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1A 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 > 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. cS ae eee 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

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