Conversation Structures with Wh-/Follow-up Questions2
WH-Questions(WHQs) Follow-Up Questions(FUQs)
Who? Who?
What? What?
When? When?
Where? Where?
Why? Why?
How? How?
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Example Sequence
A: Hey, so what was the most enjoyable thing you did this past weekend?
B: Well, I guess the most enjoyable thing I did this past weekend was chatting(what?)at home(where?)on the phone with my friend Angie(who?)in U.S.A on Saturday morning(when?)from 10 am until noon.
A: Who is she? (WHQ1)
B: She’s a friend I met years ago in Rockville, Maryland.
A: Where’s that exactly? (FUQ)
B: It’s just outside of Washington, D.C.
A: Where did you meet her?(WHQ2)
B: We met in a community college photography class.
A: When was that?(FUQ)
B: That was in January 2005.
A: what did you talk about on the phone?(WHQ2)
B: Oh we just talked about life.
A: Like, what did you talk about for example? (FUQ)
B: We talked about our jobs and what we have been doing in our free time lately.
A: When was the last time you saw her? (WHQ3)
B: I last saw her in January of 2012.
A: Where did you see her? (FUQ)
B: I saw her in Rockville, Maryland, where she lives.
WH-Questions(WHQs) Follow-Up Questions(FUQs)
Who? Who?
What? What?
When? When?
Where? Where?
Why? Why?
How? How?
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Example Sequence
A: Hey, so what was the most enjoyable thing you did this past weekend?
B: Well, I guess the most enjoyable thing I did this past weekend was chatting(what?)at home(where?)on the phone with my friend Angie(who?)in U.S.A on Saturday morning(when?)from 10 am until noon.
A: Who is she? (WHQ1)
B: She’s a friend I met years ago in Rockville, Maryland.
A: Where’s that exactly? (FUQ)
B: It’s just outside of Washington, D.C.
A: Where did you meet her?(WHQ2)
B: We met in a community college photography class.
A: When was that?(FUQ)
B: That was in January 2005.
A: what did you talk about on the phone?(WHQ2)
B: Oh we just talked about life.
A: Like, what did you talk about for example? (FUQ)
B: We talked about our jobs and what we have been doing in our free time lately.
A: When was the last time you saw her? (WHQ3)
B: I last saw her in January of 2012.
A: Where did you see her? (FUQ)
B: I saw her in Rockville, Maryland, where she lives.