The Main Objectives of the Unit:
Indirect questions
Questions tags
Verbs and nouns that go together,
idioms
Indirect Questions
USES
1-Indirect questions have the same order as the positive
and there is no do/ does/ did.
Tom Lives in California.
Do you know where Tom lives?
NOT
Do you know where does Tom live?
2- We often make direct questions into indirect
questions to make them sound ‘softer’ or more polite.
Direct question:
What time do the banks close?
Indirect question:
Could you tell me what time the banks close?
Direct questions  Indirect questions
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Question with question word
Question words:
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Who: Who is that man?
Whom: To whom did you talked to yesterday?
Which: Which does she like, milk or wine?
What: What have you finished?
Where: Where will Mary spend on holiday?
When: When did the children go to bed?
How: How could they do that?
Introductory phrase
Could you tell me
 Do you know
 Do you happen to know
 Have you got any idea
 Do you remember
 Would you mind telling me
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…?
Introductory phrase
I don’t know
 I wonder
 I can’t remember
 I have no idea
 I’d like to know
 I’m not sure
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….
Direct questions  Indirect questions
Question with question word
What time did the train leave?
She wonders what time the train leaved.
When will Susan arrive?
Could you tell me when Susan will arrive?
Introductory phrase + wh-word + positive
statement
Direct questions  indirect questions
Question without question word
Are they in the garden?
if
Do you know
they are in the garden?
whether
Did he break the vase?
Mom wants to know
if
he broke the vase.
whether
Direct questions  indirect questions
In general
wh-word
Positive
Introductory
+ if + statement
phrase
whether
When do we use indirect
question?
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To make the questions sound “softer” or
more polite
Did you use my pen?
vs. I’d like to know whether you used my pen.
 What does he want?
vs. Would you mind telling me what he wants?
 Have you finish your work?
vs. I wonder if you have finished your work.
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USE
A question tag is a short question at the end of
a statement:
He won the prize, didn’t he?
question tag
We use question tags when we want to check
if information is correct.
FORM
1- NEGATIVE QUESTION TAG:
If the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative:
You have seen that film, haven’t you?
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2- POSITIVE QUESTION TAG:
If the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive:
You haven’t seen that film, have you?
+
If the sentence contains a negative word (never, hardly…)
the question tag is positive:
Ann never goes anywhere, does she?
+
FORM
3. Questions tags consist of …
AUXILIARY VERB + PRONOUN:
I shouldn’t laugh, should
I?
Sarah was winning, wasn’t
she?
We use the auxiliary verb that is used in the previous
sentence. If there is no auxiliary verb, se use “do/does”
(present tense) and “did” (past tense):
You live near here, don’t you?
You turned left, didn’t you?
The pronoun refers to the subject of the previous
sentence.
FORM
4. Some verbs form question tags differently:
I am  aren’t I?
I’m helpful, aren’t I?
There is  isn’t there?
There is a chemist’s near here, isn’t there?
There are  aren’t there?
There are many shops in the area, aren’t there?
This is / That is  isn’t it?
That’s your wife over there, isn’t it?
FORM
5. When we answer question tags, we often use short
answers:
A: You are French, aren’t you?
B: Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.  SHORT ANSWERS
A: She’s got a dog, hasn’t she?
B: Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.  SHORT
ANSWERS
A: You smoke, don’t you?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.  SHORT ANSWERS
FORM
6. Intonation:
When we are sure of the answer, the voice
goes down in the question tag:
John doesn’t like gold, does he?
The speaker knows John doesn’t like gold.
When we are not sure of the answer, the voice
goes up:
They left for Milan, didn’t they?
 The speaker doesn’t know if they left for
Milan or not.
VOCABULARY
Verbs and nouns that go
together.
Idioms
P. 92
P. 92
legs
teeth
hands
mouth
tongue
eyes
brain
hands
hands
Legs and hands
climb
drop
think
hold
hit
lick
bite
kick
point
stare
P. 93
P. 93
1- hold …breath. Means: wait.
2-Hit….roof.
Means: get very angry
3-kick….habit.
Means: leave it.
4- think….twice. Means: think again.
5- kiss….goodbye. Means: accept that you
have lost something.
6- drop….a line.
Means: keep in contact.