QUESTIONS : QUESTION TAGS AND REPLY QUESTIONS TASK 1 Supply the question tags. QUESTION TAGS You speak French, ________ ? You don´t speak French, ______ ? You went to the conference, _______ ? He is here, _________ ? You had a meeting this morning, ________? You´ve just been to Austria, _______? I´m a fool, ________ ? Let´s break for coffee, ________ ? suggestion Have a seat, ________ ? imperative Give me a call, ____________ ? imperative Hold the lift for me, ___________? request Pass me that file, __________ ? request From a dialogue A: You haven´t got the sales figures yet, _______? request for information B: They don´t have to be ready till Friday, _______? confirmation A: You´re not going to leave it until the last minute, _______? attack B: Well, I haven´t had any time, _______? defence A: So it wasn´t you going home early, yesterday, ______? sarcasm If we use a negative statement with an affirmative tag, we often expect the answer to be no. A: I´m going to need an interpreter. B: Of course. You don´t speak French, ______ ? This form can also be more polite because it is easier for the other person to reply no. A: You don´t speak French, _______? B. No, sorry, I don´t. A negative statement with an affirmative tag can also be used to ask people for things in a polite way. You couldn´t give me a hand, _______ ? You haven´t got any change for the parking meter, ______? TASK 2 Supply the reply questions. REPLY QUESTIONS * We can use a short question to reply to what someone says. We do this to show interest, surprise or uncertainty. The meaning is like Really? Or Is that true? A: I went to Head Office last week. B:_______? interest A: I can´t install the new software. B:_______ ? surprise A: I think they´re arriving at ten. B:_______ ? uncertainty What is it for and what was it like? * We use what…for? to ask about a purpose. The meaning is “why“. * What is this switch for? (= Why is this switch here?) * We use what…. like? to ask if sth is good or bad. The meaning is “how“. * What was the conference like? (=How was your conference?) QUESTIONS WITH A PREPOSITIONS AT THE END TASK 1 Make questions from the statements, asking about the words in italics. A ____________________________________ ? I´m waiting for the postman. B ___________________________________ ? He works for Barclays Bank. C ___________________________ about? I´m thinking about what to cook for supper. D _________________________________ ? I stayed with some friends. E ____________________________ ? The pen belongs to me. F __________________________________ ? The letter is from the Tax Office. G _________________________ ? He died of a heart attack. H __________________________ ? I´m worried about the exams. I ___________________________________________________ ? I´m staring at the dirty mark on the end of your nose. J _____________________________________________ ? I´m writing to my aunt in Australia. TASK 2 We sometimes use short questions in our responses. Write short questions with a question word and a preposition. Example: Ken´s getting married. Who to? A Come here! I want to talk to you! _______________________ ? B Bye! I´m going. ______________________ ? C Give me a cloth. Quick! ________________________? D I had lunch in the Café Royal yesterday. _______________________ ? E My parents were absolutely furious with me! ___________________________ ? F Ssh! I´m thinking! ______________________ ? G Don´t you think you should apologize to her? ________________________ ? H You´d better hand in the purse you found. ____________________________ ? I Pat and I had an argument, as usual. _________________________? J Eat you food. ______________________? I haven´t got a knife or fork. Translate: 1 Kdo tě zná? 2 Koho znáš? 3 O čem jsi mluvil? 4 Kdo o tobě mluvil? 5 Kdo se na tebe těšil? 6 Na co se těšíš? 7 Na koho jsi se těšil, až ho uvidíš? 8 Na co jsi se těšil, až uděláš?