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Auxiliary verbs in questions and short answers

MARÍA PAULA PIÑA VELA

Created on September 4, 2024

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Transcript

Positive / Affirmative questions To ask for information

Tag questions short Qs at the end of sentences to check information

Auxiliary verbs QAs

Do
Be
Have

Agreement Add so before the auxiliary in a possitive statement

Negative questions To confirm information

Emphasis To give importance to something

Short questions To react and keep the conversation going

Auxiliary verbs before the subject

  • Do you like wearing heels?
  • Have you seen the new movie?
  • Is she crying?

auxiliary verb + not+ subject

  • Didn't she hate that artist?
  • Wasn't I sick that day?
  • Haven't we gone there before?

Used in conversation

A: I have tried Ana's chocolate cake recipeB: Have you? A: Yeah! it's really good

Add at the end of a statement

  • He likes K-pop, doesn't he?
  • You are taking English lessons, aren't you?
  • They haven't eaten, have they?

so + auxiliary + subject

A: I have done a Cambridge exam before B: So have I! A: I didn't like it B: Neither did I!

"Do" before the action verb

  • I did text you back
  • She does have a Jungkook photocard in her phonecase