Restating Questions Effectively

The video tutorial teaches students how to restate questions in their answers to form complete sentences. It provides examples using questions about favorite foods and summer thoughts, emphasizing the importance of not starting sentences with 'because' and adjusting pronouns for personal responses.

Why is it important to restate the question when answering?

• To make the answer longer

• To ensure the answer is in a complete sentence

• To confuse the reader

• To avoid using question words

What should you remove from the question 'What is your favorite food?' to restate it?

• The word 'favorite'

• The word 'food'

• The question word 'What' and the verb 'is'

• The word 'your'

How would you start the answer to 'What is your favorite food?'

• Is my favorite food

• Food is my

• Favorite food is

• My favorite food

What is the correct way to restate 'Why is pizza your favorite food?'

• Pizza is my favorite food because

• Pizza is my favorite food it is cheesy

• Because pizza is my favorite food

• Pizza is my favorite food because it is cheesy

What should you avoid starting a sentence with when answering a question?

• But

• So

• Because

• And

What is the first step in restating the question 'When you think about summer, what comes to mind?'

• Replace 'summer' with 'winter'

• Replace 'you' with 'I'

• Remove 'think'

• Remove 'comes to mind'

How would you complete the sentence 'When I think about summer, ____'?

• comes to mind

• I think about

• swimming with friends

• it is hot

What is the correct way to restate 'When you think about summer, what comes to mind?'

• When I think about summer, it is hot

• When I think about summer, swimming with friends comes to mind

• When I think about summer, I think about swimming

• When I think about summer, comes to mind

What is the purpose of restating the question in your answer?

• To ensure clarity and completeness

• To make the answer shorter

• To use more words

• To avoid using pronouns

Which of the following is a correct restatement of 'Why is pizza your favorite food?'

• Because pizza is my favorite food

• Pizza is my favorite food because

• Pizza is my favorite food it is delicious

• Pizza is my favorite food because it is delicious