Everyday Grammar - VOA Learning English Discussing Artificial Intelligence - September 05, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
Clear tips for asking open versus yes/no questions about artificial intelligence. Handy question words like what, why and how are highlighted. A simple formula for building open-ended questions is shown. Examples cover past and future tenses when talking about AI. Guidance on framing optimistic, pessimistic or mixed views is included.
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AI As A Sustained Everyday Topic
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a major, recurring news and everyday conversation topic in 2023.
- The episode frames AI as a sustained subject worth learning to discuss using grammar and question forms.
Ask Open Ended Questions About AI
- Use open-ended questions with question words like what, why, and how to spark richer AI discussions.
- Structure: question word + helping verb (do/be/will) + subject + main verb + rest of sentence, per John Russell's formula.
Match Helping Verbs To Tense In Questions
- Change the helping verb to reflect tense when asking about AI (use did for past, will for future).
- Examples: How did you first hear about artificial intelligence? and How will artificial intelligence change our lives over the next 20 years?