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Parents sometimes lie to their children about innocent

topics like Santa Claus.

Is there a moral problem with this type of lie? Why or

why not?

Make a list of other common lies that parents tell

children.

Share your list with the class: which lies did your
parents tell you? Which would you tell your own
children?
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Questions
Questions and
and Negatives
Negatives

Examples
Examples
1. When did you get home? Practice
Practice Practice
Practice

The
The question
question how
how come?
come?
2. It wasn’t working.
Examples
Examples
3. Why didn’t you call?
4. He didn’t call.
5. What time will you be finished?
6. Haven’t you finished cleaning yet?
7. How’s your wife?
8. I don’t think that you want to know the answer.
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Make questions using the cues. Possible answers are given.
Practice
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The
The question
question how
how come?
come?
marry, why Examples
Examples
• Why did he marry her?
break, who
• Who broke my computer?
job, when
• When are you going to quit that job?
vacation, how
• How was your vacation?
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Rewrite the sentences to make them negative. Practice
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1. She wants to go to London. The

The question
question how
how come?
come?
• She doesn’t want to go to London. Examples
Examples

2. Felipe likes vegetables.

• Felipe doesn’t like vegetables.
3. Norman should spend more time with his girlfriend.
• Norman shouldn’t spend more time with his girlfriend.
4. Have you finished yet?
• Haven’t you finished yet?
5. They like working.
• They don’ t like working.
6. We want to go out.
• We don’t want to go out.
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Questions and
and Negatives
Negatives

Examples
Examples
1. How come you know so much? Practice
Practice Practice
Practice

The
The question
question how
how come?
come?
2. How come they went home?
Examples
Examples
3. How come you went to Brazil?
4. How come you told them?
5. How come you’re such a good cook?
6. How come they called so early?
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Work with a partner to discover the truth behind white lies.

Example:

Make a list of three I told my friend that

his haircut was nice.What did you
white lies you have want
I wanted to say that it to say?
told in the past. looked like a lawnmower
went over it.

your turn
What did you really
want to say?