4 Terry is by the door. ____________________ .
5 They are in the kitchen. ____________________ .
6 Chris is next door. ____________________ .
7 We are in town tomorrow. ____________________ .
8 Stuart is at his desk. ____________________ .
9 My brother is on holiday
at the moment. ____________________ .
10 This CD is broken. ____________________ .
Language point 2 – question tags and
tag responses
In Dialogue 3, Paul says: You’re Mo, aren’t you?, and Mo answers:
Yes, I am
. In English, when we want to check that something we
have said is true, we can add a
QUESTION TAG
after a
STATEMENT
which
invites the other speaker to confirm what has been said. There are
many different types of tag, so for now we will just look at one.
Paul makes a statement:
You’re Mo
but he wants to make sure this is true, so he adds:
aren’t you?
so that Mo can tell him that he’s right:
Yes, I am
Here are some more examples of
TAGGED STATEMENTS
:
You’re a nurse, aren’t you?
You’re James, aren’t you?

S
TUART
: Hello, Justine.
J
USTINE
: Pleased to meet you, Stuart.
R
OSEMARY
: And this is Tim.
T
IM
: Hello, Stuart.
Dialogue 5
Justine introduces Vicki to Chris.
J
USTINE
: Vicki – do you know Chris?
V
ICKI
: I don’t think so.
J
USTINE
: Chris, this is Vicki.
C
HRIS
: Hello Vicki.
V
ICKI
: Hello Chris. Pleased to meet you.
Language point 3 – introducing people

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Vicki answers with I don’t think so, not because she isn’t sure
but because this is a more indirect way of saying No – it would
sound rather short just to say ‘No’. Let’s look at another example
of two people being introduced to each other:
Dialogue 6
Stuart is seeing if he can remember the names of everyone in the
room.
S
TUART
: Now then, are you Helen?
H
ELEN
: Yes, I am.
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HAMIRA
: It’s over there on the table.
Su looks for the sugar.
S
U
: Are you sure, Shamira?
Shamira looks as well.
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HAMIRA
: Oh no – here it is, on Tim’s desk.
S
U
: Is Tim off today?
S
HAMIRA
: Yes, he is. He’s ill.
S
U
: Poor Tim. Coffee for two, then?
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Language point 4 – questions with the
verb ‘be’
We turn statements using the verb be into questions by simply
changing the order of the pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, etc.) and verb
in the full form. So:
Statement (full form) Question
I am am I?
you are are you?
he is is he?

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: Oh yes – and who’s that with her?
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TUART
: That’s Dave.
Dialogue 9
Ben has a list of names of people in the office, but he doesn’t know
who’s who! He asks Justine to help, and she points them out as he
reads out the names.
B
EN
: Right. Where’s Helen?
J
USTINE
: That’s her, by the door.
B
EN
: And Stuart?
J
USTINE
: That’s him, at the computer.
B
EN
: And what about Gerry and Adrian?
J
USTINE
: That’s them, by the coffee-machine.
B
EN
: And finally what about Justine?
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