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INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS

INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS. QUESTION TAGS. It is used to ask for confirmation or to give a personal opinion. It is made of an auxiliary + personal pronoun. Question tags. If there is an affirmative auxiliary verb, the question tag has the same auxiliary in the negative and vice-versa:

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INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS

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  1. INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS

  2. QUESTION TAGS • It is used to ask for confirmation or to give a personal opinion. • It is made of an auxiliary + personal pronoun

  3. Question tags • If there is an affirmative auxiliary verb, the question tag has the same auxiliary in the negative and vice-versa: • He has a house in London, hasn’t he? • He can’t play tennis, can he? • If the verb is ‘be’, the tag question is also ‘be’: • He is a carpenter, isn’t he? • He isn’t rich, is he?

  4. Question tags • If the main verb is not an auxiliary verb or ‘be’, do/does/did are used in the question tag: • He works in O Barco, doesn’t he? • They don’t like German, do they? • He studied French, didn’t he?

  5. EXERCISES • Write the following question tags: • I am Spanish,......... • Maria lives in A Rua,......... • He isn’t very tall,........ • They can run very fast, ........... • She isn’t very old,............... • We travel to London, ..................

  6. THE COMPARATIVE • Adjective+-er+than • Is used when the adjective is monosyllabic: • Strong> stronger than • Or when there are two syllables ending in (-ly,-ow,-er): • Clever> cleverer than • (consonant+y> ier)

  7. The comparative • More+adjective+than • Is used when the adjective has two or more than two syllables: • Intelligent> more intelligent than • Awful> more awful than

  8. EXERCISES • Write the comparative of these adjectives: • Easy • Beautiful • Pretty • Small • Intensive • Difficult • cheap

  9. THE FUTURE: Going to • Be going to+ infinitive • Is used to talk about plans and intentions in the future: • I am going to study • You are going to study • He is going to study • We are going to study • You are going to study • They are going to study

  10. Be going to+ infinitive • Am I going to study? I’m not going to study • Are you going to study? You’re not going to study • Is she going to study? She isn’t going to study • Are we going to study? We aren’t going to study • Are you going to study? You aren’t going to study • Are they going to study? They aren’t going to study. • An interrogative adverb can be used at the beginning: • What are you going to do? • I’m going to play tennis. • When you aren’t sure we use : I THINK...

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