When asking someone about their opinion, we may use a number of approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week, we are concentrating on two approaches, namely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Yes\/No questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The answer to this question may start with Yes <\/em>or No<\/em>. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q: Do you think everyone should learn Greek?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A: (Yes,) I do, … \/ (No,) I don’t, …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some good ways to start a Yes\/No Question<\/strong> are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n One potential weakness that a Yes\/Now Question<\/em> may have is that the answer to it may be very brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n —————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n OR Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In these questions, you give the other person two or more alternatives to choose from. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q: Would you rather prefer to be educated privately or by the state?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A: I would rather attend a public school. …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some good ways to start an OR Question<\/strong> are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another way to ask about other opinions is to ask WH Questions<\/strong>. This type of questions usually starts with what, when, where, who, whom, which<\/em>, whose<\/em>, why<\/em> or how.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some good ways to start a WH Question<\/strong> are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last technique of asking about other opinions we will consider is using Negative Yes\/No Questions<\/strong>. This type of questions helps us to confirm if something is true or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some good ways to ask a Negative Yes\/No Question<\/strong> are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Negative Yes\/No Question<\/strong> is usually a reaction to what someone else said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E.g. 1.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker A:<\/em><\/strong> All Ukrainian women are tall and blonde. They can be fashion models and make a lot of money.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker B:<\/em><\/strong> Yes, but <\/em>isn’t it a bit too general<\/strong>? I am from Ukraine, and I am short, and my hair is brown. ……<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Often, there is another statement\/phrase before the Negative Yes\/No Question<\/strong>. That statement\/phrase links the Question<\/strong> to something that the previous speaker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E.g. 2.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker A:<\/em><\/strong> All Ukrainian women are tall and blonde. They can be fashion models and make a lot of money.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker B:<\/em><\/strong> You said\/suggested\/mentioned that<\/strong> all Ukrainian women are tall and blonde, and can be fashion models and make lots of money. Don’t you think there are short women in Ukraine whose hair is of a different color?<\/em> ………<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, the Negative Yes\/No Question<\/strong> comes after a question of another kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E.g. 3.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker A:<\/em><\/strong>I love winter in Nagano!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker B:<\/em><\/strong> How about Morioka? Isn’t winter great here too? ……<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When asking someone about their opinion, we may use a number of approaches. This week, we are concentrating on two approaches, namely: ————————————————————————————————– Yes\/No questions The answer to this question may start with Yes or No. For example: Q: Do you think everyone should learn Greek? A: (Yes,) I do, … \/ (No,) I don’t, … Some good … Continue reading Asking someone for their opinion about a topic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unistudy.net\/iu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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