2.3.4.1. Grammar Check: Asking questions

Task 1: Watch the short video lesson on how to formulate questions in English.

TASK 2: This is a short text about one of US Special Mission Units: the AF 24th Special Tactics Squadron. Read the text and think what wh-questions (what, where, when, etc.) you can ask. Try forming some questions in passive voice.

The 24th Special Tactics Squadron is a U.S. Air Force component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

Combat Controllers are trained special operations forces and certified air traffic controllers.

Their mission is to deploy, undetected, into combat and hostile environments to establish assault zones or airfields, while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, fire support, command and control, direct action, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, humanitarian assistance, and special reconnaissance.

Their motto “First There” reaffirms the combat controller’s commitment to undertaking the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines by leading the way for other forces to follow.

Their lineage goes back to 1941 when they were known as the 24 Air Corps Interceptor Control Squadron. Since then the unit has been redesignated and reconstituted several times, and came to exist in its current form in 1992.

The unit has been involved in activities in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of JSOC.

1. Q. Write a question to this answer:   A. They are trained special operations forces and certified air traffic controllers.
2. Q . Write a question to this answer:   A. To deploy into combat and hostile environments.
3. Q. Write a question to this answer:   A. In order to establish assault zones or airfields.
4. Q . Write a question to this answer:  A. Air traffic control, fire support, command and control, direct action, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, humanitarian assistance, and special reconnaissance.
5. Q . Write a question to this answer:  A. “First There”
6. Q. Write a question to this answer:  A. In 1941 when they were known as the 24 Air Corps Interceptor Control Squadron.
7. Q. Write a question to this answer:   A. In 1992.
8. Q. Write a question to this answer:   A. In Iraq and Afghanistan as part of JSOC.

Write the questions and send them to your teacher for review.