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ASKING QUESTIONS

Presented by:-
Pranav Bhargava
Swatee Ghosh
OVERVIEW
 What are questions?
 Starting questions with r

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 Starting questions with verbs.

 When to use question words.

 When to use verbs.

 How to avoid run-on questions.

 Quiz
WHAT IS QUESTION..?
 A sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to
someone in order to get information in reply.
 STRUCTURE OF QUESTIONS
 Type:1
Questions starting with ´˜  words.

j ˜
˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜


Question word + verb + subject +main verb / additional part

j ˜
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Question Word+ subject noun+ verb + additional parts
EXAMPLES:

Ú 

    

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Who is he ?
What are you doing?
When can you come?
Where are you going?
Why are you going?
How are you going?
EXCEPTIONS

Word Order for which, ´what:

Question word+ subject noun+ verb/main verb

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Which car hit yours?
What movie did you see?
STARTING QUESTION WITH VERB
Word order using verbs:
Verb + subject(noun/pronoun)+main verb
What did you do today?
Did you do anything today?

à   


Are You Happy?
Is She Your boss?
Did You Find him?
Have You Bought the present?
WHEN TO USE QUESTION WORDS
- ¶Who· is used to ask about a person
The answer to ¶who· question is a noun or pronoun.
Who was that?
Who sent out the report?
- ¶What· is used to ask about a thing , action or an
abstract concept.
The answer is usually a noun or a verb.
What is that?
What are you doing?
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-¶When· is used to ask about a general or specific
time frame.
The answer to when is usually a time or a period
of time.
When is the meeting?

-¶Where· is used to ask about a location.

The answer to where is usually
be a noun.
Where are you going for dinner?
CONT«
- ¶Why· is used to find a reason.
The answer to why will always be an explanation.
Why did you quit your last job?

-¶How· is used when you need to know the way in

which something happened.
How many clients do you have?
How are you?

-¶Which· asks for one specific thing among many

similar people ,places or things a person is talking
about.
Which car is yours?
WHEN TO USE VERBS

The type of question you are asking changes depending

upon which verb you choose.

- Can and could generally refers to a person·s ability to

perform the desired action.
Can you use MS office?
Could you help me with this project?

-¶May· is a very polite way to request permission to do

something.
May I use the bathroom?
May I call you for an interview?
CONT«
-¶Would· is a polite way to ask someone if they are
willing to perform a desired action.
Would you do me a favor ?

-¶Should· is a polite way to ask someone for advice.

Should I take the test again?
HOW TO AVOID RUN-ON QUESTIONS
EXAMPLE:
I am interested in becoming a soft skills trainer
and I would like to know what are the basic
requirements needed to be a soft skills trainer in
a BPO and how to go about looking for higher
post.
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QUIZ

- ________ is your name?

- _________is your interview?
- ________ did you leave the meeting?
- _________ project are you working on?
- _________ you going to the movies?
- _________ you know her?
- ________ you hand me the remote control?
- _________ you hear what I am saying?
- __________ I call him again?
- __________ I meet you sometime to discuss about
project?
QUIZ

- What is your name?

- Where / When is your interview?
- When /Why did you leave the meeting?
- What / Which project are you working on?
- Are you going to the movies?
- Do you know her?
- Can / Could you hand me the remote control?
- Can you hear what I am saying?
- Should I call him again?
- Can / Could I meet you sometime to discuss about
project?
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