tenses2

Why are you (t) working hard these days?

NAdv

NPAdv.PV

VPI

Pred.P/VP

Pro

NP

S

+finite Aux

I

COMP

S’

S

Q

Det

Why was it (t) snowing in the summer?

NDet

NPPrep

PPV

VPI

Pred.P

ProNP

S

+finite past Aux

I

COMP

S’

S

Q

3. Perfect tenses

What songs 0 0 have caused a crazy wave in the youth?

NDet

NPprep

PPNPV

VP

VP

I

S

S’

S

Q

N N

Det

N’

A N

NP

C

How will you (t) have met your boyfriend by tonight?

NPPrep

PP

NDet

V NP

VP

Pred.P/VP

IVP

I

S

NP

Pro

S’

C

S

Q

ExerciseAnalyzing the following sentences by

using tree diagram.1) How long have you learned English ? 2) Why will students be absent

tomorrow?

1) How long have you (t) learned English (t)?

N

NPV

VP Adv

VPI

Pred.P/VP

Pro

NP

S

(Have-en)

+ FinitePresent

Aux

I

COMP

S’

CN

Q

S

Why will students (t) be absent tomorrow?

Adv

AdvP

AV

VP’

VP

Pred.P/VPNP

SC

Q S’

S

I

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