TAG QUESTION

1.    PUT A TAG QUESTION ON THE END OF THESE SENTENCES

SENTENCE	TAG QUESTION	ANSWER
Tom won´t late,		No, he is never late
You are tired		Yes, a little
You have got a camera		Yes, why? Do you want to borrow it?
You weren´t listening		Yes, I was!
Sue doesn´t know Ann		No, they have never meet
Jack is on holiday		Yes, he is in Portugal
Ann has applied for the job		Yes, but she won´t get it
You can speak German		Yes, but not very fluently
This isn´t very interesting		No, not very
The teacher Mady is a nice person		Yes, she is

2. READ THE SITUATION AND WRITE A SENTENCE WITH A TAG QUESTION. IN EACH SITUATION YOU ARE ASKING YOUR FRIEND TO AGREE WITH YOU

a)      You look out of the window. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. What do you say to your friend? (beautiful day) It is a beautiful day, isn´t it?

b)      You are with a friend outside a restaurant. You are looking at the prices, which are very high. What do you say? (expensive). It ___________________________________

c)       You and your friend are listening to a woman singing. You like her voice very much. What do you say to your friend? ( a lovely voice). She ___________________________

d)      You have just come out of the cinema with a friend. You really enjoyed the film. What do you say to your friend? (great). The film ___________________________

e)      You and a friend are walking over a wooden bridge. It is very old and some parts are broken. What do you say? (not/ very safe). This bridge__________________________

3.SPEAKING

 HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES? WRITE THEIR NAMES AND TAG QUESTIONS

CLASSMATES	QUESTIONS
Carmen	You walk to school, don´t you?

      ASK YOUR CLASSMATES THE QUESTIONS IN PART A. HOW MANY GUESSES DID            YOU GET  RIGHT?

                                                                                                                                      

ACTIVITIES

1, COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH USED TO… +  A SUITABLE VERB

a) Liz ______________________________ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

b)We came to live in Barranquilla a few years ago. We ________________________ in Cartagena.

c) I rarely eat ice cream now but I _______________________________ it when I was a child.

d)  There ___________________________ a bakery called San Judas where now there is a casino.

e) When you lived in Santa Marta _____________________ to the San Pedro Alejandrino house very often.

2. COMPARE WHAT TOM SAID SIX YEARS AGO AND WHAT HE SAYS TODAY:  

I play spinning top                                        I play soccer

I don´t like avocado                                      I eat lots of avocado now

I never read newspaper                                I read a newspaper every week

I play piano                                                   I play guitar

  I have lots of friends                I don´t know many people these days

 I go to Panorama every month     I go to Puerta Del Sol every month.

NOW WRITE SENTENCES ABOUT HOW TOM HAS CHANGED. USE USED TO / DIDN´T USE TO.

Ex: He used to be lazy but he isn´t these days.

3. WRITE A PARAGRAPH OF FIVE LINES ABOUT YOUR CHANGES OF ACTIVITIES AND MAKE A PRESENTATION OF THEM IN FRONT TO THE CLASS.                              

Adverbs of frequency

Grammar Focus Questions

We usually make questions by changing the Word order: we putt the first auxiliary verb before the subject.

S     +     AV

Tom will...                                                                                                                                  You have walked...                                                                                                                   I can sing...                                                                                                                             The house was...                    

AV      +  S                                                

will Tom...?                                                                                                                         Have you walked...?                                                                                                             Can I sing...?                                                                                                                         Was the house...?                                                                                                                                                     

tom be here tomorrow?                                                      

What can I do?                                     

When was the house built?

In present simple questions, we use do / does

                     You live in Cali                      Do you live in Cali?                  

              John studies English                Does john studies English?

In past simple questions we use did

Max sold his card … Did max sell his car?

But do not use do/ did in questions if who, What, which is the subject of the sentence.

   

Who subject

 Emma telephoned somebody

   Who subject

   Who telephoned Emma?

 Question words

How          where         whose                   

what          how            when         which

Activity

Ask Liz questions. (Look at her answers before you write the questions.)

1.    (Where / from?)…………………………………………………………….

2.    (Where / live / now?)………………………………………………………..

3.    (Married?)…………………………………………………………………

4.    (How long / married?)…………………………………………………….

5.    (Children?)…………………………………….......................................

6.    (How old / they?)……………………………….......................................

7.    (What / husband/do?)…………………………………………………….

8.    (He / enjoy his job?)…………………....................................................

9.    (Arrest anyone yesterday?)…………………………………………......

10. (How often / go / on holyday?)…………………………………………….

11. (Where / next year?)…………………………………………….…………

Put the words in brackets in the correct order. All the sentences are questions.

1.    (When / was / built/this house)……………………………………………

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)……………………………………….

10. (why / this machine / doesn’t/work)…………………………………….

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Activity

1.Find the past of the following verbs

Find     Go    Read         See       Write                                                                   Sing      Sleep     Forget       Put       Tell                                                                   Begin   Eat          Get            Do         Draw                                                             Say       Run        Speak        Take      Sit

R	A	F	O	U	N	D	S	J	M
O	S	D	R	E	W	S	A	W	L
U	I	L	R	G	W	E	N	T	O
S	A	D	E	O	O	H	G	S	E
L	N	D	A	P	U	T	A	U	K
T	A	I	D	R	T	A	T	E	O
I	G	D	E	T	O	R	W	N	P
N	E	T	O	G	R	O	F	T	S
X	B	G	T	O	L	D	R	A	N
S	S	A	T	K	O	O	T	W	Y

2. Put one of these verbs in each sentences

  

                                  Win                 buy              spend 

                                Cost                  drink            teach

                             Catch        sell        win                  write                         

1. .    Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of de music
2. .    How did you learn to drive? My father __________ me.
3. .    I was very thirsty .I _______ the water very quickly.
4. .    Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He is much better than me, so he ________easily.
5. .    Ann ________ a lot of money yesterday. She ________ a dress of 100 dollars.

3. Complete the sentences put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.

1. .    The film wasn´t very good, I _____ it very much (enjoy).                                
2. .     I was very tired, so I ______ to bed early. (go).
3. .    Sue wasn´t hungry, se she ________ anything (eat).
4. .  We went to Kate’s house but she _________ at home (be).
5. .    The hotel wasn´t very expensive. It _____ very much (cost).

Write in past tense the following text.

Melissa Greene tense as a journalist for News channel 7

and she is very busy. She starts her day early in the

morning. She appears on good morning Chattanooga

every weekday from 5:30 to 7:00 am. She present the

news an gives information about the weather, the traffic, etc.