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What are special questions?
A special question begins with an interrogative word or phrase (Where…, How…, Why…, How many…, What colour…, etc.) and is spoken with a falling intonation. The order of words is the same as in general questions but the interrogative word or phrase precedes the auxiliary verb. An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh- (compare Five Ws). These are the question words who, what, when, where, how and why. Also known as a polar interrogative, a polar question, and a bipolar question, a yes-no question is an interrogative construction (such as, Are you ready?) that expects an answer of either yes or no. Wh- questions, on the other hand, can have a number of answers, and potentially more than one correct answer. Types of questions. There are 5 basic types of questions: factual, convergent, divergent, evaluative and combination. Random questions are prompts you can use to spark interesting conversations with someone. For example, “What country would you most like to visit?” or “What is the biggest risk you have ever taken?” The purpose of these phrases is to help friends and strangers start talking and getting to know each other better.
What is a special question?
SPECIAL QUESTIONS, or WH-QUESTIONS. These questions begin with the following question words: Who, what, which, where, when, why, how, how many, how much, how long, how often. These interrogative words show the information is required. Special questions may refer to any part of the sentence. In this worksheet you will find 6 types of questions: general, special, alternative, tag, subject question and indirect question. Much religious education now, and perhaps more to come, is based on a consideration of what some have called ultimate questions. Questions like ‘Who am I ?’ , ‘Why are we here ?’ , ‘What is the purpose of life ?’ , ‘Does the universe have meaning ?’ Much religious education now, and perhaps more to come, is based on a consideration of what some have called ultimate questions. Questions like ‘Who am I ?’ , ‘Why are we here ?’ , ‘What is the purpose of life ?’ , ‘Does the universe have meaning ?’ WHAT ARE ‘GOLDEN QUESTIONS’? Golden questions are the smallest number of survey questions that can be used to reproduce market segments previously created from longer lists of questions.