What is a question?  

question mark  A question is something you ask to get more
     information. 
question mark  A question helps you understand better.   
question mark  A question is something you want to know.
question mark  A question is asking, not telling, something.

question mark  Every question ends with a question mark 
        instead of a period.   
       This is a question mark:  ?

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When you want to know something, you ask a question.  Questions usually start with some special words:
who what where when
can may why how
  is do  


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Here are some examples of questions:
pig wearing a pearl necklace How do you like my necklace?

  Who am I speaking to?screen bean answering the telephone
dog thinking  When am I going to eat my dinner?

  
How does this work?screen bean opening a box and wondering what the pieces are

screen bean looking for a letter in the mailbox  

 

Where is my letter?

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