Asking Questions | Improving Q/A Skills
- 1. Asking Questions in English LOPAMUDRA MOHAPATRA PGT (ENGLISH) DAV GANDHI NAGAR, CCL RANCHI
- 2. IMPROVING Q/A SKILLS Let us learn the STRUCTURE questions, so that our conversations become easy. English questions follow a clear structure/ word order. We have to keep in mind four main parts when we deal with a question.
- 3. 1. i. question word (who/what /where /when/how/why) ii. question phrase(how often, how long, how far) 3. Subject (I/you/we/they/he/she/it) 4. Main verb (dance, play, read, eat etc) 2. i. Auxiliary (helping) verb (be/do/have…) ii. modal auxiliary verbs (can/could/should/may/might/ will)
- 4. 1. Question word / Question phrase 2. Auxiliary verb/ Modal Auxiliary 3. Subject 4. Main Verb WE NEED THESE IN THE ABOVE ORDER EVERY TIME WE ASK A QUESTION.
- 5. There is always a set pattern, clear structure in a question. Now let’s try this out with some examples:- 1.What do you want now? 2. How often does she visit the place? In this question instead of a question word we have a question phrase and it is perfectly acceptable as we have all the other parts of the English question structure. Question word Auxiliary Subject Main Verb Question Phrase Auxiliary Subject Main Verb
- 6. 1. Closed questions Start with an Auxiliary Verb 2. Open questions Start with a question word Or Question Phrase Example:- Are you going home now? Example:- Where do you work? Example:- How long will you be here? Or
- 7. A few common auxiliary verbs have has can is was does do did are CLOSED QUESTIONS/YES,NO QUESTIONS
- 9. 1. Do you like the dish?(closed question) 2. Where do they live?(open question) -The obvious difference between open and closed questions is the question word (where). -Another difference is intonation. The question structure always remains the same. Question word, auxiliary, subject, main verb
- 10. WHAT IS INTONATION? Intonation is the way your voice rises and falls when you speak. CLOSED QUESTIONS- (Questions with auxiliary verbs)- In this case the intonation goes up at the end. Are you hungry? Do you like her? OPEN QUESTIONS(Questions with word or phrase)- In this case the intonation usually goes down at the end. What do you want to eat? Why do you like her?
- 11. 1. Can you answer the question? Yes, I can. 2. Was he Sleeping? No, he wasn’t. 3. Have you seen the dog? No, I haven’t. 4. Did you enjoy the movie? Yeah, I did. Once you confirm the answer you can use open questions to learn more about them, their experience, opinions etc. Closed questions require a simple answer - yes/ no. The details are not really important.
- 12. Examples:- Closed Question 1. Have you been to Paris? Yes, I have. Open Questions 2. When did you go? I went last year. 3. Why did you go there? I wanted to visit the place.
- 13. In order to frame questions correctly, make sure that your subject and your auxiliary verb match. Does you live in Ranchi? Wrong Do you live in Ranchi? Right If our subject changes to ’she’ the auxiliary verb also changes. Does she live in Ranchi? 1. Have they done it? 2. Has she done it? 3. Is he your father? 4. Are they your friends?
- 14. THE COMMON MISTAKES STUDENTS MAKE WHILE ASKING / ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. Q/A Ans:-I like Chocolates. Q. Do you likes Chocolates? Ans:- He goes there often. Q- Does he goes there often? Ans:- I went there last night. Q- Did you went there last night? If you consider ‘did’ to be an auxiliary verb then the answer to the question is: Did you go there? would be…. I did go there (confirmation) or I went there. NB: Do not use past form of two verbs in the same verb structure i.e. when the auxiliary verb is in the past tense like go
- 15. COMMON MISTAKES
- 16. LET US FOCUS Answer the questions. Where did you go yesterday? Ans. I ______ to Namkum yesterday. Why did you go there? Ans. I ________there to meet my parents. Do they live there? Ans. Yes, they _____ with my brother. How many children does your brother have? Ans. He _____ a son and a daughter. Where do they study? Ans. They _______in an English medium school. Did… want – wanted Did… go- went Does… come- comes Do… work- work LET US PRACTISE
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