![]() As you're eating, you begin to think about how gross American cheese is when it's not in a burger. You're at In-N-Out with your friend Carlos, and you both get Double-Doubles. You don't know what she did last night, but you do know that there was a One Direction concert that she had been thinking about going to, so you ask, " Did you go to the One Direction concert last night?" 2'. You're in class with your friend Melinda, and you notice she's tired. Here are situations (1) and (2), but altered so that a yes/no question would be appropriate: 1'. So you ask him, "You like American cheese?" This is weird, because you remember Carlos saying one time that he didn't like American cheese. You're at In-N-Out with your friend Carlos, and you notice that he orders his Double-Double with extra cheese. So you repeat, "You went to the One Direction concert last night?!" 2. You're surprised because you thought she was grounded. ![]() ![]() You're in class with your friend Melinda, and she whispers that she went to the One Direction concert last night. Here are a couple scenarios where an echo question would be appropriate: 1. Instead of clarification, you want a yes/no answer. Yes/no questions are more simple, straightforward, and common. You'll find them in very specific conversational situations. Will she eat one at the Snow Cone Convention?Įcho questions are usually used when you want clarification or you want to express disbelief. She 'll probably eat one at the Snow Cone Convention. Here are some more examples of turning declarative statements into yes/no questions in English: To turn a sentence into a yes/no question in English, you either move the helping verb to the beginning of the sentence or you insert "do" at the beginning. Echo questions in English are structurally the same as yes/no questions in Spanish, which is why ELLs have trouble with this. In English, you don't move around anything in the sentence to make an echo question. If you actually wanted to know if Mario talked to his boss, you'd ask a yes/no question. An echo question is when you repeat part or all of something that was previously said or established, and then add a question mark. Sure, these questions are all grammatically correct, but they're a type of echo question and they might not be what was intended. "Mario talked to his boss?" instead of " Did Mario talk to his boss?" "He wants to come?" instead of " Does he want to come?" "You drove here?" instead of " Did you drive here?" You're (probably) an ELL, and depending on how long you've been speaking English, you might say sentences like…
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