Please raise your hand if you have a question.

Meaning: This means to lift your hand up if you want to ask the teacher something. It's like saying, Lift your hand up if you want to ask the teacher something.

Choice of Words: Raise means to lift something up. Hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm. Question is something you ask to get information.

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Kindly lift your hand in the air should you possess a query.

Meaning: This sentence is a very formal way to ask someone to ask a question. It's like saying, If you have a question, please raise your hand up high above your head.

Choice of Words: Kindly is a more formal way of saying "please." Lift means to raise something up, and hand is the part of your body that you use to hold things. In the air means up high, above your head. Should is a word that means "if." Possess means to have something. Query is a formal way of saying "question."

If you need to ask something, put your hand up.

Meaning: This sentence is a more informal way to ask someone to ask a question. It's like saying, If you have a question, please raise your hand.

Choice of Words: Need means to have to do something. Ask means to say something to someone in order to get information. Something is a thing that you don't know or understand. Put means to place something somewhere. Up means to a higher position.

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