| Element | USE: RHETORICAL QUESTIONS |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | PRESENT |
| SubCat | present continuous |
| Lexical Range | N/A |
| Level | C1 |
| Cando | Can use question forms to ask rhetorical questions. |
| Corrected Learner Example | [writing about fashion] Are we becoming shallow? (C1 Czech) Why is technology taking over our lives? (C1 Portuguese) Why am I explaining all this? The only reason is that I want to show that young people are interested in sports. (C1 Spanish Latin American) |
| Uncorrected Learner Example | |
| Comments | Note that there is less opportunity to use rhetorical questions at FCE, as candidates don?t always get an essay question.|Students taking FCE are encouraged to use these in writing tasks as they are good discriminators in marking. |
