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Grammar. in a nutshell. # 4. Making Questions. Put the form of ‘to be ’ or ‘ can ’ at the begin-ning of the sentence. Is there no form of ‘to be ’ or ‘ can ’ in the sentence ? Use ‘ do ’ or ‘ does ’!. I, you , they , we. he , she , it ‘shit’. Can I trust him ?.
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Grammar in a nutshell # 4
MakingQuestions Put the form of ‘to be’ or ‘can’ at the begin-ning of the sentence... Is therenoform of ‘to be’ or ‘can’ in the sentence? Use ‘do’ or ‘does’! I, you, they, we he, she, it ‘shit’
Can I trust him? Canshe do this? Can we go there? Cantheystayhere? Can I go now? Can we do it? ‘Do you’ questions: http://youtu.be/F6HEWlYi0IE
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do youlike reading do youplay the piano does shework hard does shelove to fly do youlike to fly does shehateit do you live in the city do you live on a farm
Negatives In a negativesentenceyousaythatsomething is nottrueor incorrect. Remember the example: itwasn’t me?! Whenyou have the word can, you put notorn’tbehindit can’t/cannot. Most otherverbsgetdon’tbefore the verb. Withhe/she/ityouusedoesn’t. Check Chapter 2 fornegativeswith ‘to have got’ (p. 35 TB).
Don’tforget! If we talk oraskabout ‘ontkenning’, the most important thing to remember is thatyou have to use the word NOT!
Song http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7316
can’t (cannot) don’t live don’t have can’t (cannot) doesn’tknow doesn’tget can’t (cannot)
§ Exercise doesn’t don’t
He _________ have a dog. don’t doesn’t
I ________ go to school. don’t doesn’t
She ________ use a computer. don’t doesn’t
We _______ drink coffee. don’t doesn’t
Mary _______ help at home. don’t doesn’t
You ______ live here. don’t doesn’t
They _______ listen to you. don’t doesn’t
I _________ tell lies. don’t doesn’t
He _______ drive a new car. don’t doesn’t
Cats _______ fly. don’t doesn’t
It _______ cost very much. don’t doesn’t
WARNING Always writeYOUnotU! Always writeIneveri! Always writegoing to: ‘gonna’ doesn’texist... (neither does ‘wanna’ = want to) If you do these thing wrong, it will cost you points!
Revision time! Please take out youriPadanddownload Fillin room number: 942161 ...and followmydirections! Thisdoesn’tworkifyoutryto do this on yourown (outside the classroom). Student Clicker
Grammar in a nutshell # 4