Chapter 6 questions unit 18 simple questions

CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS
UNIT 18 SIMPLE QUESTIONS

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  Usually questions are made in this structure:
  

Q.W.+AUXILIARY VERB+ S+V…
Where do you live?
What is your name?
Where did you go yesterday?
What are you doing?
Where have you been to?

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  Short answer questions are usually made in this way:
  

A.V.+S+V…? YES, S(p)+A.V. NO,S(p)+A.V.+NOT
Were you at home yesterday? Yes, I was No, I was not
Can you swim? Yes, I can No, I can’t

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  Sometimes we use a noun after which/what and an adjective after how to help the question word:
  

Which car is yours?
What films do you like watching?
How old are you?
How big is your school?

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  We can also make negative questions:
  

Didn’t Dave go to Canada? Yes. (=Yes, he went)
Haven’t I met you before? No.

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  If the question words – who/what/which are the subjects of the sentences we just change the subject into the question word and the structure stays as it was. We don’t change the structure into a question structure:
  

Who wants something to eat?
Who invented the steam engine?
What happened to you last night?
Which switch operates this machine?
UNIT 19 INDIRECT & REPORTED QUESTIONS

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  If a question is a part of a bigger sentence it loses its question structure and takes positive structure and its question word is used as a linking word. This type of questions are called indirect questions:
  

Where does Tom live? – Do you know where Tom lives?
How old is she? – I don’t know how old she is.
If the question doesn’t have a question word we use if or whether as a linking word:
Do you have a car? – Can you tell me if you have a car?
Can Tom swim? – I want to know whether Tom can swim.

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  Reported questions are also made in the same way, but in reported questions we move the verb one tense back:
  

Where does Tom live? – He asked me where Tom lived
How old is she? – He wanted to know how old she was.
Do you have a car? – He asked me if I had a car.
Can Tom swim? - He asked me whether Tom could swim.
UNIT 20 SHORT QUESTIONS

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  Short questions are made in this way: A.V.+(NOT)+S(p)?
  

Short questions are used to show our interest or surprise against someone’s words:
A: It rained everyday during our holiday. B: Did it?
A: Ann isn’t very well today. B: Oh, isn’t she?
UNIT 21 OUR ATTITUDE TO OTHERS’ WORDS

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  When we agree with someone we usually use SO+A.V.+S or S+A.V.+TOO after a positive sentence:
  

‘I am tired.’ ‘So am I’/’I am too.’
‘I went to Tashkent yesterday.’ ‘So did I’
‘I live in Nurabad’ ‘So do I’

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  When we agree with someone we usually use NEITHER/NOR+ A.V.+S or S+A.V.+NOT+EITHER
  

‘I am not tired’ ‘Neither/Nor am I’/’I am not either’
‘I didn’t go to Tashkent yesterday’ ‘Neither/Nor did I’/’I didn’t either’
‘I don’t live in Nurabad’ ‘Neither/Nor do I’/’I don’t either’

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  When we want to show our attitude to someone’s words we usually use the word so after a number of verbs, especially think, hope, expect, suppose and I’m afraid:
  

‘Is she English?’ ‘I think so’
‘Will Tom come?’ ‘I expect so’
‘Has Ann been invited to the party?’ ‘I suppose so’
The negative depends on the verb:
I think so/I expect so – I don’t think so/I don’t expect so
I hope so/I’m afraid so – I hope not/I’m afraid not
I suppose so – I don’t suppose so or I suppose not
UNIT 22 QUESTION TAGS

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  Normally we use a positive question tag with a negative sentence: A.V+S(p)
  

Tom won’t be late, will he?
They don’t like us, do they?

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  And normally we use a negative question tag with a positive sentence: A.V.+NOT+S(p)
  

Ann will be here soon, won’t she?
Tom should pass his exam, shouldn’t he?
Notice the meaning of yes and no in answers to question tags:

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  You’re not going to work today, are you? Yes. (=I am going)
  

No. (=I’m not going)

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  After Let’s…the question tag is shall we?:
  

Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?
After the imperative (do/don’t do something) the tag is will you?:
Open the door, will you?
Don’t be late, will you?
Notice that we say aren’t I? (=am I not):
I’m late, aren’t I?