Preparatory Class - Speaking - Question Making
- 1. Speaking Part 1 (Question Making) Prep 2024/2025 Speaking
- 2. 1. Students will be more aware of the range of possible Part 1 topics. 2. Students will have practised a number of Part 1 questions. Lesson Outcomes 1. Making questions about typical Part 1 topics 2. 2. Part 1 Speaking practice Activities
- 3. Overview What is Question Making? The process of constructing questions to obtain information. Types of Questions: Yes/No Questions Wh- Questions Tag Questions Alternative Questions
- 4. Yes/No Questions Definition: Questions that can be answered with a simple "Yes" or "No." Structure: Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb
- 5. Example: Do you like coffee? Is she coming to the party? Examples: Can you swim? Are they arriving on time?
- 6. Wh- Questions Definition: Questions that begin with words like "what," "where," "when," "why," "how," etc., used to ask for specific information. Structure: Wh- word + Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb
- 7. Example: What do you want for dinner? Where is he going? Examples: What time is the meeting? How do you solve this problem? Why are they late?
- 8. Wh- Questions Words Common Wh- Words and Their Uses: What: For asking about things or information. Example: "What is your favorite color?"
- 9. Where: For asking about location. Example: "Where do you live?” When: For asking about time. Example: "When is your birthday?"
- 10. Why: For asking about reasons. Example: "Why are you upset?” How: For asking about methods, manners, or conditions. Example: "How do you make a cake?"
- 11. Tag Questions Definition: Short questions added at the end of a statement to confirm or check information. Structure: Statement + Tag Question
- 12. Example: You are coming to the party, aren’t you? She likes coffee, doesn’t she? Note: Positive statement → Negative tag Negative statement → Positive tag Example: "You don't like pizza, do you?"
- 13. Alternative Questions Definition: Questions that offer two or more choices and ask the listener to choose. Structure: Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Option 1 + or + Option 2?
- 14. Example: Do you want tea or coffee? Is she going to the movies or staying home? Examples: Would you prefer to walk or take the bus? Is it going to rain or snow tomorrow?
- 15. Indirect Questions Definition: A more polite or formal way of asking questions, often used in requests or inquiries. Structure: Statement + Question Word + Subject + Main Verb?
- 16. Example: Can you tell me where the station is? I wonder how he solved the problem. Note: Indirect questions do not use auxiliary verbs in the same way as direct questions. The word order changes to a more declarative format.
- 17. Question Words for Specific Purposes Examples of Specific Questions: Who: Asking about people. Example: Who is your best friend?
- 18. Which: Asking about a choice between a specific set. Example: Which dress do you prefer, red or blue? How many: Asking about quantity. Example: How many apples do you have?
- 19. How much: Asking about non-countable quantities (e.g., money, time). Example: How much milk do you need?
- 20. Word Order in Questions Basic Rule: Word order changes when forming a question: Statement Order: Subject + Verb + Object Example: She likes ice cream.
- 21. Question Order: Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb + Object Example: Does she like ice cream?
- 22. Common Mistakes in Question Making Incorrect Word Order: Wrong: "You are going to the party?“ Correct: "Are you going to the party?"
- 23. Misplacing the Auxiliary Verb: Wrong: "She can sings very well.“ Correct: "Can she sing very well?“ Omitting the Auxiliary Verb in Yes/No Questions: Wrong: "You like this book?“ Correct: "Do you like this book?"
- 24. Let’s Practice! Transform the Statements into Questions: 1. She is working hard. → 2. They play football every Sunday. → Is she working hard? Do they play football every Sunday?
- 25. Let’s Practice! Create Questions from the Following Information: 1. John / coffee / every morning → 2. You / like / swimming → What time does John drink coffee every morning? Do you like swimming?
- 26. Thank You!