Asking questions. (Chapter 5)

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CONTENTS
5-1 Yes/no questions and short answers
5-2 Yes/no and information questions
5-3 Where, why, when, what time, what…for, and how come
5-4 Questions with who, whom, and what
5-5 Using what + a form of do
5-6 Using which and what kind of
5-7 Using whose
5-8 Using how
5-9 Using how often
5-10 Using how far
5-11 Length of time: it + take and how long
5-12 Spoken and written contractions with question words
5-13 More questions with how
5-14 Using how about and what about
5-15 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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5-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
YES/NO
QUESTION
(a) Do you like
apples?
(b) Did he arrive?
SHORT
ANSWER
+ LONG ANSWER
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
(I like apples.)
(I don’t like apples.)
Yes, he did. (He arrived.)
No, he didn’t. (He didn’t arrive.)
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5-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
YES/NO
QUESTION
SHORT
ANSWER
+ LONG ANSWER
(c) Have you seen
Jim?
Yes, I have. Yes I have seen Jim.
No, I haven’t. No, I haven’t seen
Jim.
(d) Is it sunny?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.
It’s sunny.
It isn’t sunny.
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5-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
YES/NO
QUESTION
(e) Will he go
with us?
SHORT
ANSWER
LONG
ANSWER
Yes, he will. Yes, he will go.
No, he won’t. No, he won’t go.
yes/no question
can be answered yes or no
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5-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
(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 answer
helping verb is NOT contracted
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5-1 LET’S PRACTICE
YES / NO
QUESTION
Have you been to Croatia?
______________________
SHORT
ANSWER
Yes,
______________________
I have.
LONG
ANSWER
Yes, I have been to Croatia.
Yes, I’ve been to Croatia.
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5-1 LET’S PRACTICE
YES / NO
QUESTION
Can
turtles run?
_________________
SHORT
ANSWER
No,
they can’t.
_________________
LONG
ANSWER
No,
turtles can’t run.
_________________
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5-1 LET’S PRACTICE
YES / NO
QUESTION
Have
you been skydiving?
______________________
SHORT
ANSWER
Yes,
__________
I have.
LONG
ANSWER
Yes,
I have been skydiving.
______________________
Yes,
I’ve been skydiving.
______________________
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Whose old truck is that?
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Are you going to college?
yes/no question
can be answered yes or no
Where are you going to college?
information question
where, when, why, who, whom,
what, which, whose, how
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
(QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT MAIN
WORD)
VERB
VERB
(a)
Does
he
(REST OF
SENTENCE)
work in Beijing?
yes/no question
(b) Where
does
he
work ?
information question
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
(QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT
WORD)
VERB
MAIN
VERB
(REST OF
SENTENCE)
(c)
(d) Where
(e)
(f) When
Are
are
Will
will
you
you
they
they
working
working
visit
visit
at home?
?
soon?
?
(g)
(h) Who(m)
Did
did
Jack
Jack
see
see
Jill?
?
HELPING VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
(QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT MAIN
WORD)
VERB
VERB
(i)
Are
you
(j) Where
are
you ?
(REST OF
SENTENCE)
at the gym?
main verb: be
simple present, simple past
helping verb position
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5-2 YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
(QUESTION HELPING SUBJECT
WORD)
VERB
MAIN
VERB
(REST OF
SENTENCE)
(k)
Who
went with you?
(l)
What
was
wrong?
subject: question word
do is not used
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5-2 LET’S PRACTICE
INFORMATION
______________________
Where does Juana live?
QUESTION
ANSWER
Juana lives in Santiago, Chile.
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5-2 LET’S PRACTICE
INFORMATION
How long has Juana lived there?
_____________________
QUESTION
ANSWER
Juana has lived in Santiago for six years.
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5-2 LET’S PRACTICE
INFORMATION
Who _______________
lives with her?
QUESTION
ANSWER
Juana’s friend 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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5-3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHAT TIME, WHAT…FOR,
AND HOW COME
QUESTION
ANSWER
(a) Where did you go?
Vancouver
(b) When did you get there?
Seven-thirty.
Last Monday.
Five hours ago.
where
when
place
any time
expression
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5-3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHAT TIME, WHAT…FOR,
AND HOW COME
QUESTION
ANSWER
(c) What time did you go?
(d) Why did you go there?
what time
why
Six-fifteen.
Around noon.
A quarter to two.
Because my
parents live there.
on a clock
reason
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5-3 WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHAT TIME, WHAT…FOR,
AND HOW COME
(e) What did he stop for ?
(f) How come he stopped?
What…for
How come
=
why
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5-3 LET’S PRACTICE
when
QUESTION
When are you going to study?
________________________
ANSWER
I’ll study this evening.
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5-3 LET’S PRACTICE
what
QUESTION
What are you going to study?
________________________
ANSWER
I’m going to study
geometry.
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5-3 LET’S PRACTICE
why
QUESTION
Why are you going to study
________________________
geometry?
________________________
ANSWER
I’m going to study geometry
because I have a test tomorrow.
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5-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT
What broke?
Something
broke.
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5-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT
QUESTION
(a) Who spoke?
ANSWER
Someone spoke.
(b) Who(m) did you hear? I heard Ms. Adam.
who
whom
subject
object
formal
English
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5-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT
QUESTION
(c) What broke?
ANSWER
Something broke.
(d) What did you break? I broke something.
what
subject or object
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5-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT
QUESTION
ANSWER
(a) Who spoke?
Someone spoke.
(c) What broke?
Something broke.
who, what
subject
do not used
CORRECT: Who sang?
INCORRECT: Who did sing?
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5-4 LET’S PRACTICE
who
whom
what
QUESTION
_____
What did you learn?
ANSWER
We learned something.
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5-4 LET’S PRACTICE
who
whom
what
QUESTION
_____
Who is at the door?
ANSWER
Rodrigo is at the door.
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5-4 LET’S PRACTICE
who
whom
what
QUESTION
_____do you wish to speak?
With whom
(formal)
ANSWER
I wish to speak with Dr. Poulos.
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5-5 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
What do you do in science class?
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5-5 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
QUESTION
ANSWER
(a) What does Fayud do every evening?
He prepares dinner.
(b) What did Amy do last weekend?
She went swimming.
(c) What is Amy doing now?
She is reading.
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5-5 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
QUESTION
ANSWER
(d) What are you going to do this week?
I’m going to study.
(e) What do you want to do tomorrow?
I want to go bowling.
(f) What would he like to do now?
He would like to eat.
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5-5 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
what + form of do:
am doing, will do,
are going to do,
did…
questions
about
activities
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5-5 LET’S PRACTICE
What are they doing right now?
_________________
They’re dancing.
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5-5 LET’S PRACTICE
______________________________________?
What
do your brothers want to do this afternoon
My brothers want to play volleyball this afternoon.
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5-5 LET’S PRACTICE
______________________
What should she do about this dirty van?
She should wash it.
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
Which pencil do you want?
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(a) Would you
check my
answer?
Sure. Which one
do you want me
to check?
choice
which
what
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(b) Amy: I love to travel.
Cindy: Which cities do you like to visit?
which
singular nouns
plural nouns
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(c) Laura: This is a photo of my family.
Bill:
How nice. Which one is Shawna?
which
people
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(d) What did you get for your birthday?
what
not a choice
from a group
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(e) What kind of shirt do you need?
T-shirt
sport shirt
dress shirt
formal shirt
general category
what kind of
specific type
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5-6 USING WHICH AND WHAT KIND OF
(f) What kind of vegetables do you like?
carrots cabbage corn onions
cucumbers eggplant garlic peppers
general category
what kind of
specific type
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5-6 LET’S PRACTICE
Which horse do you like
_____________________?
I like the tan one.
what
OR
which
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5-6 LET’S PRACTICE
what OR which
What
would you like for your birthday
______________________________?
I would like some pearls for my birthday.
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5-6 LET’S PRACTICE
Which do you think is more dangerous
____________________________?
what
which
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.
Who’s
Whose
=
who + is
possession
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5-7 LET’S PRACTICE
Who’s going to ride the dark one ?
__________________________
whose
who’s
Harry. Harry is going to ride the dark one.
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5-7 LET’S PRACTICE
Whose suitcase is this ?
_____________________
whose
who’s
This is Misha’s suitcase.
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5-7 LET’S PRACTICE
Who’s driving Rachel to school ?
_________________________
whose
who’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
I drove. / By car.
(a) How did you get home?
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5-8 USING HOW
QUESTION
ANSWER
I drove. / By car.
I took a taxi. / By taxi.
(a) How did you get home?
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5-8 USING HOW
QUESTION
(a) How did you get home?
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
(a) How did you get home?
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
(a) How did you get home?
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
(a) How did you get home?
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
(a) How did you get home?
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 uses
ask about transportation
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5-8 USING HOW
QUESTION
ANSWER
(b) How old are you?
(c) How tall is she?
(d) How big is your van?
(e) How tired are you?
(f) How thirsty are you?
(g) How soon will they be ready?
(h) How well does he speak Urdu?
(i) How quickly can you finish?
how
Thirty-three.
About 2 meters.
It seats eleven.
Not very tired.
I’m very thirsty.
In about one hour.
Not very well.
I can finish by 3:00.
adjectives
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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN
How often do you eat sushi?
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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN
QUESTION
(a) How often do you eat out?
how often
ANSWER
Every day.
Once a week.
About 3 times a week.
Every other day or so.
Two times a month.
Once a month.
frequency
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5-9 USING HOW OFTEN
QUESTION
ANSWER
Maybe
once.
At least
four.
Two
or
Once
. three.
(b) How many times a day do you eat meat?
(c) How many times a week do you play tennis?
(d) How many times a month do you wash your car?
(e) How many times a year do you visit your dad?
how often =
how many times
a day
a week
a month
a year
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5-9 LET’S PRACTICE
how often
How often do you go to the doctor ?
_________________________
how many times
How many times a year do you go to the doctor ?
_________________________________
I go to the doctor about twice a year.
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5-9 LET’S PRACTICE
how often
How often do they go to a party ?
_________________________
how many times
How many times a month do they go to a party ?
_________________________________
They go to a party about once a month.
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5-9 LET’S PRACTICE
how often
How often does she see her family ?
_________________________
how many times
How many times a week does she see her family ?
__________________________________
She sees her family every Sunday.
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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.
same meaning
It is + distance + from/to + to/from
most common
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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.
How far
distance
1 mile = 1.6 kilometers
1 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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5-10 LET’S PRACTICE
how far
How far is it from Orlando to Miami ?
_________________________
how many miles
How many miles is it from Orlando to Miami ?
_______________________________
228 miles. (It’s 228 miles from Orlando
to Miami.)
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5-10 LET’S PRACTICE
how far
How far is it from Ankara to Istanbul ?
___________________________
how many kilometers
How many kilometers is it from Ankara to Istanbul ?
___________________________________
320 kilometers. (It’s 320 kilometers from
Ankara to Istanbul.)
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5-10 LET’S PRACTICE
how far
How far is it to the hardware store ?
_________________________
how many blocks
How many blocks is it to the hardware store ?
_______________________________
8 blocks. (It’s 8 blocks to the hardware
store.)
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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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5-11 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG
IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE
OF TIME
(a) It takes
(b) It took
four hours
Lena
to cook a turkey.
ten minutes to make dinner.
It + take used with time words + infinitive
length of time
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5-11 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG
IT + TAKE + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + INFINITIVE
OF TIME
(a) It takes
(b) It took
four hours
Lena
to cook a turkey.
ten minutes to make dinner.
It + take used with time words + infinitive
length of time
An infinitive = to + simple form of verb
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5-11 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG
(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.
How long
length of time
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5-11 LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG
(g) How many weeks will you be on vacation? –Two.
how many
+
minutes
hours
days
weeks
months
years
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5-11 LET’S PRACTICE
it + take
It took Mr. Richards 30 minutes to ride to work.
______________________________________
Mr. Richards rode to work.
Length of time: 30 minutes.
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5-11 LET’S PRACTICE
it + take
It took the truck 25 years to get very rusty.
___________________________________
The truck got very rusty.
Length of time: 25 years.
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5-11 LET’S PRACTICE
it + take
It takes us 5 minutes to drive from home to town.
We drive from home to town.
Length of time: 5 minutes.
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5-12 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH
QUESTION WORDS
What’s
that?
What’s
that?
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5-12 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH
QUESTION WORDS
is
are
does
did
has
have
will
SPOKEN ONLY
(a) “When’s he leaving?”
(b) “What’re they doing?”
(c) “When’s the plane leave?”
(d) “When’d the plane leave?”
(e) “Who’s left?”
(f) “Where’ve you been?”
(g) “Where’ll you be?”
contracted in speaking
usually NOT written
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5-12 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH
QUESTION WORDS
SPOKEN ONLY
(h) What do you want?
Whaddya want?
(i) What are you doing?
Whaddya doing?
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5-12 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH
QUESTION WORDS
(j) Where’s the cat?
What’s that?
Who’s he?
WRITTEN
only contractions with where,
what or who
usually only for informal writing
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5-12 LET’S PRACTICE
Who is that person?
Who’s that person?
SAY: Who’s that person?
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5-12 LET’S PRACTICE
What did you do yesterday?
What’d you do yesterday?
SAY: What’d you do yesterday?
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5-12 LET’S PRACTICE
Who will you see at school tomorrow?
Who’ll you see at school tomorrow?
SAY: Who’ll you see at school
tomorrow?
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
How’s it going?
Terrible! I’m
so worried
about my test!
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
QUESTION
(a) How do you spell “effort”?
ANSWER
E-F-F-O-R-T
(b) How do you say “no” in Russian? Nyet.
(c) How do you say/pronounce this
word?
To answer:
Spell the word.
Say the word.
Pronounce the word.
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
QUESTION
(d) How are you getting along?
(e) How are you doing?
ANSWER
Great.
Fine.
Okay.
So-so.
(f) How’s it going?
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
QUESTION
(d) How are you getting along?
(e) How are you doing?
ANSWER
Great.
Fine.
Okay.
So-so.
(f) How’s it going?
How is your life?
Is your life okay?
Do you have any problems?
Greetings: Hi Pat. How’s it going?
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
QUESTION
(g) How do you feel?
How are you feeling?
health,
general emotional state
ANSWER
Terrific!
Wonderful!
Great!
Fine.
Okay.
So-so.
A bit under the weather.
Terrible!
Lousy.
Awful!
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5-13 MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW
(h) How do you
do?
How do you
do?
formal introduction
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5-13 LET’S PRACTICE
How do you spell great
___________________?
I spell it: G-R-E-A-T.
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5-13 LET’S PRACTICE
How do you say “happy” in Spanish ?
__________________________
Alegre. Alegre means “happy” in Spanish.
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5-13 LET’S PRACTICE
you
How do you feel
___________________
?
How are you feeling
___________________
?
A bit under the weather.
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
How about joining
our study group?
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(a)
What
about
How about
iced tea?
We need
something to drink
with dinner.
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(b)
What
about
How about
7:30?
What time should
we serve the
soup?
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(c)
How about
What
about
going to a
museum?
What do you
want to do
this weekend?
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(d)
What
about
How about
inviting Edith
to join us?
That sounds like
a good idea.
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(a) What
How about
abouticed
ice tea?
tea?
(b) What
about7:30?
7:30?
How about
(c) How
Whatabout
aboutgoing
goingtotoaamuseum?
museum?
(d) How
Whatabout
aboutinviting
invitingEdith
Edithtotojoin
joinus?
us?
How about
What about
+
noun
same meaning
or –ing
& usage
form of verb
suggestions or offers
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(e) I’m not worried.
We have time to
study.
I’m worried.
How about you?
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5-14 USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT
(f)
No. What
about you?
How about you
What about you
Are you worried?
I’m very worried.
question about
preceding
information
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5-14 LET’S PRACTICE
When do you want to go on vacation?
What about
What about May 6th?
How about
How about May 6th?
May
M
7
14
21
28
T
1
8
15
22
29
W
2
9
16
23
30
Th
3
10
17
24
31
F Sat S
4
5
6
11 12 13
18 19 20
25 26 27
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5-14 LET’S PRACTICE
What time shall we leave?
What about
What about 5:00?
How about
How about 5:00?
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5-14 LET’S PRACTICE
We need a new house.
What about
How about
How about this house?
___________________
What about this house? __________________
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
(a) Tennis is fun, isn’t it ?
(b) She didn’t study, did she ?
(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
(a) Tennis is fun, isn’t it ?
(b) She didn’t study, did she ?
(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 ?
tag question
end of sentence
uses auxiliary verb
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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS
AFFIRMATIVE (+)
(d) You play tennis,
(e) Lonnie is a doctor,
affirmative
main verb
NEGATIVE (-)
don’t you?
isn’t she?
negative
tag question
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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS
NEGATIVE (-)
(f) You don’t play golf,
(g) Lonnie isn’t a lawyer,
negative
main verb
AFFIRMATIVE (+)
do you?
is she?
affirmative
tag question
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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS
EXPECTED
ANSWER
(d) You play tennis, don’t you?
(e) Lonnie is a doctor, isn’t she?
Yes.
Yes.
(f) You don’t play golf, do you?
(g) Lonnie isn’t a lawyer, is she?
No.
No.
Expected answer agrees
with main verb.
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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS
(h) SPEAKER’S IDEA
I’m not sure if
this is
expensive.
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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
(i) SPEAKER’S IDEA
I think that
dancing is fun.
I think he does
too.
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5-15 TAG QUESTIONS
(i) SPEAKER’S QUESTION
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
(j)
Is dancing fun?
Yes, it is.
OR
No, it isn’t.
The speaker has no idea.
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5-15 LET’S PRACTICE
They are happy, ___________?
aren’t they
aren’t they
isn’t they
do they
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5-15 LET’S PRACTICE
Your yard doesn’t look like this, _______
does it ?
is it
doesn’t it
does it
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5-15 LET’S PRACTICE
I enjoy dancing, ________
don’t you ?
don’t you
isn’t you
wasn’t it
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