Restating Questions for Multilingual Learners

The video tutorial teaches students how to restate questions in four steps: identifying the question, removing question words, adding to the sentence for completeness, and changing punctuation. Two examples are provided to illustrate the process, focusing on cake flavors and vote counts. The tutorial emphasizes understanding the question's intent and using proper grammar to form coherent statements.

What is the first step in restating a question?

• Adding to the sentence

• Changing the punctuation

• Identifying what the question is asking

• Removing the question word

What should you do after identifying what the question is asking?

• Add to the sentence

• Remove the question word

• Rearrange the words

• Change the punctuation

Why is it important to remove all question words?

• To ensure the sentence is a complete thought

• To identify the noun

• To make the sentence shorter

• To change the punctuation

What is the purpose of adding to the sentence?

• To make it sound like a complete thought

• To remove unnecessary words

• To change the verb

• To identify the details

When changing a question to a statement, what punctuation should be used?

• Semicolon

• Period or exclamation point

• Question mark

• Comma

In the example 'What cake flavor had the most votes?', what is the question word?

• Cake

• What

• Flavor

• Had

How can you restate the question 'What cake flavor had the most votes?'?

• A cake flavor had the most votes.

• The cake flavor had the most votes.

• One cake flavor had the most votes.

• Cake flavor had the most votes.

In the example 'How many votes did that cake flavor have?', what are the question words?

• How and many

• That and flavor

• Did and have

• Votes and cake

What is the correct restated sentence for 'How many votes did that cake flavor have?'?

• Votes did that cake flavor have.

• A lot of votes did that cake flavor have.

• That cake flavor have a lot of votes.

• That cake flavor has a lot of votes.

What should you remember when changing a question to a statement?

• Use a comma

• Use a capital letter at the beginning

• Use a semicolon

• Use a question mark