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Do you understand?
Can you repeat that?
Is it correct?
Can you explain it?
When we ask questions that do not begin with a question word, we make our voices rise at the end. These questions begin with do, did, has, is, can, could, etc. These questions can be answered by yes or no.
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Do you understand?
How much do you understand?
Can you repeat that?
When can you repeat that?
Is it correct?
Why is it correct?
Can you explain it?
How can you explain it?
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The pronouns that and it at the end of these sentences are unstressed.
We also make our voices rise to show politeness.
Excuse me.
You’ll have to hurry.
Thank you.
Excuse me is a polite way of getting a person’s attention and letting him/her know that you want to start speaking.
A1 Mr Fuller, a science teacher, is talking to
Wendy’s class. Listen and mark the arrows.
Mr Fuller: Today, we’re going to talk about experiments. First, …
Wendy: Excuse me, sir.
Mr Fuller: Yes, Wendy.
Wendy: Can you spell ‘experim