5W
1H
Question :
Who
Identify the characters in the reading
and make a list of them.
Draw connecting lines between the
characters and describe to yourself the relationship between the characters.
What
Identify the events or actions and make
a list of them.
Draw connecting lines between the events
or actions to show the relationship between
them.
Draw connecting lines between the
characters and the events as you describe to yourself the relationship between
them.
Where
Identify all the places in the reading
and make a list of them.
Draw connecting lines between places,
events and characters as you describe to yourself the relationship among them.
When
Identify all the time factors in the
reading and make a list of them.
Draw connecting lines between time
factors, places, events and characters as you describe to yourself the
relationship among them.
Why
Identify causes for events of actions
and make a list of them.
Draw connecting lines from the causes to
effects on the characters, events, places, or times as you describe to yourself
the relationship among them.
How
Identify the way events took place and
make a list of them.
Draw connecting lines between the way
events took place and other factors as you describe to yourself the
relationship among them
Yes
No Question :
Definition: An interrogative construction that
expects an answer of "yes" or "no." Contrast with wh-
question.
Examples and Observations:
Homer: Are you an
angel?
Moe: Yes, Homer. All
us angels wear Farrah slacks.
(The Simpsons)
"Directing a movie is a very
overrated job, we all know it. You just have to say 'yes' or 'no.' What else do
you do? Nothing. 'Maestro, should this be red?' Yes. 'Green?' No. 'More
extras?' Yes. 'More lipstick?' No. Yes. No. Yes. No. That's directing."
(Judi Dench as Liliane La Fleur in Nine, 2009).
Principal McGee: Are you just going
to stand there all day?
Sonny: No ma'am. I mean, yes ma'am.
I mean, no ma'am.
Principal McGee: Well, which is
it?
Sonny: Um, no ma'am.
(Eve Arden and Michael Tucci in
Grease, 1978)
The yes-no question is found in three
varieties: the inverted question, the typical exemplar of this kind; the
inverted question offering an alternative (which may require more than a simple
yes or no for an answer); and the tag question:
Are you going? (inversion)
Are you staying or going?
(inversion with alternative)
You're going, aren't you? (tag)
The inverted question merely inverts the
subject and the first verb of the verb phrase of the corresponding statement
pattern when that verb is either a modal or an auxiliary verb or the verb be
and sometimes have. The question itself may be positive or negative:
She is leaving on Wednesday.
Is she leaving on Wednesday?
. . . A positive question appears to be neutral as to the expected
response--yes or no. However, a negative question seems to hold out the
distinct possibility of a negative response.
Are you going? Yes/No.
Aren't you going? No.
(Ronald Wardhaugh, Understanding English
Grammar: A Linguistic Approach. Wiley-Blackwell, 2003)
"There are many different ways to
format questions on a survey. Let's say you want to measure people's attitudes
toward premarital sex. You could ask a simple yes-no question:
Are you in favor of premarital sex?
___ Yes ___ No
Or you could use a Likert-type scale
where the question is phrased as a statement." (Annabel Ness Evans and
Bryan J. Rooney, Methods in Psychological Research, 2nd ed. Sage, 2011) Also
Known As: polar interrogative, polar question, bipolar question
Tag
Question :
Question tags are the short questions
that we put on the end of sentences – particularly in spoken English. There are
lots of different question tags but the rules are not difficult to learn.
Positive/negative
If the main part of the sentence is
positive, the question tag is negative ….
He’s a doctor, isn’t he?
You work in a bank, don’t you?
... and if the main part of the sentence
is negative, the question tag is positive.
You haven’t met him, have you?
She isn’t coming, is she?
With auxiliary verbs
The question tag uses the same verb as
the main part of the sentence. If this is an auxiliary verb (‘have’, ‘be’) then
the question tag is made with the auxiliary verb.
They’ve gone away for a few days,
haven’t they?
They weren’t here, were they?
He had met him before, hadn’t he?
This isn’t working, is it?
Without auxiliary verbs
If the main part of the sentence doesn’t
have an auxiliary verb, the question tag uses an appropriate form of ‘do’.
I said that, didn’t I?
You don’t recognise me, do you?
She eats meat, doesn’t she?
With modal verbs
If there is a modal verb in the main
part of the sentence the question tag uses the same modal verb.
They couldn’t hear me, could they?
You won’t tell anyone, will you?
With ‘I am’
Be careful with question tags with
sentences that start ‘I am’. The question tag for ‘I am’ is ‘aren’t I?’
I’m the fastest, aren’t I?
Intonation
Question tags can either be ‘real’
questions where you want to know the answer or simply asking for agreement when
we already know the answer.
If the question tag is a real question
we use rising intonation. Our tone of voice rises.
If we already know the answer we use
falling intonation. Our tone of voice falls.
