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Asking questions is often difficult for English learners. That&#39;s because when we ask a question in English,

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we have to change the order, add &#39;do&#39;, &#39;does&#39;, or &#39;did&#39;, and sometimes we add a question

tag. Hi. My name is Rebecca, and in today&#39;s lesson, I&#39;m going to show you a very easy way to ask

questions. Now, you can&#39;t use this method all the time, but you can certainly use this method

some of the time, and ask a question correctly and really easily.

How do we do this? What we do is we turn statements into questions. You take a statement -- a

statement is a sentence. You take the sentence, you change the intonation, or the way you

say it, and then you ask it as a question, and it becomes a question. To help you to

understand how to do this, I&#39;m going to first say these sentences as sentences, and then

I&#39;ll change my intonation and show you how to ask them as questions, all right? Here we go.

We can do this in different contexts, by the way: We can do it to show surprise, to express

some doubt, or to ask for clarification; different types of questions and different types of

situations. Let&#39;s take the first one: &quot;John was arrested.&quot; This is a sentence. &quot;John was arrested.&quot;

If we ask it as a question -- &quot;John was arrested?&quot; See, you&#39;re surprised. &quot;John was arrested?&quot;

Next one: &quot;Sheila&#39;s left her job.&quot; As a question: &quot;Sheila has left her job?&quot;

Next one: &quot;You won $500.&quot; As a question: &quot;You won $500?&quot;

You see that I&#39;m kind of putting my hand out

every time, because sometimes there is a certain amount of body language that goes along with

this type of question, all right? You can try that for yourself if you want, and you&#39;ll sound even

more authentic and you&#39;ll look the part.

Next one: &quot;Your mom gave you her credit card.&quot; That&#39;s the sentence. What would the question

be? Change your intonation: &quot;Your mom gave you her credit card?&quot; Now here there&#39;s doubt

in my voice, right? -- I don&#39;t really believe that your mom gave you her credit card. &quot;Your mom

Next one: &quot;You mailed my letter.&quot; That&#39;s a sentence. How do we change it to a question?

Let&#39;s say you&#39;re asking this of someone who doesn&#39;t usually do some of the things you

ask them to do, all right? You say: &quot;You mailed my letter?&quot; That&#39;s another way. Let&#39;s take... if we&#39;re asking

for clarification: &quot;She&#39;s getting married in May.&quot; That&#39;s a sentence or a statement.

How do we make it into a question? &quot;She&#39;s getting married in May?&quot;

&quot;The spa is on the second floor.&quot; Question: &quot;The spa is on the second floor?&quot;

Last one: &quot;We&#39;re meeting at 6:00.&quot; Question: &quot;We&#39;re meeting at 6:00?&quot;, or, &quot;We&#39;re meeting at 6?&quot;

You&#39;re just going to take the sentence and turn it into a question by changing your intonation, all right?

If you&#39;d like some practice in doing this, please visit our website, www.engvid.com.

You can do a quiz on this, and many other topics in English. Good luck with your English. Bye for now.

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