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Conversation Between A Boy and Girl!! Please Help!?: What Is A Question? Closed Questions Open Questions
Conversation Between A Boy and Girl!! Please Help!?: What Is A Question? Closed Questions Open Questions
Conversation between a girl and a boy, speaking since last 2-3 months..what do you think, does boy also
likes this girl?
She: looks like i am falling for u..I think its infatuation, just felt like telling u so told. pls pls dont take it
otherwise
He: Ha ha...happens with me lots of time...I will be the same with u always..dont worry..can understand
thanks.
She: Are u committed to someone else?
He: Not really. but my parents have fixed me, I have met her twice as in she is a family fren.Just that I
have told my parents to wait for sometime as i am not prepared for it.
She: Sad for me.. :(
He: Dont worry we would be frens always..Frenship is the best relation I guess.
She: Thanks, by the was who is the lucky girl, what does she do?
He: she is doing some desigining after her graduation. I have met her twice but never spoken to her.
She: Hmm, congrates
He: Hey thanks but there is nothing like this as of now, when it will be I will let you know..:)
She: Hey..thanks for support n understanding. but I think I need to get my mind at right track after
knowing the fact..:-/
She:Hey dont worry I am there for u always.
After this conversation, they speak almost daily as they used to previously and boy wished valentines also
to the girl..Please tell what is in his mind..does he wants time, or he is not interested..are there any
chances of this going further? if yes..how?
What is a question?
Closed questions
Open questions
Object questions
Subject questions
Tag questions
What is a tag question?
Closed questions
Yes/no questions with the verb be are created by moving the verb be to the beginning of the
sentence. In other words the subject and the verb change their positions in statements and
questions.
When forming questions in the present continuous tense use the verb be.
speaking
I am speaking English. = Am I
English?
speaking
You are speaking English. = Are you
English?
speaking
He is speaking English. = Is he
English?
speaking
She is speaking English. = Is she
English?
speaking
It is speaking English. = Is it
English?
speaking
We are speaking English. = Are we
English?
speaking
They are speaking English. = Are they
English?
When forming questions in the present simple tense use the verb be, do, orhave. The auxiliary verb
is placed before the subject.
To Be
If there is one verb in the statement and the verb is a form of be , simply switch the positions of the
subject and verb.
I am English. = Am I English?
He is English. = Is he English?
It is English. = Is it English?
To Do
If there is one verb in the statement and the verb is do, simply switch the positions of the subject and
verb.
I do. = Do I?
To Have
If there is one verb in the statement and the verb is have, (with or without got to show possession),
switch the positions of the subject and verb.
(got) an English
I have = Have I (got) an English book?
book.
You have (got) an English book = Have you (got) an English book?
She has (got) an English book = Has she (got) an English book?
They have (got) an English book = Have they (got) an English book?
We can also form this style of question with Do…have…? here there is no subject-verb inversion,
do is placed before the subject.
If there is one verb, and the verb is not a form of be, the process is more complex. To form a
question add the correct form of the verb 'to do' to the beginning. Here there is no subject verb
inversion.
You can also answer closed questions with a slightly longer answer "Yes, I am." or "No, I'm not."
Finally you can answer closed questions in the long form "Yes, I am from England." or "No, I'm not
from England."
Open Questions
Open questions leave room for a description or opinion, and are more useful in eliciting information
There are eight wh-questions - what, when, where, which, who, whom, whose and why and to
this list we usually add how as they are all used to elicit particular kinds of information.
For example:-
What time is it? = What is the time?
Which car is yours? = Which is your car?
Whose web site is this? = Whose is this web site?
Whom can only be used to elicit information about the object of the sentence. Although using whom
would be grammatically correct, we normally use who instead because it doesn’t sound so formal.
For example:-
"Whom did you see?" would normally be expressed as "Who did you see?"
Who, what, which and whose can all be used to elicit information about the subject or object of the
sentence.
For example:-
If the answer is "I ate the banana." the object question would be "What did you eat?" and the subject
question would be "Who ate the banana?"
Object Questions
Object questions ask about the object of a sentence. The word order of the question must be
changed and the question requires the use of the auxiliary verb 'to do'.
For example:-
If the answer is "I caught the train to London." the question would be "Which train did you catch?"
If the answer is "I saw a film yesterday." the question would be "What did you do yesterday?"
Subject Questions
There are also subject questions. These are questions that we ask to find out about the subject.
When what, which, who or whose refers to the subject, the question word comes before the verb
without the use of the auxiliary verb.
For example:-
If the answer is "The train to London was late." the question would be "Which train was late?"
If the answer is "I won the race." the question would be "Who won the race?"
More examples:-
Object questions:-
What did you do today?
Which film did you like best?
Who did I phone?
Subject questions:-
What happened today?
Which film is best?
Who phoned me?
Tag Questions
What is a tag question?
A tag question is a short question added to the end of a positive or negative statement.
For example:-
Normally a positive statement is followed by a negative tag, and a negative statement is followed by
a positive tag.
For example:-
+ -
You'reEnglish, aren't you?
- +
You're
are you?
notGerman,
For example:-
You didn't go to work
did you?
yesterday,
If the verb used in the statement is an auxiliary verb, then the verb used in the tag must match it. If a
modal (can, could, will, should, etc.) is used in the statement, then the same modal is used in the tag
part. If the statement doesn't use an auxilliary verb, then the auxiliary do is used in the tag part.
For example:-
Auxiliary verb
Modal verb
You can sing, can't you?
No auxiliary
He eats meat, doesn't he?
Tag questions are used to verify or check information that we think is true or to check information
that we aren't sure is true. Sometimes we just use them for effect.
For example:-
For example:-
First I would like to say that this is my explanation of what direct and indirect questions are, and not
everyone would agree with me.
When you ask a direct question, like "What time is the meeting?" you're being quite informal, some
might even say abrupt, or even rude. You can make it more polite by adding please, "What time is
the meeting, please?", but to be even more polite we rephrase it into an indirect question; "Do you
know what time the meeting is?", or "Could you tell me what time the meeting is?" and if you want to
be really OTT "Could you tell me what time the meeting is, please?"
They're all the same question as "What time is the meeting?", but we think it's more polite to
rephrase it, it can be confusing, and some people even think it's long-winded and unnecessary.
!Note - when you're asking an indirect question there's no change in word order.
What time is it?
The time is ...
Could you tell me what the time is?
Just to confuse you, some people include what I call "reported questions" under the term "indirect
questions", the confusion arises from direct and indirect speech. To me a reported question is when
you are reporting what someone else asked. For example: "She asked me what the time was." (No
question mark.)
Other people include things like, "Tell me the time!" but to me that's not a question, it's a command.
(Again no question mark).