A1 - Lemon Tree, by Fools Garden


Vocabulary

To wonder

to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something
[+ question word] Hadn't you better phone home? Your parents will be wondering where you are.
He's starting to wonder whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.
[+ speech] Will this turkey be big enough for eight, I wonder?
"Have you decided where you're going next summer?" "I've been wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."


used in phrases, at the beginning of a request, to make it more formal and polite
[+ speech] I wonder - could you help me carry these books?
[+ question word] I wonder whether you could pass me the butter?
I wonder if you could give me some information about places to visit in the area?


© Practice makes perfect Maira Gall.