Answers to Grammar and Vocabulary

GRAMMAR

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A

6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C

11. B 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. B

16. C 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. B

VOCABULARY

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C

6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. B

QUESTION FORMS: SUMMARY

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS?

• SUBJECT / VERB INVERSION

• QASI FOR PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE

• SUBJECT QUESTIONS

• NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

• INDIRECT QUESTIONS

But first…..

Reading activity: Extreme Interviews

The following artcle is about some strange interview techniques. Before you read

Have you ever had an interview? What are the typical questions which are asked?

Now read the article. P.6, Exercise 4b

Complete Exercise 4d and 4f

N.B. – this activity is helpful for the Vocabulary (Lexis) and the Reading parts of the exam

Answers to Reading Activity: Exercise 4d

1. Demanding (to demand)

2. Flustered (to be flustered, to get flustered)

3. Bizarre

4. To think on [their] feet IDM

5. Approach (different from the verb ‘to approach s/o or sth)

6. Rather than

7. (to) crush (adjective = crushing, a crushing defeat)

8. Recruitment agency

9. Job seekers

10. Flapping (to flap) can also mean to panic when used idiomatically

Subject / Verb InversionMain Verbs

• He is German → Is he German?

Auxiliary Verbs

• He has been to Naples → Has he been to Naples?

• They are going to the shop →Are they going to..?

• You are meeting Tom → Are you meeting Tom?

Modal Verbs

• She should sleep → Should she sleep?

• They can speak French → Can they speak French?

• We must go now → Must we go now?

N.B. Further material can be found in ‘Grammar in Use’ (Murphy), p.98 & 99

QASI for Present Simple and Past SimpleQuestion Auxiliary Subject Infinitive (verb)

Present Simple

What do you do?

Where does she live?

Which book does he want to buy?

How many pens do they need?

Past Simple

Where did they spend their holidays?

When did he visit Paris?

What did she do at the weekend?

Which cinema did you go to last night?

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Subject Questions

When who/what/which etc. is the subject of the question, we don’tuse do/did, e.g. Who wrote this? NOT Who did write this?

Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?

Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet

Which group sang Bohemian Rhapsody?

Queen sang Bohemian Rhapsody

Who will win the next World Cup?

England will win the next World Cup (obviously)

How many people play on a cricket team?

Eleven people play on a cricket team.

Negative QuestionsForm

Use the auxilary in the negative, e.g. do → don’t, did →, didn’t

Function

We often use negative questions to show surprise or when weexpect someone to agree with us.

Practise: make these questions negative:

Do you like fish?

Don’t you like fish?

Did he speak to his boss?

Didn’t he speak to his boss?

Listening exercise

P.7, Exercise 5b

Complete the questions in the first column, but also try and complete the second and third columns.

We will listen twice to the activity

N.B. This activity is helpful for the Listening Comprehension section of the Exam

Listening exercise: AnswersWhat strange question were they asked?

How did they answer? What happened in the end?

1. Do you still practisephilosophy?

He said ‘I still think a lot.’ He got the job

2. What would make you kick a dog?

She said ‘I’d only kick it if the dog had bad grammar and couldn’t punctuate properly’

She got the job

3. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?

We don’t know He was offered the job, but didn’t accept it

4. What animal would you like to be reincarnated as?

He said ‘A cat’ He didn’t get the job

5. Are you planning to have children?

She said ‘Not in the immediate future, but maybe one day’

She got the job

Indirect Questions: 1

We use indirect questions when we want to ask a question in a more polite or formal way.

Often begins with ‘Can/Could you tell me….?’ Compare:

‘Where is the train station? (DIRECT)

‘Could/can you tell me where the train station is?’ (INDIRECT)

In indirect questions the first part forms the question, the second part is subject + verb. ‘Can you tell me where it is?’ NOT ‘Can you tell me where is it?’

We don’t use do/did in the second part of the question. ‘Do you know where he lives’ NOT ‘Do you know where does he live?’

Indirect Questions: 2

Now you try. Transform these direct questions into indirect questions

Where is the hotel?

Where can I find Elena’s office?

What time is it?

Can/could you tell me where the hotel is? OR Do you know where the hotel is?

Can/could you tell me where I can find Elena’s office?

Can/could you tell me what time it is? OR Do you know what time it is?

Indirect Questions: 3

Some examples of indirect question formsCan/Could you tell me…?

Do you remember…? Do you know…?

Do you think…? Do you have any idea…?

I wonder… I don’t know… These are expressions which are followed

Please explain… by the word order of indirect questions.

For more examples see p. 132 EF Digital Gold B2

Could you tell me where the bank is?

Do you remember that girl’s name?

Do you think it’ll rain this evening?

Do you have any idea what time the film starts?

I wonder when we’ll see Anne again.

I don’t know where your book is.

Indirect Questions 4

Use if/whether if there is no other question word.

Eg. Are there any buses this evening? (DIRECT)

→ Do you know if there are any buses...? (INDIRECT)

→ Do you know whether there are any buses...? (INDIRECT)

Did he go to the shop? (DIRECT)

→ Do you know if he went to the shop? (INDIRECT)

→ Do you know whether he went to the shop? (INDIRECT)

Indirect Questions: Further Practice

For further information and exercises:

English File Digital Gold B2 p. 132

Grammar in Use (Murphy) p. 100 & 101