The use of questions in the target language on reading material is an important teaching aid in developing a working command of the spoken language in introductory FL courses. The best use of reading material in the early stages of second language acquisition is as an aid to communicating in the target language. Consequently, reading material should be chosen not for the literary value or relevance of its content but for the simplicity of its vocabulary and grammatical structures. Questions about reading should be based on the need for structural manipulation of the language, rather than on teaching the content. A demonstration of the question-asking procedure using an introductory German text illustrates the quantity and variety of questions that can be constructed on the basis of a short passage. These questions involve transformations, forcing the student to create new sentences in answering, and can serve to teach verb endings, usage of adverbials, and other difficult German structures. The use of such questions in the teaching of a second language should serve as a transitional stage between learning basic grammatical structures and using the language in conversation. (LG)