English grammar
Echo questions: Am I getting married? · Did we go together? · What do you mean, …?
Repeat and react to a question you have just heard, as natives do.
From the scene Am I getting married?
In short
Echo a question in surprise, swapping the people: Am I getting married? Object with What do you mean, …?
Your turn
Which one goes with echo: you becomes we?
Options: did we go together · am I getting married · does it have a sequel
Show answer
echo: you becomes we → did we go together
How it works
To repeat a question you have just heard, usually in surprise, say it back and swap the people: are you becomes am I, did you becomes did we.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Now she's asking how Don Ramón (blank).
Options: does · is · is he
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Now she's asking how Don Ramón is.
Ahora pregunta que qué tal Don Ramón.
Good to know
To object to something just said, use What do you mean, …? and repeat the words.
Good to know
When you pass a question on, use if, whether or the question word, with statement word order: she's asking how Don Ramón is.
echo: you becomes I am I getting married
Elena
Am I getting married? At my age?
¿Que si me caso yo? ¿A mi edad?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)? At my age?
Options: Does it have a sequel · Am I getting married · Did we go together
Show answer
Elena
Am I getting married? At my age?
¿Que si me caso yo? ¿A mi edad?
echo: you becomes we did we go together
Elena
Did we go together? We went... as tourists.
¿Que si fuimos juntos? Fuimos... de turismo.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)? We went... as tourists.
Options: Am I getting married · Does it have a sequel · Did we go together
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Elena
Did we go together? We went... as tourists.
¿Que si fuimos juntos? Fuimos... de turismo.
echo: the same question does it have a sequel
Elena
Does it have a sequel? I'm already writing it!
¿Que si tiene segunda parte? ¡Ya la estoy escribiendo!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)? I'm already writing it!
Options: Does it have a sequel · Am I getting married · Did we go together
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Elena
Does it have a sequel? I'm already writing it!
¿Que si tiene segunda parte? ¡Ya la estoy escribiendo!
objecting what do you mean, as tourists
Nuria
What do you mean, why does she care? She's a reader!
¿Cómo que qué le importa? ¡Es una lectora!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank), why does she care? She's a reader!
Options: What do you mean · Am I getting married · Did we go together
Show answer
Nuria
What do you mean, why does she care? She's a reader!
¿Cómo que qué le importa? ¡Es una lectora!
passing a question on she's asking whether the book has a sequel
Tomás
She's asking whether the book has a sequel.
Pregunta que si el libro tiene segunda parte.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank).
Options: She's asking whether the book has a sequel · Am I getting married · Did we go together
Show answer
Tomás
She's asking whether the book has a sequel.
Pregunta que si el libro tiene segunda parte.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| echo: you becomes I | am I getting married |
|---|---|
| echo: you becomes we | did we go together |
| echo: the same question | does it have a sequel |
| objecting | what do you mean, as tourists |
| passing a question on | she's asking whether the book has a sequel |
More lines from the story
- TomásNow she's asking how Don Ramón is.Ahora pregunta que qué tal Don Ramón.