Question Types and Examples
1. Meaning questions: "What does the man mean?"
2. Questions about inferences:
"What does the woman imply about the article?"
3. Questions about suggestions:
1)"What does the woman suggest John do?"
2) "What does the man suggest?"
4. Questions about future actions:
"What will the speakers probably do next?"
5. Topic questions:
"What are the speakers discussing?"
6. Questions about opinions:
1)"What was their opinion of the play?"
2)"How does the man feel about the announcement he heard?"
7. Questions about assumptions:
"What had the man assumed about Kathy?"
8. Questions about questions:
1)"What does the woman ask about Professor Tolbert?"
2)"What does the man ask about the department store?"
9. Questions about time:
"When will the man play the piano?"
10. Questions about place:
"Where does the conversation probably take place?"
11. Questions about reasons:
1)"Why did Jerry miss the party?"
2)"Why did Linda talk to Professor Delgado?"
12. Questions about problems:
"What problem did the man have?"
Usual Form of Answer Choice and Examples
Complete sentences: (A) He prefers coffee to tea.
(B) He'd like some lemon in his tea.
Complete sentences: (A) She will probably read it today.
(B) She wasn't able to find it in the library.
Incomplete sentences beginning with simple forms of verbs or -ing
forms:
1) (A) Call his cousin.
(B) Take his cousin home.
2) (A) Taking a bus to campus.
(B) Walking to class.
Incomplete sentences beginning with simple forms of verbs:
(A) Park their car.
(B) Get some gasoline.
Noun phrases:
(A) The man's new schedule.
(B) A homework assignment.
Complete sentences or adjective phrases:
1) (A) They didn't enjoy it very much.
(B) They liked it more than they thought they would.
2) (A) Angry.
(B) Enthusiastic.
Complete sentences often containing the auxiliary verb would or
had:
(A) She had already finished the paper.
(B) She wouldn't finish the research on time.
Incomplete sentences beginning with the word “if” or one of the
“wh- words” or “noun phrases”:
1) (A) If she is still in her office.
(B) Where her office is.
2) (A) Its location.
(B) Its hours of operation.
Prepositional phrases of time:
(A) At noon.
(B) Before the ceremony.
Prepositional phrases of place:
(A) At a coffee shop.
(B) At a supermarket.
Complete sentences or sentences beginning with infinitives (to +
simple form):
1) (A) He didn't receive an invitation.
(B) He had other plans for the evening.
2) (A) To ask him about a grade.
(B) To explain why she missed class.
Complete sentences:
(A) He didn't bring enough money for the tickets.
(B) There were no tickets available.
13. Questions about activities: Incomplete sentences beginning with -ing verbs:
"What are they probably doing?" (A) Buying groceries.
(B) Cooking breakfast.