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WORLD Real World echo questions

a Work in pairs. Look at the photos.
Where are the people? What do you
remember about them?

b fJl•B•>11 &a2 Watch or
listen to conversations A-D. Match the
conversations to the things the people
talk about 1-4.
1 a weekend trip abroad

2 someone who has just had twins
3 a job that someone doesn't want
4 a late night with an old friend

a Fill in the speech bubbles with these
echo questions. Then match them to
conversations A-D.

Didn't you? Has she?
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REAL WORLD Echo questions
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a Look again at 1-4 in 2a. Then choose the correct phrase in the rule.
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j Steve doesn't want the job.
• We use echo questions when we are interested or surprised/
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didn't hear what people said.
b Look again at 1-4 in 2a. Then choose the correct words in the rules.
l I'm going to Berlin -1
2 • We usually use the main verb/auxiliary in echo questions.
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for the weekend. • We only use names/subject pronouns in echo questions.
• If the sentence is positive, the echo question is positive/negative.
• If the sentence is negative, the echo question is positive/negative.

c What are the echo questions for these sentences?
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I didn't go to bed till 3 a.m. 1 I work for the BBC. Do you? 4 I don't get up until midday.
.____J 2 He lives in a lighthouse . s They've just got engaged.
6 It's over thirty years old.
3 They bought a new house last week.
d Check in REAL WORLD 11.1 p150.
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~he's just had twins! )
• HELP WITH LISTENING Intonation (3)
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• their voices move up and down .
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b '9Mi•>11 &32 Watch or listen 33 Listen to six conversations. Do the people who say the
again. Check your answers. • echo questions sound interested (I) or not interested (NI)?
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• 1 CD NI 3 I NI 5 I NI
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• 2 I NI 4 I NI 6 I NI