Пока я пью кофеУточняющие вопросы и конкретные просьбы
Не угадывай значение общего замечания: попроси пример и уточни действие.
Вопрос о смысле
Do you mean + предложение?: Do you mean the opening is too slow? Это проверка понимания, а не согласие с оценкой.
Косвенный вопрос
Could you clarify which version you read? После which version — порядок утверждения: you read, без did you read. Сравни: Which version did you read?
Одна выполнимая просьба
Could you point to one sentence? Затем: So you’d like me to compare these two paragraphs? Уточняем границы работы.
Could you clarify which version you read?Косвенный вопрос: you read.
Do you mean we should change the opening?Проверяем смысл замечания.
Запомни: После Could you clarify… — порядок слов утверждения.
Practice
1. Could you clarify which version ___?
2. Do you mean the opening ___ too slow?
3. “It needs energy.” Ask for something you can examine.
4. Choose the correct indirect question.
5. You are checking the task, not promising a full rewrite.
6. Which sentence gives an observation rather than a guessed cause?
7. Could you ___ one example?
8. Which agreement has both scope and a deadline?