WHEN ARE YOU OPEN? (2024)

FAQs

What are 5 open-ended questions? ›

"What time do you open?" is not the same as "When are you open?" - "What time do you open" is asking the opening hours on a particular day(e.g. 9 AM), while "when are you open" is asking normal business hours(e.g. Monday to Friday, from 9 AM to 6 PM).

Open questions are designed to prompt the thinking of the other person. Although we might gather information this way, the purpose of the question is to support the other person. Open questions can generate new thinking and allow someone to come to their own conclusions about something.

The format is commonly used in customer feedback surveys, as it provides much deeper insights than the standard Yes-No questions. Open-ended questions often begin with words like “how,” “why,” “what,” or “describe,” so they can invite respondents to explain, elaborate, or explore a topic in detail.

Definition of 'open to'

glad or willing to receive, discuss, etc. 2. liable to; subject to. 3.

You would ask "are you open today?" if you are calling/emailing/messaging when you would expect them to be open (if they were open that day), or at least when you would expect staff to be in. For example, calling a shop during their normal opening hours, or a restaurant once they should be serving.

Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business. Opening hours are 9.30am–5.45pm, Mon–Fri.

Ask about the kind of music or entertainment they like, and share your favorites. You may learn something new about a family member, or discover a common interest. Hobbies. We all have a hobby, past or present, so learn about what those around you enjoy in their spare time.

How to ask good questions? ›

Asking direct but open questions makes your expectations clear and helps the listener answer appropriately. Avoid leading questions or shutting the conversation down after their response. Instead, use your question-asking skills to form genuine connections and improve your relationships — both at work and home.

For example, if you have a closed question like – “Do you think the product was efficient?” with the options “Yes” and “No”, you can follow it up with an open question like “How do you think we can make the product better in future?” Regarding surveys, the advantages of open questions surpass that of closed ones.

Open questions elicit longer answers. They usually begin with what, why, how. An open question asks the respondent for his or her knowledge, opinion or feelings. "Tell me" and "describe" can also be used in the same way as open questions.

Universal questions (level three) are open-ended questions that are raised by ideas in the text. They are intended to provoke a discussion of an abstract idea or issue.

Questions that have more than one right answer, or ones than can be answered in many ways, are called open-ended or divergent questions. This way of asking questions stimulates more language use, acknowledges that there can be many solutions to one problem, affirms children's ideas, and encourages creative thinking.

They can be distinguished from 'closed tasks', where students have to answer in a particular way. An example of an open-ended task might be where the students are asked to imagine a person standing in a pair of shoes which they are shown and to then write a description of that person.