Situations for asking questions

Ask no less than 10 questions for additional information:

two tag questions (negative & positive), a yes/no question, a choice question and some wh-questions.

Model: He wants to have a new pet.

1) He has a pet already, doesn’t he? 2) He wouldn’t like an exotic pet, would he? 3) Does he like to watch documentaries about wild animals? 4) Will he prefer to have a dog or a cat? 5) What kind of pet does he want? 6) Who shares his interest for animals in the family? 7) Why does he want a new pet? 8) When will he buy it? 9) Where will he find it? 10) How much is he ready to pay for it?

1. His parents are going to buy a car.

2. Your friend goes to the seaside every summer.

3. Meg will marry soon.

4. Her brother likes to drive very fast.

5. His friends are in a café now.

6. Her grandparents have a house in the country.

7. Your friend’s sister wants to study a foreign language.

8. Jack likes to travel.

9. Their daughter is a student.

10. Her uncle is going to find a new job.

11. Mike is a singer.

12. Her neighbour doesn’t work.

13. She won’t go to this party.

14. His classmates are going to meet soon.

15. He has a birthday next Friday.

16. Her husband is very handsome.

17. Mark has a guitar.

18. His brothers are fond of movies.

19. They have very little free time.

20. His niece is seventeen.

21. She has a world of relatives.

22. His children will have a vacation soon.

23. Jenny’s hobby is gardening.

24. He is popular with girls.

25. Their nephew doesn’t do well at school.

26. Your friend has a new mobile phone.

27. Your groupmates rent a flat.

28. Fred wants to play in a musical group.

29. Their younger son is very shy.

30. Her mum works in a shop.

31. Jim wants to live abroad.

32. Some British students take a gap year after leaving school.

33. The New Year is coming.

34. Liz often goes to bed late.

35. She will celebrate Christmas with her family.

36. They don’t like winter.

37. They are afraid of their exams.

38. Her family always supports her.

SUPPLEMENT 1. READING RULES

I. Four types of stressed syllables

The pronunciation of English vowels depends on the type of syllable they occur in.

1. The first type of syllable is called an open syllable. It can be:

1) absolutely open when it ends in a vowel letter and in a vowel sound:

no, he, by, hi, flu;

2) relatively open when it ends in a vowel letter (mute E) but in a consonant sound:

note, plate, type, Pete, hide.

In the first type of syllable we read the vowels as they are pronounced in the alphabet, except the letter Y, which is pronounced as [aı]; the letter U can be pronounced as [ju:] or [u:].

2. The second type of syllable is called a closed syllable.

It ends in a consonant letter and in a consonant sound: cat, not, net, pin, bus

In the second type of syllable we read the vowels as short sounds.

3. In the third type of syllable the vowels are followed by the letter R, sometimes with another consonant at the end: star, form, her, girl, turn

In the third type of syllable we read the vowels as long sounds.

4. In the fourth type of syllable the vowels are followed by the letter R and another vowel, mute or pronounced: stare, Mary, core, mere, pyre, cure

In the fourth type of syllable we read the vowels as dipthongs or combinations of vowels, except O which is pronounced as [ɔ:].

syllable type letter	I		II	III	IV
	open syllable		closed syllable	vowel + r (+consonant)	vowel + r + vowel
A [eı]	[eı] fable fate		[æ] fat	[ɑ:] far farm	[ɛə] fare daring
exceptions	[æ] have, habit [e] any, many		[ɑ:] example [eı] chamber		[ɑ:] are
E [i:]	[i:] me mete		[e] met	[з:] her term	[ıə] here hero
exceptions	[e] medal, very (in two-syllable words)		[ı] England, English	[ɑ:] clerk	[ɛə] where, there [з:] were
I [aı]	[aı] hi pine		[ı] pin	[з:] sir firm	[aıə] fire firing
exceptions	[ı] give, live city, limit (two syllables)		climb [klaım]
O [ɜʊ]	[ɜʊ] no note		[ɒ] not	[ɔ:] nor north	[ɔ:] more snoring
exceptions	[u:] who, whose, lose, do		folk [fɜʊk], off [ɔ:f]
U [ju:]	[u:] [ju:] flu duke		[ʌ] cut	[з:] fur turn	[(j)ʊə] sure during
exceptions	busy [ˈbızı]		usually after p,b: [ʊ] push, bull		bury [ˈberı]
Y [waı]	[aı] by type		[ı] gym	[з:] Byrd	[aıə] tyre tyrant
NOTE		When the stressed vowel is followed by double r, it is short like in the closed syllable		[æ] carry; [e] cherry; [ı] squirrel; [ɒ] sorry; [ʌ] hurry.