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Task 6. Complete this text about basic principles of mobile telephony with the following words
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Bog'liq English 20 ball Task 6. Complete this text about basic principles of mobile telephony with the following words.
Cells, roaming, coverage, cellular phones, range, base stations.
Mobile phones, also called (1) ………cellular
phones………………., or cell phones for short, need a network of towers or antennas to transmit calls. In a
cellular system, a city is divided into smaller sections or
(2) where the (3) …..roaming and base
stations........……… usually occupy a central position. When you are outside your service provider’s (4) area,
your telephone may become our of (5) coverage unless your telephone allows
(6) ………range………………… i.e. the ability to use another service provider’s network.
ASKING POLITE QUESTIONS (with can/could) Task 1. Study the grammar materials.
An important feature of the English language is the ability to ask questions in a polite way. Polite questions are useful in situations such as business, you might
be asking a client some difficult questions (personal questions, for example), or situations when you need somebody, who you do not know, to help you; possiblyyou are on the phone asking for train tickets or booking a hotel room, for example. When speakers of English use polite question forms, theytake direct questions orstatements and use a different sentence structure. Sometimes the word
order is different in polite questions, sometimes other words are used (See table 1).
Table 1. Polite question forms - Could you…?
Direct statement/questi on
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Polite questi on form
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Explanation
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Open the door
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Could you open the door?
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One way of
making an imperative/statem ent more
formal/polite is by using the
construction could you. When we use statements in this way, the word order stays
the same.
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Where is
the
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Could
you
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With conventional
questions without
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garage?
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tellme
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an auxiliary verb,
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where
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the word order
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the
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changes in the
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garage
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polite question
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is?
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form. With could
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you, the verb is
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moved to the end
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of the question.
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Also, you will
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notice the
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addition of tell
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me when we
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adapt direct
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questions in this
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way
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If the question is a
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Could
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yes/no question
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Is there
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you
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and we use the
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more
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tellme
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could you tell me
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cheese?
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if there
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construction, the
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is
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word if isused and
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anymo
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the word order
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re cheese
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changes to that of an affirmative
sentence
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When we change
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questions with an
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Could
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auxiliary verb
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you
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(do/did, for
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tellme
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Where do you live?
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where
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example) with the
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polite question
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you
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form could you,
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live?
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the auxiliary verb
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is removed.
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Warning!
It is easy to use the polite question form could you but get the word order wrong.It is important to remember that the word order changes when using the could you tell me
polite question form (See table 2).
F.ex: Could you tell me what time it is? NOT Could you tell me what time is it? It is also easy to forget to
remove the auxiliary verb from the questions that we want to make more polite.
F.ex; Could tell me what you did? NOT Could you tell me you did do?
Table 2. Polite question forms - Do you know...?
Direct question
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Polite question
form
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Explanation
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Where is the cinema?
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Do you know where the cinema is?
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When we use the Do you know where polite questionform, the verb goes to the end not after the question word like in more conventional
questions
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What time do the
shops
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Do you know what time the
shops close?
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The auxiliary verb is removed when
we use the do you
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close?
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know polite
question form
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Is he here?
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Do you know if he is here?
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If we make
a yes/no question more polite/formal with the
do you know question
form, we use if
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Warning!
The answer to the would you mind question form is unconventional. When wesay yes we mean no and when we say no we mean yes (See table 3).
F.ex: Would you mind giving me some money? Yes (I'm not giving you money!)Would you mind if I open the window? No (you can open the window)
Table 3. Polite question forms - Would you mind…?
Direct question/ Statement
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Polite
ques
tionform
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Explanation
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Be more careful
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Would they mind being
mor
ecareful?
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Statements become questions with would you mind, the –ing form is
used
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Turn the music down
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Would you mind turning the music down?
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The would you mind question form is unusual because we use the–ing form of the verb after it
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Can we watch something else?
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Would you mind if we watched something else?
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When the question is a yes/no question, we use if with the would you mind question form
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Task 2. Turn the direct questions into polite questions following the example.
Does Peter live here? Could you tell me
if Peter lives here ?
Do your parents like jazz? Do you know if your parents like jazz?
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When does the bus leave? Could you tell me
when the bus leaves?
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Why do the shops close on Sunday? I’d like to knowwhy the shops close on Sunday.
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Which jacket should I buy? Could you tell me
It seems like you didn't finish the last sentence. Did you have specific criteria or options in mind for the jacket? Let me know how I can assist you further!
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Task 3. Choose the correct forms to complete the following questions. Thereare direct and polite questions.
1. I don’t know the answer. How many times
to tell you?
I do have
*b) do I have
c) I have
2. I don’t know so unhappy.
*a) why he’s always
whether he’s always
why is he always
Do you have any idea when ?
the results will be punished
will the results be published
*c) will be the results published
How many people for the party?
called you
*b) did you call
c) you called
I wonder .
how long will this cold weather last
*b) how long this cold weather will last
c) how this cold weather will last
Did she tell you how often ?
should you take the vitamins
do you take the vitamins
*c) you should take the vitamins
I’d like to know for the experiment.
*a) if I can use the new product
whether can I use the new product
if I can use the new product
Could you tell me why
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*a) you are leaving
do you leave
are you leaving
Can I ask you how long
here?
*a) you have been living
have you lived
have you been living
Why ?
*a) shouldn’t I call her
I shouldn’t call her
I wouldn’t call her
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