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FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
• To talk about frequency we often use expressions with every, once, TIPS• To ask about frequency, we use How often ... ?:
twice, three times, etc.: every Saturday, once a month, twice a day, How often do you go running?
three times a week, etc. • For plural numbers of days, weeks, etc., we use once,
• We usually put frequency expressions at the end of the sentence or twice, etc. +every: I go once every three months.
clause: The British spend about £48 million on tea every month. • a couple of weeks = two weeks
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Present Simple: Jamie lives in London and Essex. subject verb object
Present Continuous: Jamie is writing a new book of recipes.
Past Simple: He worked at the famous River Cate. Mick Benton made the TV series.
be going to: He is going to open restaurants in Australia.
subject verb preposition + noun
QUESTIONS: ALL VERBS EXCEPT BE, HAVE GOT AND BE GOING TO
Sarah Mead lives in Paris.
• We usually use an auxiliary (do, be, can, etc.) to make questions.
SUBJECT QUESTIONS
question auxiliary subject verb Who made the TV series? Mick Benton.
word
Who lives in Paris? Sarah Mead.
PRESENT How does Jamie travel around
NON-SUBJECT QUESTIONS
SIMPLE London?
What did Mike Benton make? The TV series.
PAST SIMPLE When did he make his first TV Where does Sarah Mead live? In Paris.
series?
• We use Who when we ask about the subject of a
PRESENT What is he writing at the sentence and the subject is a person.
CONTINUOUS moment?
• Subject questions have the same word order as
CAN Which
can he play? positive sentences.
(instrument)
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• We don't use do, does or did in Present Simple and
QUESTIONS: BE, HAVE GOT AND BE GOING TO Past Simple subject questions.
• We use do, does or did in Present Simple and
• We don't use do, does or did to make questions with be: How often
Past Simple questions that ask about the object or
was Jamie's Kitchen on TV? How old was Jamie when he got married?
preposition + noun.
• We make questions with have got to ask about family relationships and
possessions: How many children has he got? Have you got a car? TIP• We can also make subject questions with What,
Whose and Which : What happened? Whose journey
• We use questions with be going to to ask about future plans:
takes two hours? Which journey costs the most?
Where is he going to open his new restaurants?
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• When we want more information about where people
- Starting conversations 10 p12
live or where they are from, we ask Whereabouts?:
people you know now where people are from or live A Where are you from, Natalia? B I'm from Spain.
A Oh, right. Whereabouts (in Spain)? B Valencia.
Do you know (David)? Where are you from?
How do you know (Matt and Carol)? Whereabo•uts (in Spain)?
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How do you two know e·ach other? A It was very nice to meet you. B You too.
meeting people in the past people's jobs A we should get together B Yes, that's a
• • • • • • sometime. good idea.
Didn't we meet at (Carol and Matt's What do you do? A Nice me•eting you. B You too.
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wedding)? You're (a lawyer), aren't you?
A Se•e you later, maybe. B Yes, se•e you.
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TIPS • When we think the answer to a question will be yes, we often use A It's great to see you again. B And you.
negative questions: Didn't we meet at Matt and Carol's wedding?
(I think we did). We also use question tags: You're a lawyer, aren't you?
(I think you are) .
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