Spotlight Pocket G N I K S A QUESTIONS ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS W e all need to know how to ask questions — to get the information we want, to make arrangements and appointments and to make friends. This booklet is a practical guide to asking questions in the English language: how to form them, how to make them more polite and how to refuse to answer them. We’ve included some exercises to help you practise the language and, as usual, we’ve underlined and translated the more difficult words in the booklet. You’ll find the word glossary on page 21 and the answers on pages 22–23. Vanessa Clark Language author, Spotlight IMPRESSUM CONTENTS HERAUSGEBER UND VERLAGSLEITER: Dr. Wolfgang Stock CHEFREDAKTEURIN: Inez Sharp STELLVERTRETENDE CHEFREDAKTEURIN: Claudine Weber-Hof CHEFIN VOM DIENST: Susanne Pfeifer TEXT: Vanessa Clark REDAKTION: Owen Connors, Anja Giese, Peter Green, Michael Pilewski (Online), Dagmar Taylor, Michele Tilgner BILDREDAKTION: Sarah Gough (Leitung), Thorsten Mansch GESTALTUNG: Marion Sauer, Johannes Reiner Büro Vor-Zeichen, München ANZEIGENLEITUNG: Axel Zettler MARKETINGLEITUNG: Holger Hofmann PRODUKTIONSLEITUNG: Ingrid Sturm VERTRIEBSLEITUNG: Monika Wohlgemuth VERLAG UND REDAKTION: Spotlight Verlag GmbH Postanschrift: Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutschland Telefon +49(0)89/8 56 81-0, Fax 089/8 56 81-105 Internet: www.spotlight-online.de Litho: Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH, 33311 Gütersloh Druck: te Neues, 47906 Kempen How to form a question ......... 4–5 Question words ......................... 6 Question structures .................. 7 Getting information .............. 8–9 Getting to know you ........... 10–11 A few security questions ......... 12 Secret information .................. 13 How to be extra polite ............. 14 Asking personal questions ...... 15 Functional questions ............... 16 Reported questions ................. 17 Famous questions ............. 18–19 I don’t know! ........................... 20 Word glossary .......................... 21 Answers ............................ 22–23 © 4/2015 Spotlight Verlag; Fotos: Thinkstock 4|15 Spotlight 3