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Indirect questions: Yes/No questions. Complete the questions with the correct form of (do, be, have).

Then answer the questions.

1 ______________ the Gobi desert in Asia? ________________________

2 ______________ all fish lay eggs? ________________________

3 ______________ dinosaurs lay eggs? ________________________

4 ______________ John F Kennedy the youngest American president? ________________________

5 ______________ there ever been a female president of the USA? ________________________

6 ______________ the Olympic Games ever been held in the same ________________________city more than once? ________________________

7 ______________ Japan have a president? ________________________

8 ______________ John Lennon ever live in New York? ________________________

Complete the questions with (what, when, where, who, which). Then answer the questions.

1 ______________ countries have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea? _________________________

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2 ______________ is measured by the Richter Scale? _________________________

3 ______________ does the word 'alphabet' come from? _________________________

4 ______________ was the first man in space? _________________________

5 ______________ does NASA stand for? _________________________

6 ______________ did Prince Rainier of Monaco marry? _________________________

7 ______________ did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?_________________________

8 ______________ Caribbean island did Bob Marley come from? _________________________

Complete these sentences.

1 A: Where's the cinema?

B: I'm afraid I don't know where the cinema is.

2 A: Could you tell me _________________________________________?

B: I'm sorry, I haven't got a watch.

3 A: Where have I put my keys?

B: You're always forgetting _____________________________________!

4 A: What are you giving your father for his birthday?

B: I haven't decided _______________________________________yet.

5 A: Did you post my letter?

B: I can't remember ________________________________________ or not.

6 A: Whose coat is this?

B: I've no idea ________________________________________________.

7 A: Are you going on the roller-coaster?

B: I'm not sure ________________________________________________.

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8 A: Do you know ___________________ our new teacher _________________?

B: Yes, her name's Jenny Carter. She's over there.

9 A: How much did Frankie's trainers cost?

B: I haven't a clue ______________________________________________.

10 A: Where does Andrew get all his money from?

B: No idea. I'd love to know ___________________ his job _________________.

1 Many verbs have dependent prepositions.speakto talkabout lookfor

dance with thinkabout point at2 When we ask a question about the object of the sentence,

the preposition usually comes at the end.What did you talkabout? What are you pointing at?

What were you looking for? What are you thinking about?

Who did she dance with?

Make questions from the statements, asking about the words in italics.

1 A: Who are you looking at? B: I'm looking at that man.

2 A: ___________________________________________ B: He's waiting forhis girlfriend.

3 A: ___________________________________________ B: She works forIBM.

4 A: ___________________________________________ B: We're talking about where to go on holiday

5 A: ___________________________________________ B: I stayed withsome friends.

6 A: ___________________________________________ B: That bike belongs to me.

7 A: ___________________________________________ B: The letter is from the electricity company.

8 A: ___________________________________________ B: He died ofold age.

9 A: ___________________________________________ B: I'm worried about the exams.10 A: ___________________________________________ B: I'm writing to my friend in Rome.

11 A: ___________________________________________ B: I'm staring at the mess in your bedroom.

Complete the conversations with a short question.

1 A: Althea's getting married. B: Who to?

2 A: Come here! I want to talk to you. B: ______________________?

3 A: I'd like a taxi, please. B: ______________________?

4 A: Give me a cloth! Quick! B: ______________________?

5 A: I had lunch at Le Bistro today. B: ______________________?

6 A: My parents were absolutely furious with me! B: ______________________?

7 A: Ssh! I'm thinking! B: ______________________?

8 A: Don't you think you should apologise to her? B: ______________________?

9 A: Pat and I had an argument, as usual. B: ______________________?

10 A: Eat your lunch. B: ______________________? I haven't got a

knife and fork!