Lesson 2: Unit 147 - Social Occasions. Question Tags.
The lesson looks at question tags and useful phrases for social situations — introductions, suggestions and comments on the situation.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to use question tags in English to confirm information or to ask the person you are talking to for agreement. You will expand your vocabulary with new words and phrases related to social occasions and gatherings. Through practical dialogues you will master the skill of holding a natural conversation in social situations. You will also learn an important detail about intonation: falling intonation expresses certainty or a comment, while rising intonation expresses a question, surprise or uncertainty.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use question tags correctly in sentences with an affirmative and a negative first part.
- Recognise words with a negative meaning (never, rarely, hardly, barely) and their effect on the question tag.
- Get to know useful phrases for introducing people, checking whether people know each other and making suggestions in social situations.
- Understand the difference in the intonation of question tags — falling (comment/certainty) vs. rising (real question).
- Apply the special case: 'I am..., aren't I?' and tags with everybody/nobody.
- Practise speaking through realistic dialogues from social occasions.
Lesson vocabulary
- cocktail party You are going to the cocktail party tonight, aren't you?
- colleague You've already seen our new colleague, haven't you?
- lecturer She's a lecturer at the Modern History Department of Sofia University.
- overweight He must be about forty, he's average height, and a bit overweight.
- well-built I was told he's tall, well-built, with blue eyes and blond hair.
- corresponds to The man standing next to Barbara corresponds to your description, doesn't he?
- introduce Would you like me to introduce you to her?
- pick up I'll pick you up then.
- tasty They are really tasty, aren't they?
- delicious Would you like one of these chocolate cookies? They're delicious.
- average height He must be about forty, he's average height, and a bit overweight.
- rarely I rarely go there, do I?
- hardly You can hardly hear me, can you?
- barely I barely know you, do I?
- seldom She seldom comes to parties, does she?
In other languages: Български