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question formation
1 How long have you been waiting? How many children (1.3,
does your sister have? Should we buy her present?
2 Why didn’t you like the film? Isn’t this a beautiful place?
Don’t you have to be at school today?
3. What are they talking about? Who does this bag belong to?
4 Who lives in that house?
How many people follow you on Twitter?
1 We make questions with tenses where there is an auxiliary
verb (be, have, etc.) and with modal verbs (should, must,
etc: by inverting the subject and the auxiliary / modal verb.
With the present and past simple, weladd the auxiliary verb
do/ does oF did before the subject.
2 We often use negative questions to show surprise when we
‘expect somebody to agree with us, or to check whether
something is true. 8
3 Ifa verb is normally followed by a preposition, e.g. talk
about sth, the preposition comes at the end of the question,
not at the beginning. NOT About what are-youtolking?
+ We often just use the question word and the preposition,
e.g. Al'm thinking. B What about?
4 When who / what / which, etc, is thd subject of questions in
the present or past simple, we don't use do / did, e.g. Who
@ Order the words to make questions.
tomorrow can’t Why come you ?
Why can't you come tomorrow?
11 Should her tell 1 feel how ?
2 friend known long best have How you your ?
3 tell when you train next leaves the Could
me ?
4 are What about you thinking ?
5 at do weekend you What doing the like ?
6 music to does What Jane kind like listening
of ?
7 you time film know finishes Do what the ?
8 class students yesterday to many came How ?
9 you remember is where Do the restaurant ?
10 housework family in Who your the does ?
GRAMMAR BANK
@ SPEAKERS OF SPANISH
3 Pocket Book p.2-3
¥ indirect questions
/
Could you tell me what time the shop next door opens? 1.4
Do you know if (whether) Mark's coming to the meeting?
*+ We use indirect questions when we want to ask a question
ina more polite way. We begin with a phrase such as Can /
Could you tell me..? 00 you know...? Do you think..? Da.
‘you remember...” Would you mind telling me...” Do you
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What time does the post office open? (direct question) and
Could you tell me what time the post office opens? (indirect
question)
In indirect questions, the order is subject + verb
tell me where it is? NOT
We don't use do / did in the second part of the question.
Do you know where he lives? NOT
+ You can use if or whether in questions without a question
word and after: Can you tell me, Do you know, etc.
Can you
D Other expressions followed by the word order of
indirect questions
The word ocdor of indict question is ured after
I wonder... 69, wonder wy they dh’ come |
Im not sre... Fm not sro what time it str. |
I can’t remember... 9. |ean’t remember where Ileft my
phone
I'd like to know.,., @.9. I'd like to know what time you're: |
coming home.
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Complete the questions with the words in
brackets.
Where did you go on holiday last year? (you / go)
1 How often exercise? (you / usually
do)
2 Who Oliver Twist? (write)
3 Could you tell me how much 2 this
book / cost)
4 Ican't remember where my car this
morning. I/ park)
your trip to Paris last weekend?
(you / enjoy)
What kind of work —_ ? your sister / do)
Who — the last biscuit? (eat)
Do you know what time
Saturdays? (the swimming pool / open)
Why ___ the present you gave her?
(your sister / not like)
7 — play your m
I can’t concentrate. (you / have #2