curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-express-concerns/67c4bacefd5097faecca40d4.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Bob want to know?
If they should cancel the project.
Bob is not asking about canceling the project.
If working fewer hours would be better.
Bob is suggesting working more hours, not fewer.
If the team has already solved the issue.
Bob is asking if his suggestion will help, not if the issue is already solved.
If working extra hours will improve the situation.
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Using negatives in questions with auxiliary or modal verbs (such as wouldn't, isn't, doesn't), which require direct yes/no answers, suggests that the speaker expects the answer to be positive — Bob assumes, in this case, that working extra hours will help. Another example:
Doesn't this plan seem like a good idea? - The speaker expects the listener to agree that the plan is good.
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