Echo questions are used in conversation to show interest in what someone is saying by repeating their statement in the form of a question. They do not seek information but rather express interest, concern, surprise, or other reactions depending on intonation. Similarly, "reply questions" are short questions containing an auxiliary verb and pronoun that are used to acknowledge a statement and show the listener is paying attention. The document also provides examples of using "so do I" and "neither do I" to agree or disagree with positive and negative statements in different tenses.

1. CLUES FOR SPEAKING
Echo questions are used in conversation to show that the listener is paying attention and
is interested in what somebody is saying e.g.
- I like her! - Do you? - He didn’t do it. - Didn’t he?
- She can swim. - Can she? - They haven’t done it. - Haven’t they?
We often reply to statements by making short questions, containing just an auxiliary verb
and a personal pronoun.
- It was an awful party.
- Was it?
- Yes, there was nobody there I know, and …
These ‘reply questions’ do not ask for information. They express interest, concern, surprise,
anger, or other reactions, depending on the intonation. Their most common use is just to
show that we are listening.
- We had a lovely holiday.
- Did you?
- Yes, we went …
Present tenses Modal verbs
1. - She is watching TV. - ..........................?
2. - I am ambitious. - .................................?
3. - I haven’t done it yet. - ........................?
4. - He’s been working all day. - ..............?
1. - I can swim very well. - ........................?
2. - You shouldn’t do it. - ..........................?
3. - They couldn’t do it. - ..........................?
4. - I might go there. - ................................?
Past tenses Future tenses
1. - I was watching TV at 3.15. -..............?
2. - He saw it yesterday. -..........................?
3. - She used to work here. -......................?
4. - I hadn’t talked to him. -......................?
1. - I won’t talk to him. - ..........................?
2. - He is seeing Peter at 2. -......................?
3. - They are going to do it. -.....................?
4. - I will have finished by then. -............?

2. ‘So do I’ and ‘neither do I’
I use ‘so do I’ to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use ‘neither do I’ to
say that a negative sentence is also true for me:
John: I hate mushrooms.
Me: So do I (=I also hate mushrooms).
Lucy: I don’t live in London.
Me: Neither do I (=I also don’t live in London. For example, maybe Lucy and I both live
in Paris).
The verb after ‘so’ or ‘neither’ changes depending on the tense of the verb in the first
sentence.
Present simple:
use ‘do / does’
Lucy likes coffee. So do I.
Lucy doesn’t like coffee. Neither ______ I.
Present simple with ‘be’:
use ‘am / is / are’
John’s at the office. So __________I.
John isn’t at the office. Neither ________ I.
Present continuous:
use ‘am / is / are’
Luke’s going out tonight. So ________ I.
Luke isn’t going out tonight. Neither ____ I.
Past Simple:
use ‘did’
Jill went to the cinema yesterday. So ____ I.
Jill didn’t go to the cinema yesterday.
Neither ______ I.
Past simple with ‘be’:
use ‘was / were’
She was at the library. So _______ I.
She wasn’t at the library. Neither ______ I.
Present perfect:
use ‘have / has’
They’ve been to Colombia. So _______I.
They haven’t been to Colombia. Neither
______ I.
Future simple:
use ‘will’
Edward will be at the cafe later. So _____I.
Edward won’t be at the cafe later. Neither
_______ I.
Modal verbs:
repeat the modal verb
He would like a cup of tea. So _______I.
He wouldn’t like a cup of tea. Neither
_______ I.

3. Emma can speak Russian. So _______I.
Emma should speak Russian. Neither
_______ I.