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. VOCABULARY . PRACTICE

OPPOSITES A. Read the situations and make negative
Look at the words/phrases in bold. Find their questions.
opposites in the dialogues in activity 1B and 1. You’re surprised that your brother doesn’t know
complete the sentences with their correct form. how to use a cash machine. What do you say?
1. You should start saving money. Don’t
it on things you don’t actually 2. You see a woman who you think went to the
same school as you. What do you say to her?
need.
2. The good thing about cash machines is that
3. Your best friend wants to watch a film but
you can deposit or money
you’re quite sure he’s seen it before. What do
without having to wait in a queue to see a bank you say?
clerk.
3. Charlie refused to go on a business trip to
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B. Complete the dialogues with the correct
London, but I .
question tags.
4. I spelt the name on the envelope correctly, but
1.
I spelt the address .
A: David, you went to the bank today, ?
5. We had to pay €1,000 for the furniture, but B: No. You didn’t tell me to go, ?
the delivery was . A: Yes, I did.
B: Sorry.
A: You can go tomorrow, ?
B: Of course.
. GRAMMAR 2.

NEGATIVE QUESTIONS A: The banks are closed today, ?
B: Yes, but there’s a cash machine round the
Read the examples and notice the words in corner. You’ve seen it, ?
bold. In which sentence does the speaker in the A: You’re right. I’ll go there.
dialogue expect the listener to agree? In which
sentence does the speaker express surprise? B: You won’t be long, ?
A: No, I just need to check something.
• Didn’t you want to make a deposit?
• Isn’t that the same as a credit card? B: You don’t have Internet banking, ?
A: No, I don’t.
QUESTION TAGS . INTONATION

Read the examples, notice the words in bold A. Listen and repeat. In which sentence is the
and then complete the rules by circling the speaker not sure about something and wants to
correct words. confirm it? In which sentence is the speaker sure
and expects the listener to agree?
• You charge commission, don’t you? 
• But it worked before, didn’t it? There’s a new bank on Greenfield Street, isn’t there?
• I can’t use Internet banking with that account, 
can I? There’s a new bank on Greenfield Street, isn’t there?
B. Listen and repeat. Is the intonation rising  or
• Question tags are short questions which we falling  ?
put at the beginning / end of a sentence.
• They are formed with an auxiliary / a main 1. You’ll lend me some money, won’t you?
verb (am, is, are, was, were, have, has, do, does, 2. Jill hasn’t closed her bank account, has she?
did, can, could, will, etc.) and a subject personal 3. Your cousin lives in Bristol, doesn’t he?
pronoun (I, you, he, she, etc.). 4. We aren’t working this Saturday, are we?
• We use a positive / negative question tag with
a negative sentence and a positive / negative 5. You often change your PIN, don’t you?
question tag with a positive sentence. 6. Tom didn’t spend all the money, did he?

. SPEAKING
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