Inglês 4

Review lesson 17

(QUESTION TAGS, INDIRECT QUESTIONS)

Juan Mattozo

1. QUESTION TAGS. Watch the video about question tags and answer, complete or circle the correct
alternative in the questions that follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ILi7_JfIQ

a) We separate the question tag from the main sentence (statement) by using a __comma____.
b) In relation to the formation, if the main sentence is positive, the tag is ___negative___. In the same
way, if the main sentence is negative, the tag question is __positive___.
Below are two examples:
1. _____It’s a very cold day, isn’t it?__________________________
2. ____I haven’t seen my shoes, have you?____________________
c) In relation to the verb BE, if the main sentence has the verb be, the tag question
( X ) HAS ( ) DOESN’T HAVE the verb be as well.
Examples:
1. __It is cold today, isn’t it? _______________________
2. __These chillies are really spicy, aren’t they?________
d) In relation to AM, the tag question is formed with ____are ____.
Example:___________I’m next, aren’t I? ________________________________
e) Talking about AUXILIARIES, if the main sentence has an auxiliary verb, the question tag
( X ) WILL HAVE ( ) WON’T HAVE an auxiliary verb.
Example: ______You are working late tonight, aren’t you? ________________
f) When we don’t have an auxiliary or a be in the main sentence, we only have a main verb, we should use
____do_____, ____does___, or _____did____.
Example: _____Your parents live in NY, don’t they? ___________
g) With imperatives, use ___will_____ in the tag.
Example: _______Come here, will you? ____________________________
h) In relation to intonation, it can be ___rising ____ or ____falling ___.
We use rising intonation when ____we are asking a question, we don’t know the information _____
We use falling intonation when ______we want confirmation, it is not a real question _
i) Write rising or falling:
1. The information is clear: ___falling___ intonation.
2. It is a real question: __rising___ intonation.
3. It is not a question, you Just want support to what you think: __falling___ intonation.
4. You don’t really know if that information is correct: __rising___.
2. INDIRECT QUESTIONS. Make a new sentence from these questions. Follow the example.

Example: Where has Tom gone? Do you know where Tom has gone?

Direct question (Aux. + subj) → indirect question + affirm. Structure (subject + verb)

DO NOT FORGET TO OBSERVE THE PUNCTUATION!!!

1. Where is the post o ffice? Could you tell me ________where the post office is?___________
2. What does this word mean? Do you know _________what this word means? ____________________
3. What time is it? I wonder _______________what time it is ___________________________
4. Where did you park your car? Can’t you remember ______where you parked the car? __________
5. Is Ann coming to the meeting? I don’t know ________if Ann is coming to the meeting_______
6. Where does Jack live? Do you have any idea ________where Jack lives? ______________
7. What time did he leave? Do you know ___________what time he left? ____________________
8. Where can I change some money? Could you tell me ________where I can change some money? _____
9. What qualifications do I need? I want to know ________What qualifications I need ____________
10. Why didn’t Tom come to the party? I don’t know _________why Tom didn’t come to the party _____
11. How much does it cost to park here? Do you know _______How much it costs to park here? _____

ANSWERS:

1a) comma; b) negative; positive; c) HAS; It is cold today, isn’t it?; These chillies are really spicy, aren’t they?;
That restaurant wasn’t really good, was it?; d) are; I’m next, aren’t I?; I’m the tallest here, aren’t I? e) WILL
WHAVE; You can play the piano, can’t you? You are working late tonight, aren’t you? f) do, does, or did; Brian
plays football, doesn’t he? Your parents live in NY, don’t they? g) WILL; Come here, will you?; h) rising or falling;
Rising intonation: we are asking a question, we don’t know the information; Falling intonation: we want
confirmation, it is not a real question; I) 1. falling; 2. rising; 3. falling; 4. rising.

2.1. where the post office is?; 2. what this word means?; 3. what time it is.; 4. where you parked the car?; 5. If
Ann is coming to the meeting.; 6. where Jack lives?;7. what time he left?; 8. where I can change some money?;
9. What qualifications I need.; 10. why Tom didn’t come to the party.; 11. How much it costs to park here?