Learn These Words First (12B)


12-04. ask, asks, to ask, asking, asked.

[You ask me to do X.] = You tell me that you want me to do X or tell you what you want to know about X.

[The woman asked me to give her something to eat.]

[The children asked what was inside the big container.]


12-05. question, questions.

[X is a question.] = X is something you can say to someone because you want to know something and you want someone who knows this to tell you.

[If you have questions after looking at my plans, tell me what you want to know.]


12-06. yes.

[You say: "Yes."] = You say something is true, or you say you want this.

[You want to know if I want some food, and I say: "Yes. I want some food."]


12-07. no.

[You say: "No."] = You say something is not true, or you say you do not want this.

[You want to know if I want some food, and I say: "No. I do not want some food."]


Questions often start using one of these words first: who, what, where, when, do, is, can, will.

Tony asks Lisa some questions, and Lisa tells Tony what he wants to know.

Tony asks: "Do you have some animals?"

Lisa says: "Yes. I have three animals."

Tony asks: "What kinds of animals do you have?"

Lisa says: "__________."