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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Speaking and listening
ASSESSMENT
Types of questions
(cont)
‘Who/what/where’ questions – present context
Questions that ask simple information about the student or the surrounding environment,
for example:
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Who is your teacher?
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What are you doing?
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Where is the library?
‘Who/what/where’ questions – routine past and future events
Questions that ask simple information about routine events that have occurred, or
will occur in the future, for example:
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Who was there?
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What did you do on the weekend?
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Where do we go after lunch?
‘When’ questions
Questions that ask information about time and condition, for example:
• When is recess?
• When do you play inside?
‘Who/what/when/where’ questions – non-routine past and future events
Questions asking information about non-routine events that have occurred, or will occur,
for example:
• Who went on the excursion?
• What happened in your holidays?
• Where are you going on Friday?
‘How’ questions
Questions that ask how (used in conjunction with another word), for example:
• How many (asking about number)
• How much (asking about cost or quantity)
• How come (asking reasons why)
• How often (asking about frequency)
Questions that ask about procedure, for example:
• How do you make toast?
Questions that ask about the state of people, situations and places, for example:
• How are you?
• How is the weather today?
‘Why’ questions
Questions that ask possible causes, reasons or intentions behind situations or actions,
for example:
• Why did the ice melt?
• Why do you think it happened?
