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The use of questions

The use of questions: learn how to make questions and how to answer exactly without making mistakes.
The use of questions
BUYING A TRAIN TICKET
Travel agent: Can I help you?
Customer: Do you sell rail tickets?
Travel agent: Yes, certainly.
Customer: I need a return ticket from Bristol to Paddington.
Travel agent: When are you travelling?
Customer: Tomorrow, Thursday. Coming back the same day.
Travel agent: Arc you leaving before ten o'clock?
Customer: It's cheaper after ten, is it?
Travel agent: It's cheaper if you leave after ten and return after six.
Customer: What time is the next train afir ten o'clock.
Travel agent: Ten eleven.
Customer: Oh, fine. And how much is the cheap ticket?
Travel agent: Thirty-two pounds.
Customer Can I have one then, please?


The most basic use of a question is to ask for information.
What time is the next train? == >Ten eleven.
But we can use questions in other ways, especially with modal verbs. e.g. can.
The use of questions

Note:
There are also ‘rhetorical questions’, where an answer is not usually expected.
What do you think will happen? == > who knows?
You're always criticizing me. But have I ever criticized you?