Asking and Answering Questions: Enhance Oral Language Development

Question 1

If we don't know something, how can we learn about it?

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By asking questions

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By telling stories

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By singing songs

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By playing games

Question 2

When we give our friend time to think about our question before answering, what is this time called?

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Thinking time

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Talking time

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Quiet time

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Answer time

Question 3

Which question asks about a place?

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Where is the ball?

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Are you happy?

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Can you jump?

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When is your birthday?

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a polite way to ask a question?

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Shouting

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Using a question word, like who, what, where, when, why, or how

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Looking at the person you are asking

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Saying 'please' or 'thank you'

Question 5

We ask questions to learn more. Which question should we ask if we want to know the name of that animal?

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What is its name?

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Can we play with it?

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Where is it going?

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Is it a cat?

Question 6

When you want to ask a question, what should you do first?

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Look at the other person and speak clearly

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Wait for the other person to answer

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Answer the other person's question

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Ignore the other person

Question 7

When we want to ask a question, what special words do we use?

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Question words

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Magic words

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Our names

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Our fingers

Question 8

Which question starts with the word 'who'?

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Who is your teacher?

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What is your name?

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Where do you live?

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When is your birthday?

Question 9

Which of these questions is a good one to ask a friend?

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What's your favorite color?

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Do you want to play with me?

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Are you a boy or a girl?

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What's the meaning of life?

Question 10

When you want to find out if a toy belongs to you, what words should you use?

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Is it mine?

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What's this?

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Why is it blue?

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Can I play with it?

Question 11

Which question can help you find out more about someone's favorite things?

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What's your favorite toy?

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Are you a girl or a boy?

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Why are you crying?

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What's your name?

Question 12

What do you do when you want to know something and ask someone?

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Ask someone something

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Tell someone something

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Wait for someone to tell you something

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Shake your head

Question 13

When you want to find out more about something, what kind of question can you ask?

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What is it?

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Is it a cat?

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Do you like bananas?

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How old are you?

Question 14

What kind of question can only be answered with 'yes' or 'no'?

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Closed-ended question

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Open-ended question

Question 15

When we ask questions, what's the best thing to do while we wait for an answer?

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Wait quietly

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Shout out the answer

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Talk over the person speaking

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Change the subject

Question 16

When someone is talking to you, how can you show that you are listening?

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Look at them and nod your head.

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Look away and play with your toys.

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Talk over them and tell them your own story.

Question 17

Which question can have more than one correct answer?

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What toys do you like?

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What's your name?

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What is your favorite fruit?

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Where do you go to sleep?

Question 18

When someone is talking to you, how can you show that you are listening?

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Nod your head and say 'yes'

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Look away and play with your toys

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Talk over the person and interrupt them

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Put your feet up on the table and yawn

Question 19

Which question asks about your favorite toy?

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What is your favorite toy?

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What is your name?

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Where do you live?

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How old are you?

Question 20

When we want to find out more about something, what kind of question do we ask?

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A question that helps us learn new things

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A question that has only one right answer

Question 21

When you want to play with a toy your friend has, what should you do?

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Ask nicely

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Yell

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Take the toy

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Cry

Question 22

When someone asks you a question, what should you do?

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Listen and try to answer

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Ignore them and look away

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Interrupt and talk about something else

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Make fun of them for asking a silly question

Question 23

What can you say when you want to learn more about toys?

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Tell me about toys.

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I want toys.

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I have toys.

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Toys are fun.

Question 24

If you want to learn something new, what can you do?

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Ask a question

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Tell your teacher

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Draw a picture

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Sing a song

Question 25

When you want to find out what your friend is playing with, what should you ask?

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What are you playing with?

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Do you want to play with me?

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Can I play with you?

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What is your name?

Question 26

When someone is talking to you, how can you show them you are paying attention?

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Make eye contact, nod your head, and say things like "uh-huh" or "I see."

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Look away and play with your toys.

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Talk over them and tell them what you want to say.

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Put your head down on the table and close your eyes.

Question 27

When you want to ask a friend to play, is it important to use polite words?

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Yes, it's important to be polite when asking someone to play.

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No, it's not important to be polite when asking someone to play.

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I'm not sure if it's important to be polite when asking someone to play.

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It depends on who you're asking to play with.

Question 28

When you want to play with a toy your friend is using, what is the polite thing to say?

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Ask 'Can I play with the toy when you're finished?'

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Yell 'Give me the toy!'

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Just wait until your friend is done playing.

Question 29

When you want to play with a friend, what is the polite way to ask?

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Can I join you?

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It's my turn!

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Give me the toy

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I want to play

Question 30

When someone asks you a question, what should you do?

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Listen and answer nicely.

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Ignore them and don't answer.

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Shout and talk over them.

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Start talking about something else.

Question 31

When I ask if you want to play outside, what type of question am I asking?

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Yes or no question

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Open-ended question

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Wh-question

Question 32

When you want to play with a toy that your friend is using, what is the polite way to ask?

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Ask, "Can I play with the toy after you're done?"

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Say, "Give me the toy!"

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Take the toy from your friend without asking.

Question 33

When you've heard your friend's answer, what's a good thing to do next?

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Say 'thank you' or 'that's interesting'

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Walk away without saying anything

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Start talking about something else

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Make a funny face

Question 34

When someone is answering your question, how can you show that you are listening?

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Make eye contact, nod your head, and say 'uh-huh' or 'I see.'

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Look away and play with your toys.

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Talk over the person and tell them your own answer.

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Cover your ears and close your eyes.

Question 35

When you're finished talking to someone, what's a nice way to say goodbye?

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Say 'Thank you.'

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Yell 'Bye!'

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Hang up the phone without saying anything.

Question 36

What kind of question can you ask when you want to learn more about something and it starts with words like who, what, where, when, or why?

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Wh-question

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Yes or no question

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Guessing question

Question 37

When someone is talking to you, what is a good way to show that you are paying attention?

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Nodding your head

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Looking at your feet

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Interrupting the person

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Talking on your phone

Question 38

When you don't understand something someone says, what word can you use to ask them to explain it better?

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What

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Why

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How

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When

Question 39

Which type of question asks for a lot of details?

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Questions that start with 'how' or 'why'

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Questions that can be answered with one word

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Questions that ask for someone's name

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Questions that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'

Question 40

When someone is talking to you, how can you show that you are listening?

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Make eye contact and nod your head

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Look away and play with your toys

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Talk over the person and interrupt them

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Cross your arms and avoid eye contact

Question 41

When someone is talking to you, how can you show that you are listening?

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Nod your head and say 'yes' or 'uh-huh'.

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Look away and play with your toys.

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Interrupt them and talk about something else.

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Ignore them and pretend to do something else.

Question 42

When you're playing with a friend and want to use a toy they have, what's the polite thing to do first?

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Ask your friend if you can play with it.

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Grab the toy right away.

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Tell your friend it's your toy and they can't play with it.

Question 43

Which question helps you understand how two things are different?

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How are these two things different?

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What is this?

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Can you describe this?

Question 44

What's the main reason we ask questions?

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To learn something new

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To tell others what we know

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To make new friends

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To be nice to others

Question 45

When you want to show someone you're listening, what should you do?

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Look at them and nod your head

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Talk over them

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Close your eyes and pretend to sleep

Question 46

When we ask questions, what do we want to do?

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Get answers and learn new things

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Tell others what we know

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Have a conversation

Question 47

When we want to know more about something, we can ask a question. Which question would help you learn about your friend's favorite things?

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What's your favorite color?

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Why do you always wear that shirt?

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How did you get to school today?

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When is your birthday?

Question 48

When we ask and answer questions together, what are we doing?

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Learning from each other

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Finding the right answer

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Competing to see who knows more

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Just passing the time

Question 49

When you want to ask someone a question politely, what should you say first?

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Excuse me, may I ask you a question?

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Hey, listen up!

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Can you tell me?

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Yo, what's up?

Question 50

Why is it important to ask questions?

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To learn more about things we don't know.

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To show how much we know.

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To make others feel silly.

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To avoid doing our work.

Question 51

We learned that asking questions can help us learn more about a story. Who should we ask about to find out about the people in the story?

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Who are the characters in the story?

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What is the setting of the story?

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When does the story take place?

Question 52

What color is the sky during the day?

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Blue

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Red

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Green

Question 53

What should you do if you see a stranger?

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Tell a trusted grown-up

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Talk to them

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Run away

Question 54

Did anything in the story make you think of another book or movie you know?

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Yes, it reminded me of something I've read or seen before.

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No, nothing in the story reminded me of anything else.

Question 55

Which question word do you use to ask about a person?

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Who

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Where

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How

Question 56

What word do we use to ask about the place where something is?

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Where

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Who

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What

Question 57

Which of these is not a question word?

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Because

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Why

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How

Question 58

Which question do we ask when we want to know how something happened?

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How

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Who

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What

Question 59

Which question starts with 'W' and asks why something happened?

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Why

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Who

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Where

Question 60

What do we say when we want to ask about what someone is doing?

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What are you doing?

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Where are you going?

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Why did you do that?

Question 61

Which question word asks about the time of something?

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When

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Where

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Why

Question 62

How should we end a question?

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With a question mark

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With a period

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With an exclamation mark

Question 63

Who would you ask if you wanted to know the name of the President of the United States?

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A teacher

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A doctor

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A police officer

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A mail carrier

Question 64

Which word do we use to ask about a person?

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Who

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What

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When

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Where