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                                                     INDIRECT QUESTIONS An indirect question  is not a question at all. In a direct question, the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. However, in an indirect question, the auxiliary verb comes after the subject. What’s more, an indirect question ends with a full stop, not a question mark. Read the following sentences. Direct question:   Where are you going? Indirect question :  I want to know where you are going . (NOT I want to know where are you going?) Direct question:   When do you intend to leave? Indirect question:   I want to know when you intend to leave.  (NOT I want to know when do you intend to leave?) Change the following direct questions into indirect questions using the introductory clauses given. 1. (I would like to know) ‘What are your plans?’ 2. (She wondered) ‘Why did you refuse to sign the papers?’ 3. (Tell me) ‘What do you mean by that?’ 4. (Can you tell me whether) ‘Is he dependable?’ 5

                                                     PLACING EMPHASIS Much’ and ‘very’ are two terms that are used often used to imply more or excess. However, the two terms differ in the manner that they are used. ‘Much’ is mainly used as an adjective, while ‘very’ is specifically used as an adverb. An adjective is used to modify nouns and pronouns, e.g. ‘wise’ grandmother, a ‘perfect’ score, a ‘hot’ drink, ‘cold’ water, ‘soft’ cloth, etc. An adverb, on the other hand, is used to modify verbs or clauses, e.g. run ‘fast’, drive ‘slowly’, ‘much more’ electrifying, ‘very’ demanding, etc. ‘ Much’ is mainly used with uncountable nouns. Countable nouns and uncountable nouns just specify weather or not the thing that the sentence is referring to can be counted or not. For example: “How much salt is in the dish?” as opposed to “How many spoons to you need?” We cannot count the salt; hence the term ‘much’ is used, while we can most certainly count the number of spoons; hence ‘many’ is

 TAG QUESTIONS TAG QUESTIONS You speak English, don't you? A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. We use tag questions to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Is that right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English. The basic structure of a tag question is: positive statement negative tag Snow is white, isn't it? negative statement positive tag You don't like me, do you? Notice that the tag repeats the auxiliary verb (or main verb when  be ) from the statement and changes it to negative or positive. Answering Tag Questions How do we answer a tag question? Often, we just say  Yes  or  No . Sometimes we may repeat the tag and reverse it (They don't live here,  do they ? Yes,  they do ). Be very careful about answering tag questions. In some languages, an opposite system of answering is used, and non-native English speakers sometimes answer in th