How to questioning people?

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Actually i have problem to questioning people. Sometime when i write something to ask question, people will say " what a grammar". I fell a bit shy.  Help me. How can improve my questioning skill. What should i do?

Clive · Accepted Answer

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Clive

Ugly Angel · Answer

I can't tell you everything about asking questions, only in a post, but I try my best to help you

1- questions with Yes/No answers. at first some examples:

A: Do you know how to drive? B: Yes, I do, I know how to drive.

A: Can you speak French? B: No, I don't. It's too difficult.

A: Is this dress expencive? B: not much, it's reasonable.

A: Will you go to the US next summer? B: no, I won't. I'll go to Italy instead.

A: Does she speak English? B: Yes, She's American.

A: Are you going to stay here? B: No, I have to go back home.

Structure: if you want to make a Yes/No question, you'd better start with changing statements into questions. if the sentence had a main verb, you should add Do or Does(for He,She,It in present time) or Did (for past tense) at the beginning of the sentence. notice that in a question(or negative sentence) the main verb is always in the simple form, it means that when you add Does or Did to the beggining of a sentence, the main verb changes into the simple form, here are some examples:

1- I run very fast. > Do I run very fast?

2- You play quitar professionally > Do you play quitar professionally?

3- He/She/It looks great > Does He/She/It look great?

4- We have a lot of time. > Do we have much time?

5- You won the lottery > Did you win the lottery?

6- They found a cure for diabetes. > Did they find a cure for diabees?

7- Your players lost the game. > Did your players lose the game?

8- Mozart played music when he was a little child. > Did Mozart play music when he was a little child?

if your sentence has an auxilary verb, you should replace the verb and the subject:

1- I'm late. > Am I late?

2- You're going to be famous. > Are you going to be famous?

3- She is pretty. > Is she pretty?

4- Asian people are shorter than Europian people. > Are Asian people shorter than Europian People?

2- sometimes, we can't answer a question with Yes/No, because the question has another structure. there are some words that help you make questions, examples:

A: Whom/Who do you work for? B: I work for Mr. Brown.

A: Who is your best friend? B: Anne is my best friend.

A: When will you go to Japan? B: I will go there next month.

A: Where have you been? B: I've been home since last night.

A: What is this? B: it's a holdall.

A: What color is your dress? B: it's green.

A: Why are you so upset? B: because I've lost the game.

A: How do you go to school? B: I go to school by bus.

A: How do you feel ? B: I'm feeling okay right now.

A: How far is it from here to your house? B: it's about a killometer.

Structure: for making these kinds of questions, at first you should make a Yes/No question for your sentence, then remove the word which you're asking about, and after that, add the proper word at the beginning of your sentence(When for time, where for locations, what for things, what color for colors, why for reasons, how for ways of doing things or ways of feeling or etc and how far for distances, who/whom for people, notice that who is used for both subjects and objects but whom is only used for objects), here are some examples:

1- Anne is her oldest friend.> Is Anne her oldest friend?> is her oldest friend?> Who is her oldest friend?

2- She was talking to her mom. > Was she talking to her mom?> Was she talking to?> Whom was she talking to? (or "To whom was she talking?)

3- They played football yesterday.> Did they play football yesteray?> Did they play football?> When did they play football?

4- They're going to stay here tonight.> Are they going to stay here tonight?> Are they going to stay tonight?> Where are they going to stay tonight?

5- He watched TV last night.> Did he watch TV last night?> Did he watch last night?> What did he watch last night?

6- your car is red. > Is your car red?> Is your car?> What color is yor car?

7- Dad slept 12 hours because he was too tired.> Did dad sleep 12 hours because he was too tired?> Did dad sleep 12 hours?> Why did dad sleep 12 hours?

8- They went to Turkey by train.> Did they go to Turkey by train?> Did they go to Turkey?> How did they go to turkey?

9- It's not so far from here.> Is it so far from here?> Is it from here?> How far is it from here?

notice: there are a lot more... such as "How long, How well, What time and etc". you can use them all.

notice: the way of using Whose and How much/many, is different:

1- Whose is used for possessions. > Whose car is it? Whose bag is blue? Whose dress is nicer?

2- How many is used for number of countable things or people> How many children do you have? How many apples have you eaten? how many has she crushed so far?

3- How much is used for amount of uncountable things> How much rice did you buy? How much money is there in the wallet? How much water should I drink every day?

I hope it helps

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