It’s picture-perfect, isn’t it? Focus on function: Question tags CB, p. 51 a) Listen to the dialogue. Mark if the intonation goes up (ä) for real questions or down (æ) for chatting. A: Good morning. I’m not too late, am I? ä 1 B: No, don’t worry. Marty has given you a cup of coffee, hasn’t he? 2 A: Yes, he has, thank you. B: We will be ready for you in about five minutes. You are ok with filling in these forms1 while you’re waiting, aren’t you? 3 A: No problem. 15 minutes later … B: So, you’ll teach from 9 to 4, Monday to Friday, that’s ok, isn’t it? 4 And you’ll share an office2 with the other language teachers. Marty showed you where that is, didn’t he? 5 A: Well yes, he did, but … B: And you haven’t had any problems working with children, have you? 6 A: No, but I have the feeling someone has made a mistake. B: A mistake? You are at the LSE Summer School for an interview. You would like to be our new language teacher, wouldn’t you? 7 A: Well, no, actually, I’m a photography teacher. You are looking for photography teachers, too, aren’t you? 8 B: Oh, yes, we are. But your name is Norah Miller, isn’t it? 9 A: My name’s Norah Mueller. B: Oh, what a perfect start! A: Picture-perfect! 1 to fill in forms – Formulare ausfüllen 2 office – Büro b) Listen again and say the question tags out loud. c) Read the dialogues and write question tags in the gaps. The underlined words help you. 5 3.8 x52c96 Tip Some question tags are real questions, others are used to check information. Sometimes we use question tags with a falling intonation because we want the other person to agree with us. T C: It is a lovely day, 1 B: It’ll be rainy tomorrow. C: Why should it be? B: They are taking the class picture tomorrow, 2 It always rains for the class picture, 3 C: You are in a bad mood today, 4 T: Beautiful, Akua, that is a nice picture, 5 A: Now I can paint on Pierre’s picture, 6 T: Oh no, Akua. We don’t paint on other children’s pictures, 7 A: I want to. T: Akua, now Pierre’s sad because of you! A: Go away! T: Now you shouldn’t talk to your teacher like that, should you? 8 48 Revision forty-eight Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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