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Emphatic Statements

Emphatic Statements. Mrs. Alba ESL 4. Emphatic Statements. RULE: Emphasis can be added to a statement by stressing the auxiliary verb. If no auxiliary verb is present in the sentence, do, does, or did i s used before the verb as appropriate. Emphatic Statements. EXAMPLES :

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Emphatic Statements

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  1. Emphatic Statements Mrs. Alba ESL 4

  2. Emphatic Statements • RULE: Emphasis can be added to a statement by stressing the auxiliary verb. If no auxiliary verb is present in the sentence, do, does, or did is used before the verb as appropriate.

  3. Emphatic Statements • EXAMPLES: The color blue looks good on you. The color blue DOESlook good on me. Janet came to class late. Janet DIDcome to class late.

  4. Emphatic Statements • RULE: Tags do no always function as questions. They also can be used to confirm a statement. Even though in most grammar books they are called tag questions and are punctuated with a question mark (?), we have chosen to call them tag statements and punctuate them with an exclamation point (!). The rationale for labeling and punctuating them differently is that their intonation (emphasis of pronunciation) differs from tag question intonation.

  5. Emphatic Statements • EXAMPLES: Aunt Betty hasn’t called in a long time, has she! I’m playing this song too slowly, aren’t I!

  6. Emphatic Statements • PRONUNCIATION RULE: Tag questions have a rising intonation. Tag statements have a falling intonation. • EXAMPLES: This is the bus to the zoo, isn’t it? The color blue looks very good on me, doesn’t it!

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