Rhetorical Questions

Read and decide which of these are rhetorical questions:

a) Don’t you ever think about anyone else?

b) Don’t you want any cake?

c) Are you tired?

d) Are you interested in having more time to relax?

e) Are you expecting visitors?

f) Do you want your children to live in poverty?

g) When will this madness end?

h) When are you going to school?

i) If we don’t stop now, what will be next?

Now think of some rhetorical questions for these situations:

1) You want your friend to give you their lunch.

2) You want the lady in your favorite shop to give you a discount.

3) You forgot your homework and you don’t want the teacher to be angry.

4) You want your parents to let you stay out late at night.

6) You want your family to let you watch your favorite TV programme.
I had a go at these too, so if you’re struggling – see if these help you to think of your own.

1) You want your friend to give you their lunch.

Do you really want to finish that and risk putting on extra weight?

2) You want the lady in your favorite shop to give you a discount.

Wouldn’t you feel great if you were to give your favourite customer a really good deal?

3) You forgot your homework and you don’t want the teacher to be angry.

Aren’t I so kind to give you less work to mark?

4) You want your parents to let you stay out late at night.

Wouldn’t you love a quiet night in without me bothering you every ten minutes?

6) You want your family to let you watch your favourite TV programme.

Have you any idea how educational Spongebob Squarepants is?