Clarifying Questions

​These questions help you to clarify yours or someone else's thinking about a topic.

• What do you mean by…....?
• What is your main point?
• How does............ relate to .............?
• Could you put that another way?
• What do you think is the main issue?
• How does this relate to our discussion/problem/issue?
• Can you summarise what you have read or heard?
• Can you give an example?
• Could you explain that further?
• Why do you say that?