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Language learning and the teenage learner

Handout 5: Different types of questions

Match questions 1–6 with their types a–f. What are the benefits of using types a–c? What are the
benefits of using types d–f?

1. What do you know about recycling?

2. What colour is the grass (in this picture)?

3. What are some advantages of the internet?

4. Is ‘a nap’ a short sleep or a long sleep?

5. Yuan, where can you find a rug? Jin, do you find a rug on the wall or the floor?

6. Have you ever been abroad?

a. Question with only one possible answer

b. Yes/No closed question

c. Closed question with limited choices given

d. Open question

e. Higher-level thinking question

f. Differentiated questions for different learners

Cambridge English CELT-S | Module 2 | © UCLES


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