QUESTION FORMATION
What is a general question? How do we form them? Give 4 examples
General questions are yes/no questions - we can answer with just yes/no to them
How to form: aux.verb + subject + verb
Examples: Do you like apples? Will you come? Can you help? Did she know? Have you been here before?
Why do we use Present Simple? Give an example for every usage
1) Habits, things that happen repeatedly
I wake up at 7 every day
2) For facts and general truth
I like broccoli / The sun rises in the East
You want to talk about your future, what tense would you use if you talk about... :
1) your plan and you don't know for sure
2) your plan but it's just an idea
3) an arranged event, something you planned 100%
1) Future Simple (Maybe I will do it)
2) To be going to (I'm going to do it)
3) Present Continuous (I'm doing it!)
What is a phrasal verb for going to a cafe/restaurant?
To eat out
A woman who is married to your father and it's not your biological mother is ... ?
stepmother
What is an object (special) question? How to form it? Give 4 examples
Object questions are 'usual' questions, questions we ask most often
How to form: Question word + aux.verb + subject + verb
Examples: When is she arriving? What do you like reading? Where will they meet us?
Why do we use Present Continuous? Give an example for every usage
1) To talk about actions now
Shh! I'm reading a book
2) To talk about actions in the present period of time
I'm reading a very interesting book these days!
3) To talk about temporary and permanent* changes
I'm not working at present
*A child is growing up fast
Can we use Present Simple to talk about the future? How?
We use Present Simple to talk about schedules
The movie starts at 8 / The bus leaves at 7:30
To cook something in the oven is to ... ?
bake
A legal process of ending a marriage is ... ?
a divorce
What is a subject question? How to form it? Give 4 examples
An answer to a subject questions is a subject :) So - who did, does, will do an action
How to form it: question word + verb
NO AUXILIARIES!
Examples: Who usually does it? Who told you that? What happened? Which team won?
What are action and state verbs? What tense do we use with them?
Action verbs describe actions - run, eat, play, sleep
State verbs describe states - love, think, remember, have, agree, feel
We use Present Simple with both, we use Present Continuous with active verbs only even if we mean 'right now' (example: I want to eat)
You want to make a guess about the future, what tense would you use if you talk about... :
1) a prediction based on your opinion only
2) a prediction based on a fact/evidence
Give examples
1) Future Simple
I think I'll be late
2) Be going to
I overslept, I'm going to be late for work
to cut something into small pieces with a knife is ...?
to chop
A child who has no brothers or sisters is ... ?
An only child
Where do we put a preposition in the question? Give 2 examples
We put it at the end of a question
Examples: Where are you from?
Who am I talking to? What is she looking for?
This is so hard! ...
1) I don't understand it!
2) I'm not understanding it!
Choose correct one and say why
Answer 1
'Understand' is a state verb, we use it in the present simple
What tense do we use to talk about:
1) Immediate decisions?
2) Promises/threats?
Give examples
1) Future Simple
I'll have a salad
2) Future Simple :)
I will love you forever! / I will kill you!
1) an unpleasant, sharp, rich taste that some food has is ...?
(for example - coffee)
2) and lemons are ... ?
1) bitter
2) sour
Your 'blood' brother or sister
p.s. we don't have this word in Russian
a sibling
She is going home now
Ask: a general question, an object(special) and a subject question
General: Is she going home?
Object: Where is she going?
Subject: Who is going home?
What are the difference between:
1) 'I think' and 'I'm thinking'
2) 'I have' and 'I'm having'
1) I think = that's my opinion
I'm thinking = I'm considering = making a decision
2) I have = this things is mine (I have a phone)
I'm having ... = I'm in the process of smth (I'm having lunch)
You see the sky is becoming dark, clouds are grey and the wind is strong. You say:
a) it will rain soon
b) it's going to rain soon
why?
b - prediction about the future with some evidence
A phrasal verb to use when you want to: 1) stop eating something at all; 2) eat/drink something less than you usually do
1) cut out 2) cut down on
NOT FAMILY!
an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future is ... ?
it is anxiety