ECHO QUESTIONS AND QUESTION TAGS.

EXERCISE ONE EXERCISE TWO EXERCISE THREE ECHO QUESTIONS We use echo questions to show interest or surprise. For this purpose, the listener makes a short question using the auxiliar or helping verb of the statement the speaker has just said. EXAMPLE: S: She is visiting relatives at this moment. L. Is she? S: They bought a new Television set last week. L.    Did they? S: I live in the centre of New York. L. Do you? S: Alan´s got a job as a lifeguard. L. Has he? QUESTION TAGS These short questions are used to check information. We use a positive statement followed by a negative tag when we expect the answer YES. E.g. "You are American, aren't you?" We use a negative statement followed by a positive tag when we expect the answer NO. E.g. "They haven't arrived yet, have they?" EXAMPLES: I told you, didn't I? It'll be sunny tomorrow, won't it? He can't dive, can he? They don't eat meat, do they? She cooks well, doesn't she? I am slim, aren't I?