Future Belongs to Askers

Asking questions in English might cause a serious complication for those students of English who has never been taught how to do so.

No worries!

Here’s how you can develop a skill of asking great questions and enjoy listening to the answers.

First, let us define the categories of questions

Question one:Yes/no question. The one you answer either ‘yes’or ‘no’

e.g. Do you live in Prague?

Yes, I do. No,I don’t

Question Two: Special question. The one/ones asked with special question words:

What

When

Where

Why

How

Who

e.g. Where do you live?

Question Three. Alternative question. The one asked with the word ‘or’

e.g. Are you learning English or German?

Question Four. Tag question. The one asked with the ending after a coma.

e.g. You speak English, don’t you.

Now , here’s a question to you: “Which one is the simplest to ask?”

Surely, yes/no question.

So, if it is true, then let me offer you my system of practicing all kinds of questions.

You start with an affirmative sentence, e.g.

I go to work every day.

Yes/no: Do you go to work every day?

To ask special questions, you have to put question words in front of the yes/no question:

When         do you go to work?  

Where       do you go every day?

Why          do you go to work every day?

A bit different with ‘What’: What do you do every day?

More different with ‘Who’:

Who goes to work every day?  

 (not ‘go’! When ‘who’ is used in the question, we always put a singular form of the verb) 

With ‘how’ we use an adverb of frequency:

How often/seldom/ many times, etc. (for example) and then the same continuation:

How often do you go to work?

Always start with yes/no question. As soon as you have asked yes/no question, then follow my recommendations and you will be on the right track of becoming masters of asking questions.

 Remember: future belongs to askers!

So, ask questions!

Cheers

George
Georgerusky.net