Ask questions to the following sentences: a) general; b) special; c) tag-question; d) alternative. 1. the typical american student spends six hours a day in school. 2. students may attend either public schools or private schools. 3. the quality of education in the united states has often been debated in the course of american history. 4. in boston the business community offered jobs and scholarships to students graduating school. 5. students are writing computer programs and creating charts, art and music on computers.
1. Does the typical American student spend six hours a day in school?
2. May students attend either public schools or private schools?
3. Has the quality of education in the United States often been debated in the course of American history?
4. Did the business community offer jobs and scholarships to students graduating school in Boston?
5. Are students writing computer programs and creating charts, art and music on computers?
b) special
1. How many hours a day does the typical American student spend in school?
2. What schools may the students attend?
3. Where has the quality of education often been debated in the course of history?
4. Whom did the business community offer jobs and scholarships in Boston?
5. What are students writing and creating on computers?
c) tag-question
1. The typical American student spends six hours a day in school, doesn't he?
2. Students may attend either public schools or private schools, may they not?
3. The quality of education in the United States has often been debated in the course of American history, hasn't it?
4. In Boston the business community offered jobs and scholarships to students graduating school, didn't it?
5. Students are writing computer programs and creating charts, art and music on computers, aren't they?
d) alternative
1. Does the typical American student spend six or eight hours a day in school?
2. May students attend public or private schools?
3. Has the quality of education in the United States often or seldom been debated in the course of American history?
4. Did the business community offer jobs and scholarships to students graduating school in Boston or in Washington?
5. Are students writing computer programs or creating charts, art and music on computers?