List at least six clarifying questions for the following statements:

Question

a. The door won’t stay open while I bring my shopping bags into the house.
b. I have an itch in my back, and I can’t scratch it.
c. I need to know where is that smoke is coming from
d. Empty boxes take up a lot of space.
e. I want to do some gardening next summer.
f. We need a dining table.

Answer 1

a. The door won’t stay open while I bring my shopping bags into the house.
? How heavy is the door
? What material the door made of
? Where is the door located
? How much of area is in front of the door
? Which door, kitchen or front door
? What cause the door to close
b. I have an itch in my back, and I can’t scratch it.
? How bad is the itch
? Where exactly the itch resides
? How frequent you feel the itch
? Is the itch resulted from a medical condition
? What causes the itch
? Why do you need to scratch it
c. I need to know where is that smoke is coming from
? Is it harmful smoke?
? Why do you need to know?
? Where is the setting, a house or a factory?
? Is the smoke odorless or with odor?
? Do you have smoke detector?
? How fast you will need to detect the smoke?
d. Empty boxes take up a lot of space.
? What is the size of the space?
? Will the space be used for another storage?
? What type of boxes?
? Can the boxes be trashed?
? Do you have another storage space?
? What is the value of the boxes?
e. I want to do some gardening next summer.
? What type of plants you would like to garden?
? Does the environment support the planned planting?
? Do you know how to garden?
? Do you have a land to garden?
? How often you like to work on the garden?
? What you will do with the garden after the summer?
f. We need a dining table.
? What kind of a dinning table?
? For how many people?
? Will it used to serve children?
? What is the area for the space where the table will fit?
? Will there be another function besides dinning?
? How high you want the table to be?