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Echo questions and rhetorical questions

Echo questions and rhetorical questions

Structure:

She did what? / You went where? / Who would want that?

Echo questions repeat part of a statement as a question to express disbelief. Rhetorical questions expect no answer.

Example:

She resigned? She did what? — I can't believe it.

Examples

She resigned?

She did what?

— I can't believe it.

Practice

Question 1 of 30 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "She resigned?"

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