Special questions
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What |
am |
I |
doing? |
- I'm wasting my time! |
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Where |
are |
you |
going? |
- To the institute. |
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Why |
is |
he |
shouting at you? |
- I'm late, as usual. |
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When |
are |
we |
meeting? |
- At 7.00 p. m. |
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Which film |
are |
you |
watching? |
- "Rocky". |
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What kind of (dish) |
is |
she |
cooking? |
- A very tasty one. |
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How |
are |
you |
getting on? |
- Not bad, thanks. |
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How many (books) |
is |
she |
reading at a time? |
- Two or three. |
Who is used to ask about the subject and the object. Compare:
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Asking about the object |
Asking about the subject | ||||||||||||
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SUBJECT |
OBJECT |
SUBJECT |
OBJECT | ||||||||||
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Ken |
is talking |
to my friend |
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My friend |
is talking |
to Ken. | |||||||
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Who |
is Ken talking |
to? |
Who |
is talking |
to Ken. | ||||||||
Exercise 7. Ask questions about the information in italics.
1. We are laughing because the film is very funny.
2. Nancy is learning two foreign languages.
3. The secretary is typing some letters.
4. They are meeting at 8 o'clock in the evening.
5. Dolly is wearing a fur coat.
6. They are dancing in the disco.
7. John is watching TV in the living room.
8. I'm translating a very difficult text.
Exercise 8. Ask subject and object questions.
Example: They're waiting for the bus. - Who is waiting for the bus?
What are they waiting for?
1. They're laughing at Tom's jokes.
2. We're waiting for the lecturer.
3. She's talking about yesterday's party.
4. Bob's looking through his notes.
5. I'm looking for the keys.
6. Eric is shaking hands with Ken's brother.
Tag questions
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I |
am |
listening to a new group, |
aren't I? |
- Yes, you are./ No, you aren't. | |
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You |
are |
looking after the baby, |
aren't you? |
- Yes, I am. /No, I am not | |
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He/ She |
is |
living in Paris just now |
isn't he/she? |
- Yes, he is./No, he isn't. - Yes, she is./ No, she isn't. | |
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I |
is |
working properly, |
i |
- Yes, it is./No, it isn't. | |
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We You They |
are |
lying in the sun now, |
aren’t |
we? they? you? |
- Yes, we are./ No, we aren't. |
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- Yes, you are./ No, you aren't. | |||||
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- Yes, they are./ No, they aren't. | |||||
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I |
am not |
killing the time, |
am I? |
- No, you aren't./Yes, you are. | |
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You |
aren't |
wearing my tie, |
are you? |
- No, I'm not./ Yes, I am. | |
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He/ She |
isn't |
playing chess, |
is he/she? |
- No, he/she isn't. / Yes, he/she is. | |
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It |
isn't |
burning, |
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- No, it isn't./ Yes, it is. | |
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We You They |
aren't |
joking, |
are |
we? they? you? |
- No, we/you/they aren't./ Yes, we/you/they are. |
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sn't
it?
is
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Exercise 9. Give the correct tag to these sentences.
1. Bill's wearing Levi's jeans, _?
2. They're enjoying the party, _?
3. It's getting dark, _?
4. I'm having an English class, _?
5. The children aren't watching TV, _?
6. The tape recorder isn't working, _?
7. I'm not studying hard, _?
Exercise 10. Put the words in the correct order to make questions in the Present Continuous.
Example: cooking/are/you/what. - What are you cooking?
1) to/you/who/talking/are?
2) moment/book/reading/at/you/the/which/are?
3) downstairs/the/who/piano/playing/is?
4) at/you/why/me/are/laughing?
5) that/Mexican/is/again/wearing/funny/hat/she?
6) Ann/for/is/who/waiting?
7) clothes/she/kind/designing/of/is/what?