Repeating questions to show surprise or ask for clarification
Repeat statement with question word replacing unknown/surprising part
Same structure with negative: 'You didn't what?'
Statement word order + rising intonation
💡 Echo questions keep statement word order but replace the surprising element with a question word.
✓'I saw a ghost.' — 'You saw what?'
✗'I saw a ghost.' — 'What did you see?'
Echo questions keep statement order; standard questions invert.
✓'She went to Antarctica.' — 'She went where?'
✗'She went to Antarctica.' — 'Where she went?'
Keep the original word order, just replace the surprising part.
✓'He paid $5,000.' — 'He paid how much?'
✗'He paid $5,000.' — 'How much he paid?'
Statement order with question word at the position of the surprising info.