PRONUNCIATION Read the Learn this! box. Write reply questions for statements 1, 3 and 5 and add question tags to statements 2, 4 and 6. Use the falling or rising intonation to practise saying the sentences.
1 That's a long time!
2 The Baltic coast is lovely.
3 There's more to do there.
4 We need quite a lot of money.
5 My parents will give me some money too.
6 That's kind of them.
LEARN THIS! Reply questions and question tags a In reply questions and question tags, we use auxiliary verbs (do, have, would, etc.) or the verb be. b We can use reply questions to respond to a statement. They express interest or surprise. Reply questions usually get a rising intonation. "We're nearly at the hotel." "Are we?" "You didn't tell me". "Didn't I?" c We can use a question tag when we want somebody to confirm what we are saying. Question tags to confirm usually get a falling intonation. You booked the hotel, didn't you? We aren't lost, are we? |