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a Question forms 1A p7 m Positive and negative verb

AUXILIARIES forms, words and phrases 1 B p9

• We usually use an auxiliary (does, are, did, has, etc.) to make questions. positive negative

question PRESENT SIMPLE I know you don't want
auxiliary subject verb
word
PRESENT you're
I'm not feeling
PRESENT SIMPLE How often does Fiona teach yoga classes? CONTINUOUS waiting
PRESENT Fiona's PAST SIMPLE I waited I didn't get
What is doing at the moment?
CONTINUOUS son
PRESENT
I've seen she hasn't flown
PAST SIMPLE What did Fiona do last Sunday? PERFECT SIMPLE
PRESENT How many I DON'T THINK ... ; THERE IS/ARE NO ...
has Maxie written ?
PERFECT SIMPLE songs
• We often make negative sentences with
I don't think .. . : I don't think that's right. not
• We use the auxiliaries do and does to make questions in the Present
! think that isn't right. I don't think I could do
Simple: Who do you work for? What does he do in his free time?
that. not/ think I couldn't do that.
• We use the auxiliaries am, are and is to make questions in the Present
• We can use no to make negatives with there
Continuous: Where am I going? What are you watching? What's he doing?
is/there are: There aren't any traffic jams. =
• We use the auxiliaries have and has to make questions in the Present
There are no traffic jams. There isn't a better
Perfect Simple: Where have you been? Has he called yet?
way to travel. = There's no better way to travel.
SUBJECT QUESTIONS
WORDS AND PHRASES
• Most questions with auxiliaries ask about the object of a sentence:
A How many songs has Maxie written? B He's written about 25 songs. positive negative positive negative

• Subject questions ask about the subject of a sentence: A What makes love hate everyone no one
her husband happy? B Cooking makes him happy always never all none
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• We don't use do, does or did in Present Simple and Past Simple subject usually hardly ever both neither
questions: Who visits them most weekends? not Who does llisit them
TIPS • We can say don't a/ways/usually/often, but
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not don't sometimes/hardly ever/never.
• Subject questions have the same word order as positive sentences.
• We can say everyone or everybody and no one
• We can make subject questions with Who, What, Whose and Which.
or nobody.
QUESTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS • We don't usually use double negatives. We say:
• We often put prepositions at the end of questions: How many countries I didn't see anyone. not I didn't see no one.
has he been to? Who does Caroline go to art galleries with?
• We use plural verb forms with both: Both of my
TIP• We don't usually put prepositions at the beginning of questions: sisters have got cars. We use singular verb forms
What are you talking about? not About ~1v'hat are y'OU taf,~ing? with neither: Neither of them likes driving.

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a Question tags 1 D · p13 • We often use short answers (Yes, I do. No, I don't., etc.) to

say that the information is correct.
• We usually use question tags (don't you?, etc.)
to check information that we think is correct. • When the information isn't correct, we often use actually
after the short answer to sound more polite, then give more
• We usually use the auxiliary in question tags: You live next
information: A You've been diving, haven't you? B No, I
door to Lisa, don't you?
haven't, actually. It sounds a bit too dangerous to me.
• We only use pronouns in question tags: Barbara went to
Liverpool University, didn't she? TIPS• We can also use Yes, that's right. to say that the
information is correct: A You're from London originally, aren't
• If the main verb is positive, the question tag is usually
you? B Yes, that's right./Yes, I am.
negative: It was a great match yesterday, wasn't it?
• If the main verb is in the positive form of the Present Simple or
• If the main verb is negative, the question tag is usually
Past Simple, we use don't, doesn't or didn't in the question tag:
positive: You haven't ordered any food yet, have you?
Jim lives in the USA, doesn't he?
• We say aren't/? not amn't I?: I'm late, aren't I?

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