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После let’s используется shall we?
Let’s listen to some music, shall we?
После let me/him etc. используется will you/won’t you?
Let me buy some sweets, will you/won’t you?
Местоимения somebody/someone, everybody/everyone, nobody/no one
заменяются на they .
Somebody told you, didn’t they? Everybody is present, aren’t they?
Вместо nothing в вопросе используется it.
Nothing is wrong, is it?
There используется как подлежащее в вопросах.
There won’t be any problems, will there?
He has got a large house, hasn’t he?
I have dinner at 2 o’clock, don’t I?
Exercise 134. Choose the correct answer.
1. After lunch you phoned someone.
AWho phoned you?
BWho did you phone?
2.The policeman is interviewing the robber.
AWho is interviewing the robber?
BWho is the robber interviewing?
3.… is it from here to St. Petersburg?
AHow far
BHow long
4.… would you like to drink?
AWhich
BWhat
5.… of brothers Grimm was the eldest?
AWho
BWhat
CWhich
6.It’s so cold today. … put on your warm coat?
AWhy you haven’t
BWhy haven’t you
7.– … birthday is it today?
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– It’s Janet’s birthday today. She is 19.
AWhich
BWhom
CWhat
DWhose
8.… does it cost to stay at the Hilton hotel?
AHow many
BHow much
CWhat
9.– … is Pam’s sister? – She’s a secretary at our college.
AWhat
BWho
CWhere
10.You can have a photo. … one would you like?
AWhat
BWhich
11.– Tell me something about Fred’s wife. …?
–Oh, she’s about 25, she’s pretty and friendly.
AWhat is she?
BWhat does she like?
CWhat is she like?
DWho is she?
12.– … will it take me to learn French?
–I think you’ll be able to speak in another few months.
AHow long
BHow much
CWhat
13.Bob and Alice got married in 1991.
AHow long have they been married?
BHow long is it since they got married?
CWhen did they get married?
Exercise 135. Ask Liz questions. (Look at her answers before you write the questions.)
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(where/from?) Where are you from? |
From London originally. |
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(where/live/now?) Where ____________________ |
In Manchester. |
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(married?) ________________________________ |
Yes. |
4. |
(how long/married?) ________________________ |
12 years. |
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(children?)________________________________ |
Yes, three boys. |
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(how old/they?)____________________________ |
4, 7 and 8. |
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(what/husband/do?)_________________________ |
He’s a policeman. |
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(he/enjoy his job?) _________________________ |
Yes, very much. |
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(arrest/anyone/yesterday?)___________________ |
I don’t know. |
10. (how often/go/on holiday?)__________________ |
Usually once a year. |
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11. (where/next year?) ________________________ |
We don’t know yet. |
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Exercise 136. Make questions with who or what.
1.Somebody hit me. Who hit you?
2.I hit somebody. Who did you hit?
3.Somebody gave me the key. Who________________________________________
4.Something happened to me last night. What ________________________________
5.Diane told me something. ______________________________________________
6.This book belongs to somebody. _________________________________________
7.Somebody lives in that house. __________________________________________
8.I fell over something. _________________________________________________
9.Something fell on the floor. _____________________________________________
10.This word means something. ___________________________________________
11.I borrowed the money from somebody. __________________________________
12.I’m worried about something. _________________________________________
13.I want something to eat. ______________________________________________
Exercise 137. Put the words in brackets in the correct order. All the sentences are questions.
1.(when/was/built/this/house) When was this house built?
2.(how/cheese/is/made) _________________________________________________
3.(when/invented/the computer/was) ______________________________________
4.(why/Sue/working/isn’t/today) __________________________________________
5.(what time/coming/your friends/are) ______________________________________
6.(why/was/cancelled/the concert) _________________________________________
7.(where/your mother/was born) __________________________________________
8.(why/you/to the party/didn’t/come) ______________________________________
9.(how/the accident/did/happen) __________________________________________
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10.(why/this machine/doesn’t/work) _______________________________________
11.(why/Mary/wasn’t/at work/yesterday) ___________________________________
12.(what/the weather/was like/yesterday) ___________________________________
13.(which job/Jane/has applied/for) ________________________________________
Exercise 138. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers.
1. The car is $5000. 2. They invited Lucy and Jake. 3. Derek takes the bus three times a week. 4. Someone opened the door. 5. He will go to the USA the next year. 6. New York is very far from London. 7. It took Lucy two hours to write a composition. 8. Something happened last night. 9. Alice went shopping yesterday.10. His daughter is ten years old.
Exercise 139. Choose the correct answer.
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He can play golf well, …? |
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A …, doesn’t he? |
B …,can he? |
C …, can’t he? |
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You are the new secretary, …? |
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A …, aren’t you? |
B …, are you? |
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C …, don’t you? |
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Mr. Evans is speaking over the phone, …? |
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A …, is he? |
B …, isn’t he? |
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C …, doesn’t he? |
4. |
You like black coffee, …? |
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A …, aren’t you? |
B …, don’t you? |
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C …, do you? |
5. |
I’m busy, …? |
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A …, aren’t I? |
B …, don’t I? |
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C …, am not I? |
6. |
You aren’t well enough. You should stay with either me or your son, …? |
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B …, shouldn’t you? |
C …, are you? |
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I’m not ill, …? |
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A …, are I? |
B …, am I? |
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C …, am not I? |
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It’s a nice day, …? |
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A …does it? |
B …, is it? |
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There isn’t a cloud in the sky, …? |
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A …, is there? |
B …, does it? |
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C …, isn’t it? |
10. We haven’t got much time, …? |
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A …, do we? |
B …, don’t we? |
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C …, have we? |
11. Sam doesn’t work hard,…? |
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A …, is he? |
B …, does he? |
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C …, isn’t he? |
12. Oh, there are a lot of photos in the album,…?
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A …, aren’t they? |
B …, aren’t there? |
C …, are there? |
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There was nobody there, …? |
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A …, was there? |
B …, wasn’t there? |
C …, were there? |
14. |
Your son didn’t help you much, …? |
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A …, did he? |
B …, had he? |
C …, didn’t he? |
15. |
They sent a letter the day before yesterday, …? |
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A …, did they? |
B …, hadn’t they? |
C …, didn’t they? |
16. |
My Dad hasn’t read the newspaper yet, …? |
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A …, hasn’t he? |
B …, has he? |
C …, did he? |
17. |
There will be a nice film on TV tonight, …? |
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A …, won’t there? |
B …, will they? |
C …, will there? |
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Neither your parents nor mine can lend us some money,…? |
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A …, can they? |
B …, can’t they? |
C …, do they? |
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He never uses his car except when it’s necessary, …? |
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A …, doesn’t he? |
B …, does he? |
C …, isn’t it? |
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There is little point in doing anything about it, …? |
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A …, is it? |
B …, isn’t there? |
C …, is there? |
Exrcise 140. Complete the questions with the appropriate question tag.
1.Remember to write, ...?
2.Don’t forget to write, ...?
3.Hurry up, ...?
4.Let’s go, ...?
6.It’s very cheap, ...?
7.The film was boring, ...?
8.She’s got a lovely voice, ...?
9.It doesn’t look very safe, ...?
10.You have read that book, ...?
11.John was at home, ...?
12.It’s cold, ...?
13.Let’s go out tonight, ...?
14.Ann’s applied for the job, ...?
15.Jack’s on holiday, ...?
16.You can speak German, ...?
17.He won’t mind if I use the phone, ...?