Lesson 2 (part B3)

B.3 Notice the position of always in questions

STATEMENT		john	Always	Studies	At night
		john	Always	Studies	At night
QUESTIONS	does	john	Always	Study	At night?
STATEMENT		Mary	is	Always	Busy
		Mary	is	Always	Busy
QUESTIONS	is	Mary		Always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always come before the main verb (study, arrive, etc) in questions as well as in statements. With forms of be (am, are, is) the adverb of frequency remains with the rest of the predicate when the verb is put before the subject to make a question.

Exercise 12. Change the teacher’s statement into a question. The next student will answer the question.

The teacher is usually busy                                      STUDENT A: IS THE TEACHER USUALLY BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT B: YES, HE IS

You Are Often Busy                                                    STUDENT B: ARE YOU OFTEN BUSY?

                                                                                            STUDENT C: YES, I AM OR NO, I AM NOT

1.       You are sometimes tired

2.       You are sometimes hungry

3.       You always eat breakfast in the morning

4.       The windows are always open

5.       The teacher is usually in the room

6.       You usually have coffee for breakfast

7.       You usually eat lunch at noon

8.       The door is sometimes open

9.       The windows are often closed

10.   You sometimes read at night

11.   You usually understand the lessons

12.   Pencils are usually light

13.   Shoes are always white

14.   Shirts are often white.

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part B2)

B.2 Compare the position of always

Previous pattern:
		MAIN VERB
John	Always	studies	At night
New pattern:
	Be
Mary	is	always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always (single-word adverbs of frequency) come after forms of be (am, are, is)

Exercise 10. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency

John is busy all of the time                       JOHN IS ALWAYS BUSY

Mr. Allen is busy most of the time        MR. ALLEN IS USUALLY BUSY

1.       Mrs. Allen is busy much of the time

2.       She is tired most of the time

3.       Mr. Miller is almost never tired

4.       Mr. miller is thirsty most of the time

5.       He is hungry some of the time

6.       John is hungry much of the time

7.       He is thirsty most of the time

8.       He is almost never in the room

9.       He is at home most of the time

10.   Mr. Allen is at home some of the time

Exercise 11. Summary exercise.

John drinks milk much of the time                            HE OFTEN DRINKS MILK

He is thirsty much of the time                                    HE IS OFTEN THIRSTY

1.       He has cornflakes for breakfast all of the time

2.       He is sleepy at breakfast all of the time

3.       He is late to class some of the time

4.       He studies at night all of the time

5.       Mrs. Miller almost never drinks coffee

6.       She drinks tea most of the time

7.       She is at home much of the time

8.       She eats at home most of the time

9.       She is busy most of the time

10.   She sings at home some of the time

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part B1)

B.1 Notice the position of words like always and compare the meaning.

	SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY	MAIN VERB
John	Always	studies	At night
Mary	Usually	Studies	At night
Bob	Often	Studies	At night
Bill	Sometimes	Studies	At night
Alice	Seldom	Studies	At night
tom	never	studies	At night
	Always	100%	All of the time
	Usually		Most of the time
	Often	50%	Much of the time
	Sometimes		Some of the time
	Seldom		Almost never
	never	0%	Not at any time

COMMENTS

Adverbs like always (SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY) come before the main verb of a sentence. (See section B.2 for sentences with be)

Note:  Some of these adverbs are also used in other positions, as in the sentence Sometimes I study at night.

Exercise 9. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency.

Mary drinks milk all of the time                  MARY ALWAYS DRINKS MILK

John drinks milk most of the time             JOHN USUALLY DRIKNS MILK

1.       John drinks coffee some of the time

2.       He almost never drink tea

3.       Mr. Allen drinks coffee much of the time

4.       Mrs. Allen almost never drinks coffee

5.       She drinks tea most of the time

6.       Mr. Miller has coffee at 10 A.M all of the time

7.       Mrs. Allen has coffee at 10 A.M some of the time

8.        Mrs. Miller almost never drinks milk in the morning

9.       She has coffee in the morning most of the time

10.   Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in restaurant some of the time

11.   John eats in restaurants all of the time

12.   Mary almost never eats in a restaurant

13.   She eats at home most of the time

14.   Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in a restaurant much of the time

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part A5)

A.5 Notice the use of negative short answers.

Previous pattern (lesson 1)
QUESTION		Is the book blue?
SHORT ANSWER		No, it isn’t.
New pattern
QUESTION		Does john sing well?
SHORT ANSWER		No, he doesn’t.
QUESTION		Do Mr. and Mrs. Allen sing?
SHORT ANSWER		No, they don’t.
	AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWER
	Sg.		Pl.
	No, I don’t		No, we don’t
	No, you don’t		No, you don’t
	No, he doesn’t		No, they don’t

Exercise 7. Answer the teacher’s question with a negative short answer.

Does john eat lunch here?                           NO, HE DOESN’T

Do the classes begin at 6 A,M?                   NO, THEY DON’T.

1.       Does john have a tea in the morning?

2.       Do Mr. and Mrs. Miller have a tea in the morning?

3.       Does Mary have a class at noon?

4.       Does she eat lunch here?

5.       Does john have eggs and toast for breakfast?

6.       Does he have sandwich for lunch?

7.       Do classes begin at 6 A.M?

8.       Do Mr. and Mrs. Miller study at noon?

9.       Does Mr. Miller arrive at 6 A.M?

10.   Do john and Mary leave at 4 P.M?

Exercise 8. Practice both affirmative and negative answers. Answer the teacher’s questions (individually). Give a true answer.

Is the book green?                            YES, IT IS.

Do I understand English?                YES, YOU DO?

Does the Class begin at 7 A.M?    NO, IT DOESN’T.

1.       Is the door closed?

2.       Is the door open?

3.       Do you have tea for dinner?

4.       Do you like coffee?

5.       Do you speak Spanish?

6.       Does Mr. A speak Spanish?

7.       Do you drink milk in the morning?

8.       Is Mr. B in class?

9.       Do Mr. B and Mr. C speak Spanish?

10.   Are we in class?

11.   Do I live in the United States?

12.   Does Mr. E teach English?

13.   Is Miss F a teacher?

14.   Do you study in the afternoon?

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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