Strategies for Part II Questions & Responses

STRATEGY #6: Get familiar with other types of questions Choice questions: Choice questions ask the listener to choose between one, two, or several choices. - These questions use the word or (Did our stock go up or down yesterday?). - The response usually names one of the choices and sometimes contains the word either, neither, or both (Neither. The stock stayed about the same.). - Formats of a choice question: WORD/PHRASE or WORD/PHRASE? or NOT? CLAUSE/SENTENCE or CLAUSE/SENTNCE? - DONT answer a choice question with YES or NO. - Pay attention to the intonation of the choice question: the voice RISES before OR, and DROPS at the end of the question. Exercise 1: choice - 5 questions Embedded questions: An embedded question is a question or statement within a question (Do you think we'll have to work this weekend?). Embedded questions usually begin with some form of the following words:

An embedded question can: Be an information question that asks who, what, when, where, how or why (Do you know when Ramona is starting her new job?) Be a yes/no question. This type of embedded question usually contains the word if or whether (Do you know whether Mr. Chang will pay us overtime?). Contain a statement. That is, they provide some information and often contain the word that, although it is sometimes omitted (Did you hear [that] the convention is in Florida this year?). The correct response, in most cases, is to the embedded question or statement. Exercise 2: embedded - 5 questions Exercise 3: choice & embedded 16 questions Tag questions: Tag questions consist of an affirmative statement with a negative tag ( ... doesn 't he?, ... isn 't it?, ... haven't you?) or a negative statement with an affirmative tag ( ... will you?, ... did she?, ... are there?).

Expressions such as ... wouldn't you say?, ... don't you think?, OK?, and ... right? are sometimes used in place of negative tags.

Negative questions: Negative questions begin with negative contractions: Doesn't . .. , Hasn't . .. , Aren't. ... The expected answer is affirmative, but the actual answer may be either affirmative or negative. - Some negative questions are used in special functions: Won't you ... is used in invitations.

- Shouldn't you/we ... is used to make suggestions.

- Wouldn't you like . . . is used to make offers.

Statements: There are many kinds of statements used for announcements, requests, suggestions, or exclamations. These are not questions, but can be responded to in a number of ways: with yes or no responses, with other statements, or even with a question etc .

- Please . .. , Let me know if. .. , and I'd appreciate it if. .. are used in statements that make requests.

- Let's . . . is used in statements that make suggestions.

- A special kind of statement, an exclamation, is used to express surprise, delight, or anger. These types of statements frequently begin with What (a) + noun, What (a) + adjective + noun, and How + adjective.

Pay special attention to the content words (verbs, nouns & adjectives) of the statement to decide which choice best completes the statement. Exercise 4: statements 10 questions Exercise 5: negative, tag questions & statements 12 questions