Asking for information
There are a number of formulas used when asking for information in English. Here are some of the most common:
• Could you tell me...?
• Do you know...?
• Do you happen to know...?
• I'd like to know...
• Could you find out...?
• I'm interested in...
• I'm looking for..
This contruction asking for information
Construction
Formula Question Word Example Finish
Could you tell me when the next train leaves?
Do you know how much that vase costs?
Do you happen to know where Tom lives?
I'd like to know what you think about the new project.
Could you tell me when the next train leaves?
Could you find out when she is going to arrive?
Formula Gerund (-ing) Example Finish
I'm interested in buying a boat
Formula
Noun Example Finish
I'm looking for
information on holidays in Spain.
Formula used only on the telphone Question Word Example Finish
I'm calling to find out... if flight AZ098 will leave on time today.
Formula used only on the telphone Noun Example Finish
I'm calling about... the offer published in today's newspaper.
That this usage and examples of her dialogue asked, slightly different from the above construction.
1.question
[intransitive and transitive] to speak or write to someone in order to get an answer, information, or a solution:
'What's your name?' she asked.
Don't ask him - he won't know.
That kid's always asking awkward questions.
ask who/what/where etc
I asked him where he lived.
ask somebody something
We'll have to ask someone the way to the station.
ask somebody if/whether
Go and ask Tom whether he's coming tonight.
ask (somebody) about something
Visitors usually ask about the history of the castle.
ask around (=ask in a lot of places or ask a lot of people)
I'll ask around, see if I can find you a place to stay.
2.for help/advice etc
[intransitive and transitive] to make a request for help, advice, information etc:
If you need anything, you only have to ask.
ask somebody to do something
Ask John to mail those letters tomorrow.
ask to do something
Karen asked to see the doctor.
ask for
Some people find it difficult to ask for help.
ask somebody for something
He repeatedly asked Bailey for the report.
ask (somebody) if/whether you can do something
Ask your mom if you can come with us.
ask that
Was it too much to ask that he be allowed some privacy?
3.price
[transitive] to want a particular amount of money for something you are selling:
How much is he asking?
ask $50/$1,000 etc for something
He's asking £2,000 for his car.
They're asking a fortune for that house.
4.invite
[transitive usually + adverb/preposition] to invite someone to your home, to go out with you etc
ask somebody to do something
Let's ask them to have dinner with us some time.
ask somebody out (=ask someone, especially someone of the opposite sex, to go to a film, a restaurant etc with you)
Jerry's too scared to ask her out.
ask somebody in (=invite someone into your house, office etc)
Don't leave them standing on the doorstep - ask them in!
ask somebody over/round (=invite someone to come to your home)
We must ask our new neighbours over for a drink.
5.demand
[transitive] if you ask something of someone, you want them to do it for you:
It would be better if he cooperated, but perhaps I'm asking too much.
ask something of somebody
You have no right to ask anything of me.
Expecting the children to do an hour's homework after school is asking a lot of them.
6.be asking for trouble
to do something that is very likely to have a bad effect or result:
Saying that to a feminist is just asking for trouble.
7.ask yourself something
to think carefully and honestly about something:
You have to ask yourself where your responsibilities really lie.
8 spoken if you ask me
used to emphasize your own opinion:
He's just plain crazy, if you ask me.
9 spoken don't ask me
used to say you do not know the answer to something:
'Where's she gone then?' 'Don't ask me!'
10 spoken don't ask
used to say that something is too embarrassing or strange to explain:
'What was that woman selling?' 'Don't ask.'
11 spoken be asking for it
used to say that someone deserves something bad that happens to them:
It's his own fault he got hit - he was asking for it.
12 be somebody's for the asking
informal if something is yours for the asking, you can have it if you want it:
The job was hers for the asking.
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