Asking Questions

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Asking Questions

• 1. Yes/No, 2. Where 3. When, 4. Why,
• 5. Who, 6. What, 7. Which, 8.
• Whose, 9. How, 10. How About.

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1. Yes/No Questions

• Yes/No questions begin with modals or a form of
  BE.
• Does the student know the answer?
• Can the customer pay the bill?
• Is it going to rain today?
• The correct answer is yes or no.

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2. Where Questions

• Where questions ask about the place.
• Where did you live last year?
• Where are you going now?
• Where will you work in the future?
• The answer can be just the place.
• In Chicago.
• To the mall.
• In a bank.

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3. When/What Time Questions

• When questions ask about time.
• When did you move here? Last year?
• When can Trisha come over? Tonight?
• What time asks for clock time.
• What time did you start the exam?
• At 10 oclock.

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4. Why Questions

• Why questions ask about the reason.
• Why did you learn English?
• Why is Erika taking your car?
• The answer can begin with because.
• Because I want to work in the USA.
• Because her car isnt running.

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5. Who/Whom Questions

• Who asks about a subject.
• Who took the book? (Tom took it.)
• Whom can be used for the object of the verb, but
  who is OK to use.
• Jon Whom did you meet at the mall?
• Pam I met Paul.

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7. Which Questions

• Which expresses choice when there are
  alternatives.
• Becky There are two notebook computers, so which
  one do you want?
• Josh Ill take the smaller one.

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8. Whose Questions

• Whose asks about possession.
• Tina Hey, I never saw that red shirt before.
  Whose shirt is it?
• Tonya Its my shirt. I bought it last night at
  the discount mall.
• Whos is a different word. It is a contraction
  of who is.

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9. How Questions

• How asks in what way or to what degree.
• Sue How did you get the sandwich?
• Sal I made it. Do you want one?
• Sue Well, how good is it?
• Sal Really good. Ill make you one.

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9b. More How Questions

• How often is about frequency.
• How often do you come here?
• Twice a week.
• How far asks distance.
• How far is it to New York?
• How long asks about time.
• How long does it take to fly there?

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10. How About Questions

• How About is used to make a suggestion or an
  offer.
• The floor is getting pretty dirty.
• How about cleaning it? OR
• How about I clean it?
• What About means the same thing.
• Its late. What about we quit now.

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Ten Question Words

• 1. Yes/No
• 2. Where
• 3. When
• 4. Why
• 5. Who

• 6. What
• 7. Which
• 8. Whose
• 9. How
• 10. How About