5-1 yes/no questions and short answers 5-2 yes/no and information questions

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5-1 Yes/no questions and short answers5-2 Yes/no and information questions5-3 Where, why, when, what time, what…for, and how come5-4 Questions with who, whom, and what5-5 Using what + a form of do 5-6 Using which and what kind of5-7 Using whose5-8 Using how5-9 Using how often5-10 Using how far5-11 Length of time: it + take and how long5-12 Spoken and written contractions with question words5-13 More questions with how5-14 Using how about and what about5-15 Tag questions

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5-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

Does Marta look happy?

No, she doesn’t.Marta doesn’t look happy.

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Yes, he did. (He arrived.) No, he didn’t. (He didn’t arrive.)

Yes, I do. (I like apples.) No, I don’t. (I don’t like apples.)


YES/NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

+ LONG ANSWER

(a) Do you like apples?

(b) Did he arrive?

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Yes, it is. It’s sunny. No, it isn’t. It isn’t sunny.

Yes, I have. Yes I have seen Jim. No, I haven’t. No, I haven’t seen Jim.


YES/NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

+ LONG ANSWER

(c) Have you seen Jim?

(d) Is it sunny?

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Yes, he will. Yes, he will go.No, he won’t. No, he won’t go.


YES/NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

LONG ANSWER

(e) Will he go with us?

yes/no question can be answered yes or no

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(c) CORRECT: Yes, I have.

Yes, I’ve.

(d) CORRECT: Yes, it is.

Yes, it’s.

(e) CORRECT: Yes, he will.

Yes, he’ll.

affirmative short answerhelping verb is NOT contracted

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______________________Have you been to Croatia?

5-1 LET’S PRACTICE

YES / NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

LONG ANSWER

______________________

Yes, I have been to Croatia.Yes, I’ve been to Croatia.

Yes, I have.

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Can turtles run?


YES / NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

LONG ANSWER

No, turtles can’t run.

No, they can’t.

_________________

_________________

_________________

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______________________Have you been skydiving?


YES / NO QUESTION

SHORT ANSWER

LONG ANSWER

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Yes, I have been skydiving.Yes, I’ve been skydiving.

Yes, I have.

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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Whose old truck is that?

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yes/no question can be answered yes or no

Are you going to college?

Where are you going to college?

information question where, when, why, who, whom,

what, which, whose, how


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(a) Does he work in Beijing?

(b) Where does he work ?

(QUESTION WORD)

HELPINGVERB

SUBJECT MAINVERB

(REST OFSENTENCE)

yes/no question

information question


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(h) Who(m) did Jack see ?

(QUESTION WORD)

HELPINGVERB

SUBJECT MAINVERB

(REST OFSENTENCE)

(c) Are you working at home? (d) Where are you working ?

(e) Will they visit soon? (f) When will they visit ?

(g) Did Jack see Jill?

HELPING VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB


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(j) Where are you ?

(QUESTION WORD)

HELPINGVERB

SUBJECT MAINVERB

(REST OFSENTENCE)

(i) Are you at the gym?

main verb: besimple present, simple pasthelping verb position


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(l) What was wrong?

(QUESTION WORD)

HELPINGVERB

SUBJECT MAINVERB

(REST OFSENTENCE)

(k) Who went with you?

subject: question worddo is not used


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______________________

ANSWER

INFORMATIONQUESTION

Juana lives in Santiago, Chile.

Where does Juana live?

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_____________________ there?

ANSWER

INFORMATIONQUESTION

Juana has lived in Santiago for six years.

How long has Juana lived

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Who _______________

ANSWER

INFORMATIONQUESTION

Juana’s friend lives with her.

lives with her?

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5-3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHAT TIME, WHAT…FOR, AND HOW COME

What time is our meeting?

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(a) Where did you go? Vancouver

where place

QUESTION ANSWER


(b) When did you get there?Seven-thirty.Last Monday.Five hours ago.

when any time expression

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QUESTION ANSWER

(c) What time did you go? Six-fifteen.Around noon.A quarter to two.

what time on a clock


(d) Why did you go there? Because myparents live there.

why reason

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(e) What did he stop for ?

(f) How come he stopped?

What…for

How come = why

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________________________

ANSWER

QUESTION

I’ll study this evening.

When are you going to study?

when

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________________________

ANSWER

QUESTION

I’m going to study geometry.

What are you going to study?

what

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________________________

I’m going to study geometrybecause I have a test tomorrow.

Why are you going to studygeometry?________________________

ANSWER

QUESTION

why

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5-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT

What broke?

Somethingbroke.

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who subjectwhom object


QUESTION ANSWER

(a) Who spoke? Someone spoke.

(b) Who(m) did you hear? I heard Ms. Adam.

formal English

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what subject or object


QUESTION ANSWER

(c) What broke? Something broke.

(d) What did you break? I broke something.

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who, what subject


QUESTION ANSWER

(a) Who spoke? Someone spoke.

do not used

(c) What broke? Something broke.

CORRECT: Who sang?INCORRECT: Who did sing?

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ANSWER We learned something.

did you learn?WhatQUESTION

whowhomwhat

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ANSWER Rodrigo is at the door.

is at the door?WhoQUESTION

whowhomwhat

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With do you wish to speak?


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ANSWER I wish to speak with Dr. Poulos.

whomQUESTION

(formal)

whowhomwhat

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5-5 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO

What do you do in science class?

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(a) What does Fayud do every evening?

He prepares dinner.

She went swimming.

She is reading.


QUESTIONANSWER

(b) What did Amy do last weekend?

(c) What is Amy doing now?

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(d) What are you going to do this week?

(e) What do you want to do tomorrow?

(f) What would he like to do now?

I’m going to study.

I want to go bowling.

He would like to eat.


QUESTIONANSWER

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what + form of do:

am doing, will do, are going to do, did…

questions about activities

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_________________ right now?

They’re dancing.

What are they doing

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______________________________________?

My brothers want to play volleyball this afternoon.

What do your brothers want to do this afternoon

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______________________ this dirty van?

She should wash it.

What should she do about

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Which pencil do you want?

5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF

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Sure. Which one do you want me to check?

(a)

whichchoice

what

Would you check my answer?


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Amy: I love to travel. Cindy: Which cities do you like to visit?

(b)

which plural nounssingular nouns


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(c) Laura: This is a photo of my family. Bill: How nice. Which one is Shawna?

which people


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(d) What did you get for your birthday?

what not a choice from a group


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(e) What kind of shirt do you need?

T-shirt dress shirtsport shirt formal shirt

what kind of specific typegeneral category


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cucumbers eggplant garlic peppers

(f) What kind of vegetables do you like?

what kind of specific typegeneral category

carrots cabbage corn onions


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whatOR

which

_____________________?

I like the tan one.

Which horse do you like

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What would you like for your birthday______________________________?


what OR which

I would like some pearls for my birthday.

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____________________________?Which do you think is more dangerous


whatwhich

I think that the lion is more dangerous than the turtle.

turtle lion

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5-7 USING WHOSE

Whose keys are these?

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5-7 USING WHOSE

(a) Whose (hat) is this? It’s the recruit’s (hat).

(b) Whose (shoes) are these? They’re mine. They’re my shoes.

(c) Whose phone did you use? I used Evelyn’s (phone).

Whose possession

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5-7 USING WHOSE

(d) Who’s that? Zoe Thompson.

(e) Whose birthday cake is that? It’s Zoe’s cake.

Whose possessionWho’s = who + is

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__________________________ ?Who’s going to ride the dark one


whosewho’s

Harry. Harry is going to ride the dark one.

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_____________________ ?Whose suitcase is this


whosewho’s

This is Misha’s suitcase.

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Who’s driving Rachel to school_________________________ ?


whosewho’s

Her father is driving Rachel to school.

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5-8 USING HOW

How was the beach?

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER

(a) How did you get home?

I drove. / By car.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.I took a bus. / By bus.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.I took a bus. / By bus.I flew. / By plane.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.I took a bus. / By bus.I flew. / By plane.I took a train. / By train.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.I took a bus. / By bus.I flew. / By plane.I took a train. / By train.I walked. / By foot.

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5-8 USING HOW

QUESTION ANSWER


I drove. / By car.I took a taxi. / By taxi.I took a bus. / By bus.I flew. / By plane.I took a train. / By train.I walked. / By foot.

how many usesask about transportation

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5-8 USING HOW

(b) How old are you? Thirty-three.(c) How tall is she? About 2 meters.(d) How big is your van? It seats eleven.(e) How tired are you? Not very tired.(f) How thirsty are you? I’m very thirsty.(g) How soon will they be ready? In about one hour.(h) How well does he speak Urdu? Not very well.(i) How quickly can you finish? I can finish by 3:00.

how adjectives

QUESTION ANSWER

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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN

How often do you eat sushi?

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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN

(a) How often do you eat out?

Every day.Once a week.About 3 times a week.Every other day or so.Two times a month.Once a month.

how often frequency

QUESTION ANSWER

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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN

(b) How many times a day do you eat meat?

Once.

(c) How many times a week do you play tennis?

Two or three.

(d) How many times a month do you wash your car?

Maybe once.

(e) How many times a year do you visit your dad?

At least four.

how often =

how many times

a daya weeka montha year

QUESTION ANSWER

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_________________________________ ?How many times a year do you go to the doctor

_________________________ ?


How often do you go to the doctor

I go to the doctor about twice a year.

how often

how many times

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_________________________________ ?How many times a month do they go to a party

_________________________ ?


How often do they go to a party

They go to a party about once a month.

how often

how many times

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How many times a week does she see her family __________________________________ ?

_________________________ ?


How often does she see her family

She sees her family every Sunday.

how often

how many times

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5-10 USING HOW FAR

How far is it to the Eiffel Tower?

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5-10 USING HOW FAR

(a) It is 4,611 km from Ottawa to Vancouver.

(b) It is 4,611 km

from Ottawa to Vancouver.from Vancouver to Ottawa.to Vancouver from Ottawa.to Ottawa from Vancouver.

It is + distance + from/to + to/from

most common

same meaning

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5-10 USING HOW FAR

(c) How far is it from Ottawa to Vancouver? 4,611 kilometers.

(d) How far do you live from your job? About 3 miles.

distanceHow far

1 mile = 1.6 kilometers1 kilometer = .614 mile

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5-10 USING HOW FAR

(e) How many miles is it from Chicago to Dallas?

(f) How many kilometers is it from Paris to Rome?

(g) How many blocks is it to the supermarket?

How far = how many miles

how many kilometers how many blocks

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_______________________________ ?How many miles is it from Orlando to Miami

_________________________ ?


How far is it from Orlando to Miami

228 miles. (It’s 228 miles from Orlando to Miami.)

how far

how many miles

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How many kilometers is it from Ankara to Istanbul ___________________________________ ?

___________________________ ?


How far is it from Ankara to Istanbul

320 kilometers. (It’s 320 kilometers from Ankara to Istanbul.)

how far

how many kilometers

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_______________________________ ?How many blocks is it to the hardware store

_________________________ ?


How far is it to the hardware store

8 blocks. (It’s 8 blocks to the hardware store.)

how far

how many blocks

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5-11 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG

How long does it take to cook a turkey?

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(a) It takes four hours to cook a turkey.

(b) It took Lena ten minutes to make dinner.

It + take used with time words + infinitive length of time


IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE OF TIME

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It + take used with time words + infinitive length of time


An infinitive = to + simple form of verb

(a) It takes four hours to cook a turkey.

(b) It took Lena ten minutes to make dinner.

IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE OF TIME

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How long length of time


(c) How long does it take to cook a turkey? –Four hours.

(d) How long did it take Abe to run home? –Five minutes.

(e) How long did you read last night? – 45 minutes.

(f) How long will you be on vacation? –Two weeks.

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how many


(g) How many weeks will you be on vacation? –Two.

+

minuteshoursdaysweeksmonthsyears

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______________________________________ It took Mr. Richards 30 minutes to ride to work.


Mr. Richards rode to work.Length of time: 30 minutes.

it + take

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___________________________________ It took the truck 25 years to get very rusty.


The truck got very rusty.Length of time: 25 years.

it + take

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It takes us 5 minutes to drive from home to town.


We drive from home to town.Length of time: 5 minutes.

it + take

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What’s that?

5-12 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS

What’s that?

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(a) “When’s he leaving?”(b) “What’re they doing?”(c) “When’s the plane leave?”

(g) “Where’ll you be?”

SPOKEN ONLYis

aredoes

will

contracted in speaking

usually NOT written


(e) “Who’s left?”has(f) “Where’ve you been?”have

(d) “When’d the plane leave?”did

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(h) What do you want? Whaddya want?

(i) What are you doing? Whaddya doing?

SPOKEN ONLY

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(j) Where’s the cat? What’s that? Who’s he?


only contractions with where, what or who

WRITTEN

usually only for informal writing

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Who is that person?

Who’s that person?

SAY: Who’s that person?

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What did you do yesterday?

What’d you do yesterday?

SAY: What’d you do yesterday?

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SAY: Who’ll you see at school tomorrow?


Who will you see at school tomorrow?Who’ll you see at school tomorrow?

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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW

Terrible! I’m so worried about my test!

How’s it going?

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QUESTION ANSWER

(a) How do you spell “effort”? E-F-F-O-R-T

(b) How do you say “no” in Russian? Nyet.

(c) How do you say/pronounce this word?

Spell the word.To answer: Say the word.

Pronounce the word.

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QUESTION ANSWER

(d) How are you getting along?

(e) How are you doing?

(f) How’s it going?

Great.Fine.Okay.So-so.

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QUESTION ANSWER

(d) How are you getting along?

(e) How are you doing?

(f) How’s it going?How is your life?Is your life okay?Do you have any problems?

Great.Fine.Okay.So-so.

Greetings: Hi Pat. How’s it going?

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QUESTION ANSWER

(g) How do you feel?

How are you feeling?

health, general emotional state

Terrific!Wonderful!Great!Fine.Okay.So-so.A bit under the weather.Terrible!Lousy.Awful!

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(h)

formal introduction

How do you do?

How do you do?

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I spell it: G-R-E-A-T.

___________________?How do you spell great

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Alegre. Alegre means “happy” in Spanish.

__________________________ ?How do you say “happy” in Spanish

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A bit under the weather.

___________________ ?How do you feel

___________________ ?How are you feeling

you

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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT

How about joining our study group?

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What about


We need something to drink

with dinner.

How abouticed tea?

(a)

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What about


What time shouldwe serve the

soup?

How about7:30?

(b)

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What about


What do youwant to do

this weekend?

How aboutgoing to amuseum?

(c)

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How aboutWhat about


That sounds likea good idea.

inviting Edithto join us?

(d)

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(c) How about going to a museum?

(a) What about ice tea?

(b) What about 7:30?

(c) What about going to a museum?

(d) What about inviting Edith to join us?

(a) How about iced tea?

(b) How about 7:30?

(d) How about inviting Edith to join us?


How aboutWhat about

same meaning& usage

suggestions or offers

+ nounor –ing form of verb

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(e) I’m not worried. We have time to

study.

I’m worried.How about you?

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Are you worried?No. What about you?

(f)I’m very worried.

How about youWhat about you

question aboutpreceding information

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When do you want to go on vacation?

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May What about

What about May 6th?

How about

How about May 6th?

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What time shall we leave?

What about

What about 5:00?

How about

How about 5:00?

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We need a new house.

What about this house? How about this house?

What about How about

It is for sale. It is for sale.

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

Sydney isn’t in Africa, is it?

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(b) She didn’t study, did she ?(a) Tennis is fun, isn’t it ?

(c) There’s enough coffee, isn’t there ?(d) I’m not passing the class, am I ?(e) I’m too early, aren’t I ?

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(b) She didn’t study,

tag questionend of sentence

did she ?(a) Tennis is fun, isn’t it ?

(c) There’s enough coffee, isn’t there ?(d) I’m not passing the class, am I ?(e) I’m too early, aren’t I ?

uses auxiliary verb

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

AFFIRMATIVE (+) NEGATIVE (-)

(d) You play tennis, don’t you? (e) Lonnie is a doctor, isn’t she?

affirmative main verb

negative tag question

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(f) You don’t play golf, do you? (g) Lonnie isn’t a lawyer, is she?

negative main verb

affirmative tag question

NEGATIVE (-) AFFIRMATIVE (+)

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(f) You don’t play golf, do you? (g) Lonnie isn’t a lawyer, is she?

Expected answer agrees with main verb.

EXPECTED ANSWER

(d) You play tennis, don’t you? (e) Lonnie is a doctor, isn’t she?

Yes.

No.No.

Yes.

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

SPEAKER’S IDEA

I’m not sure ifthis is

expensive.

(h)

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(h) SPEAKER’S QUESTION

This is expensive,isn’t it?

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

(h)SPEAKER’S QUESTION

This is expensive,isn’t it?

Checking to see if information is

correct?

Rising intonation

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

SPEAKER’S IDEA

I think thatdancing is fun.I think he does

too.

(i)

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

SPEAKER’S QUESTION(i)

Dancing is fun, isn’t it ?

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

SPEAKER’S QUESTION

(i)

Dancing is fun, isn’t it ?

Seeking agreement?

Falling intonation

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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS

Compare to Yes/No Questions

The speaker has no idea.

Is dancing fun?(j)

Yes, it is.OR

No, it isn’t.

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They are happy, ___________?

aren’t theyisn’t theydo theyaren’t they

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Your yard doesn’t look like this, _______ ?

is itdoesn’t itdoes it

does it

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I enjoy dancing, ________ ?

don’t youisn’t youwasn’t it

don’t you

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