What do you hope?

[lagoo]

I came across an exercise in a student book.
Write questions for the underlined words.
1) I hope for an interview next week.
What do you hope for?
2) I hope that I will get an interview next week.
What do you hope?

Is ‘what do you hope’ valid?

 

[jutfrank]

Are you saying that What do you hope? is the answer given in the answer key? Or is that your own answer?

What exactly are the task instructions?

 

[emsr2d2]

I came across an exercise in a student book.
Write questions for the underlined words.
1) I hope for an interview next week.
What do you hope for?
2) I hope that I will get an interview next week.
What do you hope?

Is ‘what do you hope’ valid?

No. "What do you hope?" is not grammatical. Mind you, sentence 1 isn't likely either. I'd expect "I'm hoping for an interview next week". There is no single possible question leading to that answer. The question could be "What are you hoping for next week?", "When are you hoping to get an interview?", "Have you heard back about that job application yet?" or several others.

 

[jutfrank]

"What do you hope?" is not grammatical.

I think it is. The What is the complement of the verb hope, standing in for the that-phrase that I will get an interview next week. It does sound a bit odd, though, doesn't it?

I'm assuming that this exercise was designed to be purely for syntax awareness, rather than to reflect real-world use of English.

 

[lagoo]

be purely for syntax awareness

Thanks. I agree with your point of view.
Regarding the use of ‘hope’, I just came across another sentence.
I expressed the hope that her son would go on to accomplish what she had hoped for him in the position which he then had.
From google
Is that a wrong sentence?
Since ‘what’ in that sentence can only be the object of ‘hope for’, do we need to modify it as ‘…accomplish what she had hoped for for him…’?

 

[jutfrank]

1) No, it isn't incorrect.

2) No, you don't need another for. The object of for is him, not what.

Think of the sentence as using the following pattern: to hope something for somebody

Please answer my questions in post #2. If we know the point of the exercises you do, we can advise you better.

 

[lagoo]

Are you saying that What do you hope? is the answer given in the answer key? Or is that your own answer?

What exactly are the task instructions?

Actually it is the answer key. I guess the task instructions are to let students know how to write questions for various subjects and objects. Since the book is written by an unqualified non-native teacher, and there are lots of other mistakes, it is safe to say that book belongs to the trash bin.

 

[lagoo]

1) The object of for is him, not what.
Think of the sentence as using the following pattern: to hope something for somebody

But after I checked Cambridge dictionary, as well as Oxford, I found neither of them provides any examples showing a direct object after ‘hope’.
If we can’t say ‘I hope a car’, why can we say ‘I hope a car for him’ as in your pattern ‘to hope something for somebody’?

 

[jutfrank]

But after I checked Cambridge dictionary, as well as Oxford, I found neither of them provides any examples showing a direct object after ‘hope’.
If we can’t say ‘I hope a car’, why can we say ‘I hope a car for him’ as in your pattern ‘to hope something for somebody’?

Firstly, the 'something' is not a direct object but a complement, similar to the that-phrase in the original post.

Secondly, regarding my pattern, I was simply trying to give you a way of looking at the structure. I see how it misled you.

Let me try again, putting it like this:

What she had hoped (for him) is that he would be successful.

That he would be successful is what she had hoped (for him).

Is it clearer now?

 

[lagoo]

Is it clearer now?

Got it!
I am really appreciated for your amazing clarification.

 

[emsr2d2]

Got it!
I [STRIKE]am[/STRIKE] really [STRIKE]appreciated[/STRIKE] appreciate [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] your amazing clarification.

See above. Use either the active "I really appreciate your clarification" or the passive "Your clarification is [very] much appreciated."

I am really appreciated = Other people appreciate me! That is not something a native speaker would say, especially the extremely humble people on this forum.