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19.1 Give short form answers to the following
19.1 Give short form answers to the following
- Can you speak English?, yes I can, no I can´t
- Have you met my Uncle Jim? yes I have, no I haven´t
- Are you enjoying yourself?
- Will you come again tomorrow? Yes ..
- Is your friend here today?
- Have you been to a football match this week?
- Must I be there in time? Yes ...
- Did you meet him yesterday.
- Has your friend gone home?
- Does he play chess?
- Could you come a little later?
- Will you forget what you have learnt today?
- Did you drink it all?
- Oughtn't he to pay you at once? yes he
- Does your sister like chocolates?
- Did you say anything?
- May I go out. Yes you ..
- Will your brother be there?
- Were you at the cinema last night?
- Are you reading?
An auxiliary verb used is used to form tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. The PRIMARY AUXILIARY verbs in English are: be, do, and have; the MODAL AUXILIARY are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would.
- Are you fond of fish. No I'm not. Yes I am.
- Do you like fish. No I don't. Yes I do.
19.3 Use an auxiliary for a quick answer
19.3 Use an auxiliary for a quick answer
- Who wrote Hamlet?
- How many of you can speak English fluently?
- Which of you must clean the blackboard?
- How many of you can play tennis (Most of us ...)
- How many of you can play chess (None of us ...)
- Who teaches you English?
- What fell on the floor just now?
- Which is better, this one or that one?
- Which cost more, these or those?
- How many of you ought to know the answer? All of us ...
- Who made that noise?
- WHich of you likes ice-cream? We all ..
- Which fruit tastes nice? All
- How many of you must answer this question? We all ...
- Who shut the door?
- Which gives more light: the sun or the moon?
- What makes people fat? Eating ...
- Which of you finished your homework yesterday. Noone
- Who broke my pencil?
- Who wants to go for a walk?
19.6 Give a short reply agreeing with these sentences.
19.6 Give a short reply agreeing with these sentences.
- Your uncle would like to meet him. Yes he would.
- The flies are a nuisance. Yes the are.
- He'll probably be arrested.
- The book has fallen on the floor.
- They say we'll win the match.
- I believe your friend Cyril works in an insurance office.
- He told me you were going to see the director today.
- They are showing South Pacific here next week.
- You must do what he tells you.
- Maisie only likes me for my money.
- Probably anybody could speak English if they tried.
- I expect you can give me a match, can't you?
- You've spilt some coffee down your dress.
- If you threw a book out of the window, I dare say it would fall.
- I can't leave without paying.
19.10 Now give a short-form disagreement
19.10 Now give a short-form disagreement
- He didn't say a word about it. Yes, he did!
- I'm not a half-wit you know. Yes you are!
- He couldn't have seen me!
- She needn't come tomorrow.
- You did't have a very good trip.
- There used not to be a house here.
- The trams dont run after midnight.
- Cyril doesn't like you any more.
- Maisie won't have anything to do with you.
- You can't eat it all at once.
- The situation couldn't be much worse.
- You needn't have given it back to him.
- I'm not going to bed yet!
- It can't possibly happen to me.
- You needn't pay for it.
- The train never used to stop here!
- Why have you thrown the best one away.
- Surely he didn't forget you!
- I'm sure she won't listen to me now.
- But really, I can't possibly go any further.
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