Speaking English: The easy way to ask questions

Sorry, everyone. Questions #2 & #3 were initially switched. This is fixed now.

engVid

100
:D

fatiima8

So by changing the intonation of a statement, we can turn it into a question?

Yep! This is the easiest way to make a question, but what is the name of this type of questions in English grammar Rebecca?

Thanks Rebecca for this great video lessons.

All the best to you.

Regino

Thank you Rebecca .Such an useful lesson

momen22

Rebecca mam, your English so simple, clear and understandable. I wish I could speak like her. I love watching your lessons. Thank You.

engvivid85

My pleasure. So glad you find the lessons helpful. My best wishes to you, Arun.

Rebecca

Thanks for the lesson Rebecca. But you have mistakes in this quiz. The second and third questions are not written correctly. You ask to find questions which supposed to be wrong but actually they are right. Those questions should be “Which of these questions is correct?”. Tell me if I’m wrong ;-)

Best regards, Max.

Max

You are not wrong. The questions for #2 & #3 were mixed up. It is fixed now.

engVid

Hi engVid,,, could you make a special video at 500th video lessons as a celebration, maybe attended by all English teacher here, I think it will be fun and can’t wait for that…(only suggestion) thanks ^_^

ichakushina

thank you Rebecca! very interesting! (is more easy this way!)

lucacovolo

Thanks for good lesson.

epicon

I like all your videos you are great like any one in this website,
have a good day .

asala

You got 10 correct out of 10.
wwwwowwww I’m lucky .mmmm
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I’m a question teacher rebacca
:
Which of these questions is wrong?
or
Which of these questions ARE wrong?

BECAUSE WE HAVE ..THESE + questions.
They are in the plural tense..isn’t it
………………….
thank so Much you rebacca

nino31

I’m a question teacher rebacca
……………
hhhhhhhh
sorry it was a typo
the right one is
I have a question

nino31

Which of these questions is wrong ? That means one answer only, right ? But obviously, there were two wrong questions respectively in #2 and #3; and the given answer was correct. Misprinted ?
In the previous lessons , I was taught that native speaker often omit the auxiliary verb when questioning;in this lesson , you said that we can ask question in very easy way —raising the end word in declarative sentence simply. Right ?

stupor67

Hi Rebecca
I really didn’t understand number 3 of the quiz. As I know it both the phrases “Did you looking in your purse” and “Did you looked in your purse” are gramatically incorrect.
Will you enlighten me of this?

Neusa

There was a problem with the quiz. It has been fixed now. Please take it again.

engVid

Hi,

1-Reebca could you please teach us in how many cases after GET the third form of the verb (Past participle)is used.PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE.

2-I have a request.would you teach us active voice and passive of causative verbs.Please,Please,please.

Best Regards,
Farooq

Farooq

I have request for you and other teacher in this great Engvid i want you to still make video as you can if you see some thing is do not need to make video for this because this is your mother language but me and other student is thirsty for any information as i think .
any thing every day is great to be excellent as you wish .
have a good day my teacher .

asala

really I could not understand what you tried to convey. some English words are here but they are not a clear sentence.

amuden, india.

I mean we need videos every day especially for TOEFL.
thanks for your comment

asala

hi Rebecca, sorry for this open comment, its a black dot on you that you confused your learners by the quiz. learners shouldn’t be mixed up. find out how it happened & try to avoid it in future.

amuden, india.

AHHHHHH!!!! It’s the black dot! The BLACK DOT! OH MY GOD, NOOOOO!

engVid

i got 7 .. need some more hardwork

Ahmed Faraz

i got 7 too. but I’m happy with the result, because,It has long time that I do not practice my English. let’s study guy
!!!!!!!!!

Rosimary

Hi Rebecca
I have tree question .
1- why ” She sent the email? ” is wrong ?
2- why “You looked in your purse? ” is wrong ?
3- why ” She late for the meeting? ” is not a proper question ?

mummal

#1 & #2 — there was a problem with the quiz. It is fixed now.
#3 – There is no verb in that question. You would have to say something like "She WAS late for the meeting?"

engVid

Hi dear engvid,

Let me know what’s the matter????!!!!!!!

U omitted our last comments on this lesson?!

I’ve left 2/3 comments n I’ve answered 2 sb’s question n he/she left a comment 4 me n I had it in my inbox but un4tunetly when I opened the site 2 check the comments,I couldn’t find mine!

U did change/omit the comments,didn’t u?!

Goood Heavens!!!

Kind Regards,
fatiima!
:)

fatiima8

The only comments that were removed were about a problem with the quiz, because that problem was fixed.

engVid

english is very beautiful language. by watching these video, i am building my confidence.

rahul

I am a Vietnamese student. i have learnt english for 8 years, but i can be good at english. And my listen skill so bad. I hope to improve my engglish skill by more listening. I love this website because it’s usefull for me. Thank you teacher so much. I hope i can meet you someday. If you come to Vietnam, i will be your closefriend. I hope so!

hoanghcmut

Thanks for the invitation! All the best to you.

Rebecca

Thank you so much Rebecca :)

sincelin

Hi Rebeca My name is Osman this is the first time I wrote to you and I’m very excited since I found your website I never stopped watching your videos and I’m looking forward to have private lessons with you over All you gave me hope you are fantastic teacher..God bless you . Thanks.

Rebeca

Hi
I dont understand this lesson,as you know in the past question we should use did,was,were

Jhon was arrested.
was Jhon arrest?

Is it right?
Iam conifusing.

sahar

The point of this lesson is to show you another grammatically correct way of asking questions in conversational English.

You can certainly ask questions with do, did, was, etc. You can also ask correct questions by using a sentence and changing your intonation, as I explained in the lesson. In fact, English speakers use this form very often.

All the best to you.

Rebecca

I was confused too. Because I thought that we must use auxiliary verbs. But if we ask questions without these verbs during any Cambridge Exams, won’t they be incorrect?

Thank you in advance,

kenzoll

Thank you Rebecca

Angel

thanks 70

jessikas4

Rebeka, I didn’t understand the last task (10). What means “You doed the test?”, and why “you did the test?” is wrong??

Алексей Окунев

In that question, you are asked to choose the WRONG answer. “You doed…” is wrong because “doed” is not a real word.

engVid

I am a beginner in English

amjaad93

Hi amjiad93
i would like to learn more english with you and i think it is a good way to learn english for both of us, so this is my facebook’s address buitiennhat@yahoo.com.vn
i hope to see you there

buitiennhatvituyet

Nice pick up line!

ilmeg

I enjoyed your class. Thank you

jaime

I don’t either understand the 10th question
The first and the second question are wrong, aren’t they?

samisitha

thank you

marcel123

Excelent thanks so much Rebecca

argenis

Hi Argenis,,I’m so sorry to hear your great President Hugo Chavez passed away,, my condolences….

ichakushina

Hi Ichakushina,yes it’s very sad the lost of a person like him…thanks for your condolences

argenis

The question #2 has two wrong question, instead of 1.

josedelgado

The question #2 has two wrong question.

josedelgado

Question #2 has two wrong questions.

josedelgado

Please see my answer to Ken’s comment below. All the best.

Rebecca

hello mam

i left a comment here couple of days ago but it seems to have disappeared..i didn’t get any reply..i’m worried why is that…

roystanbonzo

I deleted the comment, because it was about a problem with the quiz, and that problem has been fixed. We answered the first few comments about this and deleted the rest.

engVid

“Was she sent the email?” Is this correct? I didn’t understand… Thank you for the lesson!

Cláudio

What are the differences among these words: bath, bathe, breath, breathe, mouth(n), mouth(v), teeth, teethe

mehedihasan

Generally speaking, the first ones are nouns, the second ones are verbs.

bath- noun
bathe – verb
breath- noun
breathe – verb
mouth – noun
mouth – verb
teeth – noun
teethe – verb

Hope this helps! Good question. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

another good lesson,thanks teacher.

rabbani

70 % :)

Amr

u r such a good teacher Rebecca, u made me understand easily, good luck 2 u. n’ thanks again n’ again.

Efrain Dominguez

I do not know how to thank you Rebecca.

lamat

I am feeling very happy, this is awesome.
Way of explanation and providing different things, its easy to learn English as soon as possible.

murthy

Rebecca, Your lessons are very simply, clearly. Thank you so much. I got 100% ! :-D

pu2py

I find this lesson very interesting Rebecca, thanks :)

ruedarodante

Rebecca, thank you very much! Your lesson is so clearly and useful for me. Actually, I have never ever know this wonderful method untill I learn it from your video.

yuridang

Hello Rebecca, about “Was she sent the email?” Is this correct? I don’t think it’s quite good one.

poslegg

Maybe, something like “Did she sent the email?”

poslegg

Thank you ^^

Chompoo

Hi Rebecca,
Why did you delete my comment?

Khaled

Many people left similar comments about the quiz. We answered the first few and deleted the rest, so that we don’t confuse other people coming to the page.

engVid

Hi engvid,
the problem hasn’t been fixed yet in the 2nd question:
She sent the email?
She did sent the email?
Was she sent the email?
i chose the first but i got the correct one is the second.

Hishy

Always read the question carefully. In question 2, you were asked to choose the option which is wrong, not the answer which is right. That’s why you got confused. We have corrected everything now.

All the best to you.

Rebecca

In Russian language, all questions are always formed only by changing intonation. :)))

bonhob

hi bonhoff! it’s often the case in french and my native language: ”wolof”

seye

Portuguese is the same! We only change de intonation and add a simple “?” in end of the questions… but when we talk about verbs, portuguese is much more difficult than english because we have a verbal form for each pronouns! Painful… :/

joselourenco

now it’s over?

Akaal

i got 8 :(
i need more practise ….more examples
now i’m preparing for an exam that it will be on 3th of march
this exam contains 6 levels
i need to know which level i’m on

marwaadel

thanks for your helpful lessons :)

marwaadel

I like the way you teach

budi436

Hi Rebecca,
I have found another answer for 2nd question as the following!

2. Which of these questions is wrong?
She sent the email?
She did sent the email? -> Wrong!
Was she sent the email? -> Wrong! The answer
should be “Did she send the email?”.

Ken

Actually, the last answer is correct and not wrong. “Was she sent the email” means “was the email sent to her”, and this is correct grammar. It has a slightly different meaning from the other two but it is still correct English. The second answer, is the answer that is incorrect, as you have rightly noted.

All the best with your English, Ken.

Rebecca

thank you :D

nunni3

Thank you Rebecca

suleyman

I liked all of your lessons

suleyman

My apologies to all for any confusion caused by the quiz. Everything has been corrected now, so no worries. Please make sure you read the question before trying to choose the answer. Sometimes you are asked to choose the answer which is correct, while at other times you are asked to choose the one that is wrong. So always take the time to read the question carefully. This happens frequently on exams too, so don;t let them fool you! All the best to everyone and thanks for your feedback.

Rebecca

No Mam why are you apologies.Every one make mistake,every one just approach a 100% but it can’t achieve the 100%.
By the way My sweet teacher you are sooo good in english and your teaching style also so cool.

Serwatkhan89

…don’t let them fool you, it should say! All the best!

Rebecca

No matter!!!

” The man who never makes a mistake,is the man who never does anything ”

:) Regards!

fatiima8

Thanks, Fatima! You’re so right.

Rebecca

100 :)

Fikret

Thank you teacher.

nenanj55

7/10

Sreypov

How are you REBECCA?
I’m a new student.Pease can help me to improve my english’s level?

hakim83

Welcome!
:p

fatiima8

I liked your all the questions and quizes.

sheeraz212

I was very surprised. I’m from Ukraine and we ALWAYS use intonation in the asking question. But in the school and university teachers always said us that intonation isn’t used in English, only auxiliary verbs (do,will,did…)
So, I have a little question.
Is intonation a feature of only modern American English or British English too?

deeleen

thanks for the lesson, i appreciate it

firrizadam17

hi ms REBECCA
i did the quiz but there was something wrong
YOU WON THE GAME ? ITS NOT A QUESTION YOUR TELLING SOMEONE ABOUT THE GAME SO WHY IS IT WRONG

YOUR STUDENT HESSA

hessa

MS REBECCA
WHEN I ANSWERED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DID THE QUIZ TWO TIMES I ANSWERED THE SAME QUESTION BUT WHEN I ANSWERED THE RIGHT ANSWER THAT WAS IN THE OLD QUIZ IT SAID THAT IT”S WRONGE SO PLZZ HELP ME PLZZ MS

hessa

HI the nice tutorials ,good job thank you ,it’s very helpfull

Davis

Good lesson!, thank, dear teacher!

crayong

Thank you Rebecca. I didn’t know very well the intonation. Now! I know.

cgavino

i have really lucky when i find this wes

linh

60 :/
Thank’s a lot!

piccolo

Thanks mdm

jaganganjala

Thank you Rebecca :)

vikivioletamkd

How are you Rebecca?
Please could tell me what the different between transitive verbs,intransitive verbs and distransitive verbs?

hakim83

Hi Rebeca, thank´s for this lesson, it was wonderful,…your English is easy to understand, very clear and that is so important for people who really want to improve their English.take good care of yourself

juanfco

thanks

salihmus

In this lesson we have three type of the questions. Actually, these are the answers. If you change intonation, they’ll become the question.

Thank for your lesson!

vothanhtu89

thank you Rebecca. It was so useful.

taminrad

oooohhhh… I thought it was ok

christian1904

thank you Rebcca

dream27020

I got 50

lianbiak

I got 40

macho

2. Which of these questions is wrong?

She sent the email?
She did sent the email?
Was she sent the email?

why is bad “She sent the email”

you wrote:
#1 & #2 — there was a problem with the quiz. It is fixed now.

I think is still bad this in quiz

reny1970

Sorry i read bad question
2. Which of these questions is wrong? Now i see …sorry Everything is o.k.

reny1970

Thank you for teaching and quiz for testing the competence

polen

I LIKE UR LESSON VERY MUCH/THANKS YAAR

kareemullah11

Thank you, Rebecca. Super – I’ll definitely try it.

marienovot

Thank you so much ma’am Rebecca, ma’am I really want to learn English. I’m a high school undergraduate,I can speak English but, I know it’s not fluent, and this is the main reason why I really need to learn English. I need your help ma’am Rebecca to correct my English fluently, please? I’m looking forward to your wonderful reply ma’am Rebecca, thank you so much, and God bless.

sensitive

If you are determined and stay interested and enthusiastic, I am sure you will improve so that you can speak confidently too. Try to find an English-speaking friend who can help you or join a conversational class, which will enable you to make quicker progress. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

Mam i want to make a friend but i have not, any one how want to improve their english with group study please add me on skype here is my email id kb.hvaceng@gmail.com
Thanks to all of you

Serwatkhan89

thank you

olps31

We always have great english classes here!!!!!

andredoval

Absolutely, dear fellow countryman! :)

joselourenco

100 ;)

ojhay101

thanks maam .it’s a very good lesson

deveshpandey11

I have come to know that questions can also be asked this way. Thanks for a new lesson.

shans

thx 60

gharibo2020

Thanks to all for your feedback. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

Hai rebecca teacher,
your class is very good

alameenkm

Hi Sister Rebecca
thank you for your information that you shared to every one of us specially in me ^^

thennek24

I have studied English for 2 years and I only learned to ask changing the verb. For example:
Are we meeting at 06:00?
I didn’t know that I could ask that way:
We’re meeting at 06:00?
Thank you very much.

moa

Thank you.

pafsilipoclub

hello Rebecca
i appraciate which are you doing. could you help me to know what is the different petween work and job. i am wating your response.
thanks

raghda2030

Thank you Rebecca!!
This way is more easy!!

val123lima

Specially for us brazilians… kkkkkkkkkk

joselourenco

Cool Rebecca! Thank you so much! So this lesson is only for conversational English, right?

joseingles2013

thank you . 70 correct

hugoboss163

very good, thank you Rebecca

dare13

As always, congratulations for your excellent explanation Rebecca….

wiltoncleiton

Thank you. In Spanish, we can do the same and I always asked me if in English would be possible.

chiqui

i have got 100 again thankuuuu madammmm

srinivas72

Thank you Rebecca, goahead!!!!!

aouina

Hey, Rebecca, I liked this lesson. I learned some asks that I hadn’t no idea. But I still have some doubts.

Carol92

ı agree with you totaly :) and you look like great

mucahid.tagilli34

Thanks. I understood to express question to change intonation. It is easy way.

gpio8080

70% not bad. Thank you.

Maria33

thanx alot realy it is nice way to ask vidio so helpful

shoo9988

Hi Rebecca your teaching methord is good. very understandable. just a question is there a way to get rid of these dating advertisments? cheers

Danuma

Hi Rebecca.Thanks.I don’t understand is it grammatical correct?

Shehla

:-D 10 out of 10 this time :-) Thanks Rebecca

Gaysorn

i hope in learn this english thanks all my student

Hilaac114

Thanks a lot!

Chella

got 9 out of 10 :-)

Chella

I got 7 out 10 Rebecca.

venugoli

thanks a lot !

jimmy9x

I got 9/10 Rebecca.
Is that ok?

Mahfouz Youssef

Hi Ms. Rebecca, I still don’t understand your explanation for “Was she sent the email?” because “The email was sent…” is not the same as “She was sent …”. I thought the answer meant “She was delivered by email?” :) Thanks.

Lfabian2013

I got 10 out of 10.. yahoooo

Unais Thaha

I got 10 out of 10 ^^

Miya Dean

Anyone ?Who can help me ? i would like to see the vedio about the grammer. but i an not open it anywhere . pls help . thnk you so much!

Selina Suen

rebecca whats mean s proper question??

hakim99

Thanks Mam, I got 100%.

Abdul Qayum

Hi mam, yours lessons are very usefully to me. i would like to speak English as like you, earlier i confused with the English grammar, but now i can understand the difference of the spoken English. we are expecting more spoken lessons from you mam.

karthiksysadmin

90 Points, Thank you Rebeca!!!!

arandasergio

“you did do the test” is correct? i think we only say “you did the test” not use do? (Correct Me if I Wrong)

geraldypasha

You are a best teacher!!!!!

Sanuka Layan

Hello teacher Rebecca, I am happy because I got 10 out of 10. You are the best.

hazel1982

I got 9 out of 10. Thanks….

brajbhan thakur

Thank you for your lesson. :)

CHUNLIGA

Explanations that I need,thank?

Iamhere.

Is this ‘Was she sent the email?’ correct !

Abdozizo

but this way of question is grammatically wrong, isn’t?

Anuar is from Kazakhstan

Hi, thanks for your great lessons.
Is this sentence correct? “Was she sent the email?”
What does it mean?

Vida

I realy didn´t know that!!!I´ve already thought to do it this way, but….I´m surprise !

Adi

It’s an interesting lesson, thinks

tarik1

Hello Rebecca,
Can you make a lesson about present perfect continuous and past perfect continuous? i don’t know how to make the translation in romanian from english because i don’t know exactly when to use it. Thank You

burcuta

I impressed with this lession

saachusiby

Hello Rebeca!
Thank you so much for your lessons. They are very understandable. English seems to be simpler thanks to you. Regards
Joanna

Joanna S.

Thank Rebecca,
I didn’t know of “DOED” like a verb in past.
I got 80. :(

Josmer

i got 6 points .. need more practise :D

johninfow

Rebecca, you are the best teacher!!
Your lessons helps me a lot and I´m improving my english.
Thanks a lot!!!!!

CRISTIANE DAAB

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

Dear Rebecca,
Thank you for reminding us of this grammatical subtlety.
Best regards.

Peter

thank you

Ali yasin

Hi everyone. Has the second question been fixed?
2. Which of these questions is wrong?
She sent the email?
She did sent the email?
Was she sent the email?

For me, the last two options are wrong. Someone can explain me? Thanks!

Prisciladjs

I Think so too.

Mohsen Barati

Is the question “Was she sent the email?” Correct in question #2?!!! it doesn’t make sense.

Mohsen Barati

what the he.. !! you did do the test ???!!!
it’s 100% Wrong. (Do and did together?!!!)

Mohsen Barati

Dear Mrs. Rebecca,
Which one correct:
You should to know about something, or
You should know about something

Red Scorpion

*Which one is correct

Red Scorpion

Thank you so much teacher!

lorenzoyoques

Thank you Rebecca .Such an useful lesson.

Tsoom

Thank you Rebecca.
It was very interesting.

challenge41

thank you very much

Vivimi

Many thanks… I feel with you that english is simple easy and to the point

mmazeem

Ms.. Rebecca, thanks you so much.

Marta Lopez

:) I got 90

Ajayfrench

Thank you so much ma’am…your way of teaching is so nice :)

Ajayfrench

hi Rebecca.
Thanks alot. It is so helpful

siraj ansari

Hi Rebbeca…is this form was for interjuction?

Marwa N. Mahdi

Thank you my dear teacher.
I always appreciate you.

lyeana

First of all, thank you for the great class but, I have a doubt. This way of making a question is formal or informal? What I mean is: Must I use it more in a conversation? I think it is not formal because of the lack of the auxiliary verb (Do, does…) however, I’d like to know your opinion. Thanks in advance!

JonasBorges

Thank you Rebecca

Worawitoo

Hello, Rebecca. Firstly, I wish to express my appreciation for all your lessons.
Is the question : “You did do the test?” same “You really did the test?”?

Sergey 67

i got 100 yet. thank you so much ms. rebecca. :):):):)

Auny

You’ve already done your homework? And you already eaten your dinner? Yes,my dear. :D Thank you Rebecca.

Tammyjang1

You’ve already eaten your dinner? I made wrong sentence so this is corrected

Tammyjang1

Hello Rebecca,
I did’nt undestand why the response B is correct for the question 2 hereafter.
(Which of these questions is wrong?)))
A/She sent the email?
B/She did sent the email?
C/Was she sent the email? )))

engVid770

Thanks for the lesson!

robi75

Thanks for the lesson Mrs.Rebecca :)

ehan

Hii i am a new one in thé group sombody help me plz

Aissat

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engVid Moderator

thanks！

shihai182

Hello! Thanks for your lessons! I never thought that we can make questions in English only with intonation!

Latinca

I didn’t understand the last question. What’s difference between: “You did do the test?” and “You did the test?”

Gesiane Dias Dourado da Silva

You got 10 correct out of 10.

thanks…

M kartal

Hi madem i’m a beginner,I wan’t to speak English Fluently without any mistake so can u suggest me what kind of vedious u suggested for me ,and I want to improve my vacabulary madem.

Chinna aayan

Hi! You can use our English lesson finder to find videos. Just select “beginner” as the level, and “vocabulary” (or whatever you want) as the topic.

engVid Moderator

Rebecca mam, your English is so clear and understandable. I love watching your lessons. Thank You.

Srikanth Tangirala

thank you Rebecca

anhvnsg

Thanks Rebecca!

magnomsjmsj

Thank u Rebecca mam for such a wonderful lesson.I got 80 but I can score 90 because I answered wrong for a last simple question …. please explain question no.5

KARANAM NAVEEN KUMAR

Thank you Rebecca to giving myself or everyone a helpful lesson

Hlinh2019

7/10, thanks!

Alenasimple

it was the worsе test of English in my life) (because I’ve been studying English’s questions with one general rule put the question’s word at start of sentence)