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1. How much costs this shirt?
2. Does your dad sometimes gets angry with you?
3. What time the exam finished?
4. Where you’d like to go this evening?
5. Do we can go out now?
6. Which team does support your brother?
7. What i should give my friend for her birthday?

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Hii I would like to know which question is correct:

Could you tell me how much does this cost?
Could you tell me how much this costs?

The techer told me that the second one is correct, but I don´t know why the first one should be rejected Could anybody help me please?

Both are OK, but the seond one is a more common way of expressing it, at least in the USA.

Your teacher is correct.

If you were asking a simple direct question, you could only use the first expression. «How much does this cost?». This uses the emphatic present tense.
You can’t say «How much this costs?» or «How much costs this?» as direct questions. Although they might look logical, they are not acceptable in normal English usage.

However, in your full sentence, the main verb is ‘could tell’. The subject of the verb is ‘you’. The indirect object of the verb is ‘me’. The direct object of the verb is the noun clause ‘how much this costs’, i.e. this part of the sentence is a statement and not, in itself, a question: so it is not phrased as a question.

This is the pedantic answer. As ceremoniar has pointed out, normal usage does not necessarily follow strict grammatical rules. Regional variations will inevitably occur in a language that is used all round the world, frequently by people who learnt it as a second language. The best advice I can give you is to read lots of English books and magazines, listen to good English such as you will hear on the BBC World Service, and do your best to copy what you see and hear.

I don´t want to argue with a native speaker, but I think that the first sentence is not gramatically correct — because the second part is not a direct question but an indirect question, so the word order must be the same as in indicative (subject + verb), not as in questions (auxiliary + subject + verb). Am I right?

I’m with lenkangl: the first sentence, as written, isn’t correct.

In direct questions we invert subject and (auxiliary) verb; in indirect questions, we don’t.

Direct question

How much does this cost?

Indirect question

He’s told me how much this costs. {Not: He’s told me how much does this cost.}
I don’t know how much this costs. {Not: I don’t know how much does this cost.}
Could you tell me how much this costs? {Not: Could you tell me how much does this cost?}

You could retain the direct question word order after Could you tell me…? but to do so, you’d have to make How much does this cost? a direct question.

In writing, you’d indicate this with punctuation eg Could you tell me: «How much does this cost?»

In speech, you’d use a different intonation for the direct question version Could you tell me: «How much does this cost?» and the indirect question version Could you tell me how much this costs?

Last edited: Mar 4, 2012

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I. A. Grammar Choose the right form:
1. How much … this computer cost
a) is b) — c) does
2. There … some documents on the table.
a) is b) are c) was
3. It is easy, you can do it ….. .
a) you b) your c) yourself
4. Sorry, I can not talk to you now. I …. lunch.
a) have b) is having c) am having
5. Is this your first visit to Kiev? … you to Kiev before?
a) Was b) Have been c) Were
6. Why … you go to bed early yesterday? I … very tired.
a) did , were b) do, was c) did, was
7. Where … my money ? It … on the table two minutes ago.
a) is, was b) are, were c) is, were
8. There is some water in the glass, ….. ?
a)isn’t it b) is it c) isn’t there
9. When I came in the classroom all pupils ….. a composition.
a) were writing b) has been writing c) wrote
10. James was in his room, he ….. there since early morning.
a) were playing b) has been playing c) have been playing

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1. Is
2. Are
3. Yourself
4. C am having
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. B

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1 I’d like (some) glass of Coke, please. ….a….. 2 Would you like an bread? … An………. 3 How many does this cost? ..many ………….. 4 We haven’t got much tomatoes. ….much……… 5 I’d like a milk in my tea, please. .a……… 6 Could i have some orange, please. ..could……… 7 How much cherries do you need? …much…….. 8 I’d like many fish for lunch. ….many…… 9 How many sugar have we got? ..many ……. 10 I’d like some apple, please. ..some…….

Гость:

1a glass
2…….some bread
3how much…..
4…many tomatoes
5I’d like some milk(или просто milk)
6…..some oranges
7how many cherries….
8much fish
9how much sugar…
10…some apples

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3. Найдите ошибки в форме глаголов (если они
имеются) и исправьте их.
1. Yes, I am understanding what you mean.
2. I am not liking chocolate ice-cream.
3. Sandra is having a serious talk with her father now.
4. I’m OK and I don’t need an ambulance.
5. My mum is adoring white roses.
. They have a big house in the suburbs of Madrid.
7. Tom is preferring racing cars to motorbikes.
8. Are you hearing some noise in the kitchen?
9. I am thinking about finding a new job.
10. The kids aren’t wanting any more biscuits.
11. Why aren’t you agreeing with me?
12. He is not knowing my name.
13. That laptop belongs to me.
14. I’m not enjoying this party. The music is too loud.
15. How much is this perfume costing?

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Hii I would like to know which question is correct:

Could you tell me how much does this cost?
Could you tell me how much this costs?

The techer told me that the second one is correct, but I don´t know why the first one should be rejected Could anybody help me please?

Both are OK, but the seond one is a more common way of expressing it, at least in the USA.

Your teacher is correct.

I’m with lenkangl: the first sentence, as written, isn’t correct.

In direct questions we invert subject and (auxiliary) verb; in indirect questions, we don’t.

Direct question

How much does this cost? :tick:

Indirect question

He’s told me how much this costs. :tick: {Not: He’s told me how much does this cost.}
I don’t know how much this costs. :tick: {Not: I don’t know how much does this cost.}
Could you tell me how much this costs? :tick: {Not: Could you tell me how much does this cost?}

You could retain the direct question word order after Could you tell me…? but to do so, you’d have to make How much does this cost? a direct question.

In writing, you’d indicate this with punctuation eg Could you tell me: «How much does this cost?»

Last edited: Mar 4, 2012

Thank you very much for your comments

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