Saturday, November 14, 2009

Multiple questions.
How do you know that? Did you know that?
How did you do it? Didn’t you do it?
How do they arrange the party? Did they arrange?
How did the students reach in time? Didn’t the students?
How could he operate the computer? Couldn’t he?

Why are you late? Aren’t you late?
Why do they want me to do it? Don’t they want me to?
Why are they coming here? Aren’t they coming?
Why did the driver stop the bus? Didn’t the driver stop?
Why do children dislike your class? Don’t children?

When are you going to Madras? Aren’t you?
When will you go to Madras? Won’t you go?
When can you complete this work? Can’t you complete?
When do they plan to return home? Don’t they plan to?
When do the politicians understand the poor? Don’t the poli

Where are they staying? Aren’t they ?
Where are you planning to settle down? Aren’t you planning to?
Where is the chief guest staying? Isn’t the chief?
Where can you find this much corruption? Can’t you find?
Where will you deposit this money? Won’t you deposit?


Who is he, the man next to the chief guest? Isn’t he the man?
Who are they, the boys in the front row? Aren’t they the?
Who are you waiting for? (somebody) Aren’t you waiting?
Who is there (anyone) in my office? Isn’t there any?
Who are they (students)playing cricket? Aren’t they playing?


First read the questions and understand the word order and meaning.
Then remove the interrogatives like when, where etc. and read the questions and understand the word order and meaning?

Multiple questions are easy to ask and it is a two way process that helps you learn more questions. More questions mean more conversation. You might remember. Good luck


Asking and answering is what conversation is all about.

1 Why don’t you do it?
2 Why can’t you do it?
3 Why won’t you do it?
4 Did you do that?
6 Didn’t you do that?
7 Does he do it? Did you do it?
8 Can you do it?
9 Can’t you do it?
10 Could you do it?
11 Couldn’t you do it?
12 Could you have done it?
13 Couldn’t you have done it?
14 Why can’t I do that?
15 Will you be doing it?
16 Won’t you be going there?
17 Will they be accepting your offer?
18 Should I do it? Shouldn’t I do it?
19 Would you accept this job offer?
20 Would you have accepted it, if they gave you Rs.10,000/-?
21 Wouldn’t you have accepted the offer, if they made it before?
22 Couldn’t you have been a doctor, if you had selected medicine? 23 Wouldn’t your father have retired this year, if he lived?
24 Wouldn’t the teachers have been working till 4, if there were no strike?
25 Wouldn’t you have worked yesterday, if there were no hartal?
26 Is it a matter of pride? Does it rain now?
27 Isn’t it a matter of pride? Is this bus going to TVM?
28 Was that an accident? Wasn’t it an accident?
29 Are they worried about you? Were you on your way home?
30 Aren’t your parents worried about you?
31 Were the students in the hall? Were marchers pelting stones at?
32 Weren’t they appearing for exams?
33 Weren’t the police at the site? Were they watching all?
34 Were the police at the site?
35 Has he got a car? Has it got an AC built-in?
36 Have we got anything more to do? How will you react if you win?
37 Haven’t they reported yet? Have we been asked to stay here?
38 Has he reported now? Will they be giving you 30 days’ leave?
38 Have they been asked to return today?
40 Haven’t they been asked to collect it?
41 Had he been in Madras before he went to Bombay?
42 Had the ministers been in the Gulf before they visited Washington DC? What the hell are they going to do in DC?
43 Has he got enough money in his account?
44 Has the bank got enough funds for today?
45 Has the locker got a number lock?
46 May I use your car? When will you get back?
47 Might they be reporting today?

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