What are good I wonder questions?
As teachers go through the “I Wonder” questions, they ask themselves questions like:
- Where could I go with this?
- How can I tie some of these together?
- How can I make this meaningful for my students?
- What can I teach from this?
What is an I wonder statement?
A teaching idea created to help encourage students to ask more questions and to provide a model for active thinking while reading a given text. The statements can be used with any type of text either before, during, or after the reading. The “I wonder” statements can be made orally, visually, or in writing.
What would u do if questions?
Our list of “What If?” questions provides not just a wide variety of fun, but also serious questions for any occasion.
- What if you could live for 200 years?
- What if you could stop time whenever you wanted to?
- What if you could be any animal?
- What if you could change one thing about your past?
Do you need question mark after I was wondering?
“I was wondering” is a statement of fact, not a question. Even though you are really asking a question, “Would you like to meet up?,” the grammatical form of what you wrote is a declarative sentence. That’s why you should use a period.
How do I use IM wondering?
Saying ‘I am wondering’ uses the present continuous tense. That tense implies that you’re thinking about something right now, at that moment and it emphasises that there’s something you don’t know or you haven’t decided upon.
What are the polite questions?
“Would” can also be used to make questions more polite: Would you lend me a hand with the wash? Would you mind if I sat here?…Key Words That Make Direct Questions More Polite
- Excuse me, could you help me pick this up?
- Pardon me, could you help me?
- Pardon me, could you give me a hand?
- Could you explain this to me?
What are the toughest questions?
Answered! Life’s 25 Toughest Questions
- Can love really last a lifetime?
- Why do married folks begin to look like one another?
- Can a marriage survive betrayal?
- Why does summer zoom by and winter drag on forever?
- Do animals really have a sixth sense?
- Why does the line you’re in always move the slowest?
What are some interesting questions?
List of fun questions to ask
- What would you name your boat if you had one?
- What’s the closest thing to real magic?
- Who is the messiest person you know?
- What will finally break the internet?
- What’s the most useless talent you have?
- What would be on the gag reel of your life?
- Where is the worst smelling place you’ve been?
Why do you say I was wondering before a question?
My purpose for saying I was wondering before the actual question was to avoid the alternative of asking the question blatantly, which may appear inconsiderate to other parties. The general purpose is to ask a question in such a way that the recipient feels comfortable and respected in order to get the best possible response.
Can you ask if you are wondering anything on Quora?
You are not asking if you are wondering anything. You are stating that you are wondering something. A statement should end in a period, not a question mark. Quora User, Native speaker raised by an English teacher (USA). No, not in writing.
Which is better ” can ” or ” I was wondering if “?
is both polite – better than “Can” – & brief (at least in BrE). Personally, I would also say that abbreviating “hours” by just 2 letters to “hrs” looks lazy after bothering to type “I was wondering if …”. Also, being pedantic, my first (but unexpressed) response to “I was wondering if you can …” or even to just “Can you …”
Are there synonyms for the phrase I was wondering?
Synonyms are single words. You’re looking for a phrase with the same meaning as a given phrase; this question is poorly worded. – itsbruce Aug 18 ’13 at 16:19 I was wondering is an example of what could be termed deferential backshift. Using a past tense makes the request remoter. As Yule, in Explaining English Grammar, states:
