How to ask follow up questions in English - the best way to keep the conversation going

so a follow-up question is a question that we  ask to get more information in a conversation  

follow-up questions usually start with our five  w's and h right who what when where why how  

for example let's say i'm talking to a  classmate i might ask why do you like your major  

follow-up questions can start with the be  verb is mr was were are you happy you chose it  

and can commonly start with do do does  or did do you want to be a teacher  

so these are all different types of questions we  can ask in a conversation to keep the conversation  

going follow-up questions are important to every  conversation and there's something you really want  

to know how to be able to use in english they keep  the conversation going and again show the person  

you're talking to that you are interested in what  they're saying just like those reaction words

no way really tell me more just like things like  that show that we want to keep the conversation  

going so do follow-up questions they can  also help you understand the other person  

if you are learning another language follow-up  questions are great because they can help you  

to clarify which means to make  clear or to uh to understand  

better what the other person is talking  about we can do this with follow-up questions  

so let's look at some examples of the different  follow-up questions so here we have our  

five w's and h who what when where  why and how so let's see some examples  

this is to show you that we can really ask  questions about anything there are so many  

so let's see some who questions who are  you going to dinner with who's your friend  

what what kind of movies did you like what did  you do last weekend when when did you do that  

when are you going to go where where are  you from where are you going on vacation  

why why is a great follow-up question  why is that your favorite song why do  

you like playing board games and then how  so here we're gonna look at some different  

questions with how how often how many how long  how well how good how often do you exercise  

how many classes are you taking how good are  you at playing soccer how long have you been a  

student so here alone we see what 14 questions  uh so there and this is just just thinking of  

any question that starts with these words  so when you're in a conversation keep those  

question words in your mind and you can ask them  to follow up and keep the conversation going