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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm how can you ask questions

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in English let's talk about it today

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you're gonna dip your toe in the water

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of questions so that you can have

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amazing conversations in English we can

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imagine that you're walking beside a

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swimming pool and you dip or put your

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toe in the water just to test the

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temperature oh it's cold that's exactly

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what we're gonna do today with questions

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so you're gonna briefly learn the four

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most common ways to create beautiful

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questions in English and at the end of

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this lesson I want to challenge you to

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write a comment using all four question

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forms so listen carefully

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why should you learn how to ask

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questions well I've said many times in

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the past including this video about how

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to stop being shy in English that when

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you ask questions it takes off the

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pressure from you because you're asking

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a question and the other person is

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speaking so that you can take a moment

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to take a breath and you can also learn

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more about the other person let's start

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with the simple sentence it's the fall

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season right now and because I live in

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the mountains this is a great time to be

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here the trees are red and golden and

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orange it's breathtaking and there is

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nothing better than a gorgeous fall

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colors and the sun shining so let's take

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the sentence I like sunny days we can

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make 4 questions number one do you like

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sunny days number two what is your

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favorite weather number three you like

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sunny days right

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number four you like sunny days let's

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break down these four different types of

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questions the first question do you like

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sunny days is using an auxiliary verb do

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you like sunny days the auxiliary verb

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is do have you been outside yet have is

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that auxiliary verb would you like me to

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join you would is that auxiliary verb

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these are close

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closed questions that means that the

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answers can only be yes or no do you

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like sunny days yes have you been

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outside today no would you like me to

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join you

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yes great there are only two answers to

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these questions or are there mmm if you

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would like to expand your vocabulary

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beyond just yes or no you can check out

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the videos that I made 22 to 25

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different ways to say yes and no you can

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click on the link up here and expand

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your vocabulary for your answers to this

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auxilary question the second way to form

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a question is with a question word what

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is your favourite season here the

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question word is what you probably learn

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these in your early elementary school

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English classes what who where when why

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how often how much but this one is an

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open question so really the answer could

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be anything it's not just yes it's not

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just no let's take a look at a quick

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example you might ask what did you do in

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Florida on your vacation the question is

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what what did you do in Florida you

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could say well I went to the beach and

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it was really beautiful because I loved

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sunny days and it was quite hot but I

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enjoyed it great you might ask when did

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you go to Florida hear the question

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where it is when when did you go to

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Florida well the answer is not just yes

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or no it's not a closed question it's

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anything oh I went last week I went

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three years ago I'm gonna go there

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tomorrow

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great the third way to create questions

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is by using tag questions you might ask

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you like sunny days right you can see

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that the main part of the sentence you

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like sunny days this is a statement this

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is not a question but we're just adding

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a tag question on the end right and when

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we use these words we're just trying to

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verify information so the only time that

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you use a tag question is if you think

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something but you're not quite sure so

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you want to verify that your idea is

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correct maybe you want to invite me to

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eat some barbecue at your house so you

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ask me you eat me right you think that I

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eat meat but you want to verify

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that information to make sure that it's

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correct you don't want to invite me to

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eat barbecue if I don't eat meat so you

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asked me you eat meat right the

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statement is you eat meat that's just a

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statement it's not a question but then

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you're adding the tag word right the tag

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question right is pretty common but

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there are other tech questions that are

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a little more complicated so I like to

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give you a quick tip about how to use

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them let's go back to that original

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sentence you like sunny days right but

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let's change right and instead let's say

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you like sunny days don't you or we

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could say you don't like sunny days do

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you let's try to look for a pattern here

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we can see in that first sentence you

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like sunny days this is a positive

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sentence and then we're adding a

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negative tag question don't you what

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about the second sentence you don't like

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sunny days do you we have a negative

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sentence and a positive tag question

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this is the key to great tag questions

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when you have a positive sentence you're

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gonna add a negative tag question when

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you have a negative sentence you're

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gonna add a positive tag question this

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is just a quick tip about tag questions

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but if you'd like me to make a full

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lesson here on YouTube about tag

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questions let me know in the comments

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the fourth way to form questions in

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English is simply by changing your

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intonation you could say you like sunny

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days here the grammar is the same as a

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simple sentence you like sunny days but

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my voice changed in pitch you like sunny

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days it went up at the end to show that

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I'm asking a question when do we use

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intonation in a question this is mainly

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when you're showing that you're

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surprised or shocked so you might say

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with a shocked voice that's salt here we

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have a statement that is salt but I know

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that it's a shocked surprised question

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because of your intonation that's salt

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it's going up at the end

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maybe you're surprised because usually

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salt is small and fine but here I have

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been

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pieces of salt they actually go in a

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salt lamp that I have it makes a nice

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pink color but you might be surprised

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that salt this is a great way to use

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intonation questions or you might ask

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vanessa's from the US here we know that

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you're shocked you're surprised because

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you're using an intonation question

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maybe you thought that my name vanessa

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is brazilian or italian or from another

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country but nope I'm from the US my name

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is just an international name but you

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can use this intonation question

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Vanessa's from the US make sure that you

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licked your voice at the end and now

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it's your turn I have a big challenge

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for you in the comments below can you

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make four questions using each of these

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methods auxilary verb questions question

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word questions tag questions and an

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intonation question maybe you can tell

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me about food in your country you might

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say do you like Turkish food what is

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Turkish food you like Turkish food right

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you like Turkish food great you're using

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all four kinds of questions and I hope

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that you'll be able to integrate these

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into your speaking and also hear them as

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you're listening to other native

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speakers talk thanks so much for

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learning English with me and I'll see

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you again next Friday for a new lesson

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thanks so much

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bye