Unit 11.1

Question Mark

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Introduction

The question mark is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate a question.

Form

The question mark is: ?

Example

  • Interrogative adverbs
    • When?
    • Who?
  • Possessives
    • -They have stolen your phone. +Mine?!
    • -The blue project won the competition. +Ours?
  • Personal pronouns
    • Who do you think willg et the best mark? You?
    • -There was a fight and they were involved. +They???
  • Demonstratives
    • We need to stop near the bridge. There?
    • i don’t know which jackets did Mary want me to take. These?

Use

Any type of sentence can be used to create a question. Sometimes, it is only composed by a pronoun and the question mark. The pronouns we use the most in questions are interrogative adverbs, but we can also distinguish between possessives, personal pronouns or demonstratives.

Related

At A1 level you can take a look at these: The Slash, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Symbols,

At A2 level you can take a look at these: Dot, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon and Semicolon.

At B1 level you can take a look at these: Dot, Question marks, Exclamation marks, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.

At B2 level you can take a look at these: Dot, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.

Exercises

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