Unit 1: Nice to meet you!
Asking questions
Select a unit
- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 2
Asking Questions
You can't speak English without asking questions! There are a few different question types in English. In this session you'll see our presenters asking each other questions. We'll show you the grammar rules of question forms - and then you'll have a chance to practise.
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Activity 3
Welcome to 6 Minute Grammar
The second feature
You've already found out about our first new feature, 6 Minute Vocabulary. Now its time for the our second new feature. Watch this video to find out more.
Vidiyoo daawwadhuuti shaakala kana xumuri
Sophie
Do you love grammar?
Do you know the difference between present perfect and past simple?
Well, we can make learning grammar a little bit easier with our 6 Minute Grammar programme. There’s a new one every Tuesday and it is only six minutes long.
Simple!
To do
Did you understand that? Test yourself with these questions.
6 Minute Grammar Quiz
3 Questions
Check how much you have learnt about 6 Minute Grammar.
Gargaarsa
Activity
Check how much you have learnt about 6 Minute Grammar.
karaarra buusu
Watch the video for a clue.Question 1 of 3
Gargaarsa
Activity
Check how much you have learnt about 6 Minute Grammar.
karaarra buusu
If you're not sure, try to guess, or look the word up in a dictionary.Question 2 of 3
Gargaarsa
Activity
Check how much you have learnt about 6 Minute Grammar.
karaarra buusu
Watch the video for a clue.Question 3 of 3
Excellent! Great job! Carraa badaa! Qabxii argatte:
Next
So, on Mondays you can listen to our show 6 Minute Vocabulary and on Tuesdays, 6 Minute Grammar.
Have a listen to our first 6 Minute Grammar show on the next activity page.
Caasluga kutaa kanaa
In English, there are two basic types of question.
1. Yes/no questions often begin with the verb to be, but can also begin with other auxiliary verbs, such as do.
We ask these when we want a yes or no answer.
2. Wh-questions start with a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why or how.
We ask this type of question when we want different kinds of information. These questions cannot be answered with a yes or no.