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Closed Questions Open Questions
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Objective Objective Subjective Speculative
questions: questions: questions: questions:
To confirm facts To get facts To get For creative
perspectives potential

You can create a closed question by adding auxiliary verbs such as ‘be’, ‘do’, ‘have’, etc. These give
additional information such as time and mood. There are also other auxiliary verbs (called modal verbs) such
as ‘can’, ‘may’, ‘should’, etc., that indicate the potential or need. One way to create a closed question
is to take a sentence that does not contain the words above and put those words before the subject. For
example, "Do you like eating ice cream?"
Some examples of close-ended questions with helping verbs are:
She cooks lunch. Does she cook lunch?

• He can draw a cartoon. Can he draw a cartoon?
In some cases, the subject and verb positions in the sentence are swapped to create a closed question. You
can use the above given method for sentences that already have auxiliary verbs. Examples:
They were sweeping the floor. Were they sweeping the floor?
You can work with me. Can you work with me?

Similarly, some questions are said to be open because the answer options are not restricted or closed. They
need to be answered with more information than simply saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’. You can create an open question
using interrogative words, such as what, why, who, how, when, and where.
Open-ended questions Answer

What did you do in the morning? I went to school.
How did you travel? I travelled by metro.

D iscussing Family
How large or small is your family? What if someone asks about your family? Can you introduce all members
of your family in English? Learn some words to help you introduce your family and how you relate to them.
In English,

Mother’s parents are called maternal grandparents (grandfather and grandmother).
Father’s parents are called paternal grandparents (grandfather and grandmother).
Father’s or mother's sister is called aunt.

Father’s or mother’s brother is called uncle.
All children of your aunt and uncle are called cousins.
Members of the husband's or wife's family are referred to as ‘in-laws’. For example, husband's brother and
sister would be his wife's brother-in-law and sister-in-law respectively.
Similarly, the wife’s brother and sister would be brother-in-law and sister-in-law of her husband respectively.

Recall that the words that describe a noun or pronoun are called adjectives. The type of adjective that
describes relationships or properties is called possessive adjectives. Possessive adjectives can be used to
indicate the relationship between things and their owners.

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