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2.7 Asking for reasons, purposes

I. Write questions with Why/Why don’t/Why not on the left to fit the answers on the right.

2.8 Asking for evidence

I. Work with a partner. Ask for evidence. Then answer the questions.

1.Mary and Steve have got married.

2.They are happy.

3.They bought a new flat.

4.They are going to spend their honeymoon in Paris.

5.Steve graduated from the University with honours.

6.He often goes fishing.

7.Mary is good at cooking.

8.She doesn’t like travelling by air.

2.9 Making suggestions

I.Offer your partner:

1.to have a look at the schedule;

2.to have a break;

3.to play football;

4.to go shopping;

5.to talk to the dean;

6.to get up earlier on Sunday;

7.to visit the Fine Arts Museum;

8.to act out the role-play;

9.to listen to the tape once again;

10.to solve the problem together;

11.to make a report at the conference;

12.to borrow the text-book from the library.

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2.10 Emphatic questions with ever

I. Make these questions more emphatic.

1.Who gave you permission to do that?

2.Why didn’t you ask an expert to look at it?

3.When did they go to Wales?

4.What will she say next?

5.Where shall I put this wet umbrella?

6.How do you expect me to carry all this?

7.Where have you bought the computer?

8.How did he manage to get the tickets for the concert?

9.What does she see in him?

*II. Ask the following questions in English.

1.Как же ты узнал, что я собираюсь быть здесь?

1.И что же ты собираешься рассказать нам?

2.Когда же он вернется?

3.И кто же верит в приведения (ghost)?

4.Зачем же ты сделал это?

5.И кто же украл (steal) деньги?

6.Который же час?

7.Где же ты был?

3.INDIRECT QUESTIONS

I.Translate the sentences paying attention to indirect questions with whether and if.

1.The doctor asks if the patient has ever had headaches.

2.He asks whether tourists enjoyed their visit to the museum.

3.We’d like to know whether we are going to write a test next week.

4.Would you mind telling me whether you are going to have a break?

5.I wonder if you start on your journey the following Sunday.

6.She is interested whether he is meeting his boss tomorrow.

7.We don’t know whether the lecture will start at 3 or 5 p.m.

8.Could you tell me if the professor is still busy?

9.Does she know whether Bill has got a good or a satisfactory mark for his testpaper?

10. I’d like to know if you are going to stay after classes long.

II. Ask indirect questions, as in the example.

Example: What are you going to do? (I don’t know)

I don’t know what you are going to do.

Could you tell me what you are going to do?

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1.Why did she say that? (I wonder)

2.How many tourists visit your country each year? (I’d like to know)

3.Does this bus go to Oxford Street? (I wonder)

4.Where is the tourist office? (Could you show me)

5.Is there any post-office near here? (Do you know)

6.What are we supposed to do? (Would you mind telling me)

7.Is she English or American. (I don’t know)

8.Are you ready to start? (I wonder)

9.Is he going to drive a jeep across the Sahara desert? (Could you tell me) 10. Who knows how to work a fax machine? (I’d like to know)

11. What is likely to change in the future? (I wonder)

12. Has she already phoned the travel agency? (He’d like to know)

*III. Ken had a frightening experience recently while on holiday. He was walking in the countryside when suddenly a soldier came up him and asked him some questions. Transform these questions into indirect questions beginning with He asked Ken… or He wanted to know… .

1.What are you doing here? He asked Ken what he was doing there.

2.Why are you carrying a camera?

3.Did you see the signs warning people not to enter the area?

4.Have you been taking photographs of the army base?

5.What’s your name?

6.Where do you live?

7.What are you?

8.Can I see some proof of your identity (личность)?

9.Are you accompanied by anybody?

10. Did you ever visit the place?

IV. Turn the following direct questions about the girl who saw a ghost (привидение) into indirect questions, as in the example.

Example: Who was the ghost? I wonder who the ghost was.

1.What was the ghost’s name?

2.Is it still there?

3.Did it ever come back?

4.Why did the girl think she was being watched?

5.Did she see a ghost when she was young?

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6.Why was it so cold when the ghost came?

7.Was the girl telling the truth?

V. Work in pairs. Ask your questions indirectly for the following situations, using: Could you tell me …? Do you know …? I was wondering …?

1.One of you is looking for a good English language school. The other is interested, but wants more information.

2.One of you has just seen a wonderful film. The other is interested, but wants more information.

*VI. Ask these indirect questions in English.

1.Меня интересует, почему вы опоздали.

2.Не могли бы вы сказать мне, когда у вас выходной.

3.Они не могут выяснить, когда начинается концерт.

4.Она хотела бы знать, где они собираются провести свой отпуск.

5.Ты знаешь, где он работает?

6.Интересно, в какой аудитории (lecture hall) читает лекцию проф. Валов.

7.Они не знают, почему он опаздывает.

8.Интересно, с кем ты разговаривал, когда я вошла?

9.Вы выяснили, кто дежурил в прошлую субботу?

10.Вам хотелось бы знать, в какой гостинице они остановятся?

11.Мой друг интересуется, буду ли я сдавать экзамен по английскому языку.

12.Декан спрашивает, были ли студенты на лекции.

13.Мы не знаем, сказал ли он правду.

14.Ей интересно, когда он родился.

4.TAG QUESTIONS

I.Listen to the tape of a man and a woman talking about holiday arrangements. There are eight tag questions. Write if they are type 1 or type 2.

II.Ask the following tag questions with the appropriate intonation.

(+)– you are sure that your information is correct.

(-) – you are not very sure that your information is correct.

1.You’re eighteen, aren’t you? (+)

2.Nelly is a student, is she? (-)

3.You have got time, haven’t you? (-)

4.You don’t like her, do you? (+)

5.You can swim, can’t you? (+)

6.Tom has got two brothers, hasn’t he? (-)

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7.This coat is expensive, isn’t it? (-)

8.They have already passed the final test, haven’t they? (-)

9.The first-year students got their identification cards, did they? (+)

10.You have taken the textbook from the library, haven’t you? (-)

11.Dad is watching TV, isn’t he? (+)

12.You left school when you were seventeen, didn’t you? (+)

III. Listen and decide if the person asking the question is fairly sure or not very sure that the information is correct.

1.You have seen the film Titanic, haven’t you?

2.It is a love story, isn’t it?

3.It is a disaster movie, isn’t it?

4.The great ship was going from Southampton to New York, wasn’t it?

5.The Titanic had sixteen watertight compartments, didn’t it?

6.It was regarded to be unsinkable, wasn’t it?

7.A huge iceberg appeared suddenly, didn’t it?

8.The passengers of the Titanic weren’t particularly worried at first, were they?

9.The ship was completely under the water at 2.20 a.m., wasn’t it?

10.1500 lives were lost, weren’t they?

11.The loss of the Titanic will always be remembered, won’t it?

12.M. Roberts wrote a novel based on the story of the Titanic, didn’t she?

*IV. Fill in the gaps in the following questions with an appropriate question tag. Then match each question to an answer below.

1.You’re Polish, ………… ?

2.I’ve seen you somewhere before, ………… ?

3.Jack is your older brother, ………… ?

4.Your sister studies English, too, ………… ?

5.You went on the trip to Oxford, ………… ?

6.Jack really enjoyed it, ………… ?

7.He’d been there before, ………… ?

8.You used to live in Germany, ………… ?

9.You’ll be here tomorrow, ………… ?

10.You don’t know which bus goes to Piccadilly, ………… ?

a)That’s right. He went a couple of years ago.

b)I think you get the number 14.

c)No, I didn’t actually. I hear it was really good.

d)Yes, he wants to go again next weekend.

e)Yes, I am. How did you guess?

f)Yes, that’s where my father’s from.

g)Maybe. You look slightly familiar, too.

h)Oh, so you’re a friend of his, are you?

i)No, not anymore. She’s gone back to Poland.