Порядок слов в вопросительном предложении

Вопро-сы	Вопро-ситель- ные слова	Изменяемая часть сказуемого (вспомог. или мод. глагол)	Подлежащее и определение к нему	Сказуемое (неизменяе-мая часть)	Другие члены предложе- ния
Общий Специиальный	- - - - - - What Where What	Is Will Must Does Were Has will does has	this man the inventor the experienced mechanic your sister the students the designer the inventor your sister the designer	an engineer? improve repair study reading finished improve? study completed	- that device? the engine? Mathematics at the University? the dean’s report? the work? - English? his work for?

В общих и специальных вопросах употребляется обратный порядок слов.

В вопросах, относящихся к подлежащему, вопросительное слово является подлежащим, поэтому полностью сохраняется порядок утвердительного предложения, вспомогательный глагол не требуется.

Подлежащее	Сказуемое	Другие члены предложения
Who Who	works will work	at that problem in the laboratory? at that problem in the laboratory?

В альтернативных вопросах, представляющих собой сочетание двух вопросов и дающих возможность выбора (альтернативы), предложение чаще всего начинается с вспомогательного или модального глагола.

Сказуемое - вспомогат. или модальн. глагол	Подлежащее	Сказуемое - смысловой глагол	Другие члены предложения
Does Can	the designer the designer	work solve	in the evening or in the morning? this problem or not?

Разделительный вопрос широко применяется в разговорной речи. Он представляет собой сочетание двух элементов: первый – утверждение или отрицание какого-либо положения и второй элемент – вопрос, подвергающий это положение сомнению.

He will be a doctor, won’t he?

This engineer knows two foreign languages, doesn’t he?

The young specialist can manage work properly, can’t he?

You weren’t at the conference last night, were you?

You didn’t like the report, did you?

The students mustn’t be late for the lessons, must they?

Note:

• I’m right, aren’t I?

I’m not right, am I?

• После повелительных предложений можно использовать вопрос will/would you? и can/can’t/could you?

Switch on the light, will you?

Help me with these bags, could you?

После отрицательного повелительного предложения, используется will you?

Don’t forget to post my letter, will you?

• После let’s используется shall we?

Let’s listen to some music, shall we?

После let me/him etc. используется will you/won’t you?

Let me buy some sweets, will you/won’t you?

• Местоимения somebody/someone, everybody/everyone, nobody/no one заменяются на they .

Somebody told you, didn’t they?

Everybody is present, aren’t they?

• Вместо nothing в вопросе используется it.

Nothing is wrong, is it?

There используется как подлежащее в вопросах.

There won’t be any problems, will there?

• He has got a large house, hasn’t he?

• I have dinner at 2 o’clock, don’t I?

Exercise 134. Choose the correct answer.

1. After lunch you phoned someone.

A Who phoned you?

B Who did you phone?

2. The policeman is interviewing the robber.

A Who is interviewing the robber?

B Who is the robber interviewing?

3. … is it from here to St. Petersburg?

A How far

B How long

4. … would you like to drink?

A Which

B What

5. … of brothers Grimm was the eldest?

A Who

B What

C Which

6. It’s so cold today. … put on your warm coat?

A Why you haven’t

B Why haven’t you

7. – … birthday is it today?

– It’s Janet’s birthday today. She is 19.

A Which

B Whom

C What

D Whose

8. … does it cost to stay at the Hilton hotel?

A How many

B How much

C What

9. – … is Pam’s sister? – She’s a secretary at our college.

A What

B Who

C Where

10. You can have a photo. … one would you like?

A What

B Which

11. – Tell me something about Fred’s wife. …?

– Oh, she’s about 25, she’s pretty and friendly.

A What is she?

B What does she like?

C What is she like?

D Who is she?

12. – … will it take me to learn French?

– I think you’ll be able to speak in another few months.

A How long

B How much

C What

13. Bob and Alice got married in 1991.

A How long have they been married?

B How long is it since they got married?

C When did they get married?

Exercise 135. Ask Liz questions. (Look at her answers before you write the questions.)

1. (where/from?) Where are you from? From London originally.

2. (where/live/now?) Where ____________________ In Manchester.

3. (married?) ________________________________ Yes.

4. (how long/married?) ________________________ 12 years.

5. (children?)________________________________ Yes, three boys.

6. (how old/they?)____________________________ 4, 7 and 8.

7. (what/husband/do?)_________________________ He’s a policeman.

8. (he/enjoy his job?) _________________________ Yes, very much.

9. (arrest/anyone/yesterday?)___________________ I don’t know.

10. (how often/go/on holiday?)__________________ Usually once a year.

11. (where/next year?) ________________________ We don’t know yet.

Exercise 136. Make questions with who or what.

1. Somebody hit me. Who hit you?

2. I hit somebody. Who did you hit?

3. Somebody gave me the key. Who________________________________________

4. Something happened to me last night. What ________________________________

5. Diane told me something. ______________________________________________

6. This book belongs to somebody. _________________________________________

7. Somebody lives in that house. __________________________________________

8. I fell over something. _________________________________________________

9. Something fell on the floor. _____________________________________________

10. This word means something. ___________________________________________

11. I borrowed the money from somebody. __________________________________

12. I’m worried about something. _________________________________________

13. I want something to eat. ______________________________________________

Exercise 137. Put the words in brackets in the correct order. All the sentences are questions.

1. (when/was/built/this/house) When was this house built?

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) _______________________________________

11. (why/Mary/wasn’t/at work/yesterday) ___________________________________

12. (what/the weather/was like/yesterday) ___________________________________

13. (which job/Jane/has applied/for) ________________________________________

Exercise 138. Write questions to which the underlined words are the answers.

1. The car is $5000. 2. They invited Lucy and Jake. 3. Derek takes the bus three times a week. 4. Someone opened the door. 5. He will go to the USA the next year. 6. New York is very far from London. 7. It took Lucy two hours to write a composition. 8. Something happened last night. 9. Alice went shopping yesterday.10. His daughter is ten years old.

Exercise 139. Choose the correct answer.

1. He can play golf well, …?

A …, doesn’t he? B …,can he? C …, can’t he?

2. You are the new secretary, …?

A …, aren’t you? B …, are you? C …, don’t you?

3. Mr. Evans is speaking over the phone, …?

A …, is he? B …, isn’t he? C …, doesn’t he?

4. You like black coffee, …?

A …, aren’t you? B …, don’t you? C …, do you?

5. I’m busy, …?

A …, aren’t I? B …, don’t I? C …, am not I?

6. You aren’t well enough. You should stay with either me or your son, …?

A …, should you? B …, shouldn’t you? C …, are you?

7. I’m not ill, …?

A …, are I? B …, am I? C …, am not I?

8. It’s a nice day, …?

A …does it? B …, is it? C …isn’t it?

9. There isn’t a cloud in the sky, …?

A …, is there? B …, does it? C …, isn’t it?

10. We haven’t got much time, …?

A …, do we? B …, don’t we? C …, have we?

11. Sam doesn’t work hard,…?

A …, is he? B …, does he? C …, isn’t he?

12. Oh, there are a lot of photos in the album,…?

A …, aren’t they? B …, aren’t there? C …, are there?

13. There was nobody there, …?

A …, was there? B …, wasn’t there? C …, were there?

14. Your son didn’t help you much, …?

A …, did he? B …, had he? C …, didn’t he?

15. They sent a letter the day before yesterday, …?

A …, did they? B …, hadn’t they? C …, didn’t they?

16. My Dad hasn’t read the newspaper yet, …?

A …, hasn’t he? B …, has he? C …, did he?

17. There will be a nice film on TV tonight, …?

A …, won’t there? B …, will they? C …, will there?

18. Neither your parents nor mine can lend us some money,…?

A …, can they? B …, can’t they? C …, do they?

19. He never uses his car except when it’s necessary, …?

A …, doesn’t he? B …, does he? C …, isn’t it?

20. There is little point in doing anything about it, …?

A …, is it? B …, isn’t there? C …, is there?

Exrcise 140. Complete the questions with the appropriate question tag.

1. Remember to write, ...?

2. Don’t forget to write, ...?

3. Hurry up, ...?

4. Let’s go, ...?

6. It’s very cheap, ...?

7. The film was boring, ...?

8. She’s got a lovely voice, ...?

9. It doesn’t look very safe, ...?

10. You have read that book, ...?

11. John was at home, ...?

12. It’s cold, ...?

13. Let’s go out tonight, ...?

14. Ann’s applied for the job, ...?

15. Jack’s on holiday, ...?

16. You can speak German, ...?

17. He won’t mind if I use the phone, ...?

18. There are a lot of people here, ...?

19. This isn’t very interesting, ...?

20. I’m too impatient, ...?

21. You wouldn’t tell anyone, ...?

22. I shouldn’t have lost my temper, ...?

23. Don’t drop that vase, ...?

24. He’d never met her before, ...?

25. You don’t like eggs, ...?

26. They are not coming this afternoon, ..?

27. They’re policemen, ...?

Exercise 141. Read the situation and write a sentence with a question tag. In each situation you are asking your friend to agree with you.

1. 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’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?

2. You’re with a friend outside a restaurant. You're looking at the prices, which are very high. What do you say? (expensive) It __________________________________

3. You’ve just come out of the cinema with a friend. You really enjoyed the film. What do you say to your friend? (great) The film _____________________________

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

5. You are trying on a jacket. You look in the mirror and you don't like what you see. What do you say to your friend? (not/look/very good) It ________________________

6. Your friend's hair is much shorter than when you last met. What do you say to her/him? (have / your hair/cut) You ________________________________________

7. 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 _______________________

Exercise 142. Correct errors where necessary.

1. Do you know where is the bar? 2. You had a really exciting dream, hadn’t you? 3. Nothing can happen, can it? 4. You live in London, haven’t you? 5. Nobody came, didn’t they? 6. Sit down, don’t you? 7. I was early, weren’t I? 8. There is no sugar, isn’t there? 9. I’m a pupil, am I not? 10. It means you are brave, doesn’t it?