Asking for Help

To ask for someone’s help, you could use these

expressions:

• Can you help me, ...?

• Please, help me.

• Can you do me a favour, please?

• Would you be so kind as to ...?

To give help to someone, you could use these

expressions:

• Let me give you a hand.

• Here, I’ll do it for you.

• May I help you with ..., Sir/Ma’am?

To reject someone’s help, you could use these

expressions:

• No, it’s not necessary.

• Thank you for offering, but ....

To admit a fact, you could use these expressions:

• Yes, I admit it.

• Yes, I did ....

• Yes, it’s true.

To deny a fact, you could use these expressions:

• I’m not lying, Dad. (actually you lie).

• No, I didn’t say that. (actually you said it).

• The �� ower smells good. (actually the �� ower smells

bad)

Example:

Heechul           : Yen, can you do me a favour, please?

Yeni                 : Of course, what can I do for you?

Heechul             : Would you be so kind as to take care of my cat. I’m going to Bogor tomorrow to visit my uncle, he is sick. I’ll be there for about two days.

Yeni                 : I’d be very happy to take care of your cat. I love cats.

Heechul           : Great. Thanks.

Yeni                 : Should I bathe it?

Heechul           : No, it’s not necessary.

Taken from: English in Focus Grade VIII

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lesson 4 A4

A.4 Notice the position of the prepositions.

Previous pattern:

		John	studies	At the	Library	every	Day?
	Does	John	study	At the	Library	every	Day?
				where
	Does	John	study	At the	Library	every	Day?
Where	Does	John	study			every	Day?

New pattern:

		John	looks	At	Mary	every	Day?
	Does	John	look	At	Mary	every	Day?
				who
	Does	John	Look	At	Mary	every	Day?
Who	Does	John	look			every	Day?

COMMENTS

1.       In the new pattern, the preposition (in this case at) is not part of the expression which is replaced by the question word.

2.       It is permissible for the preposition to remain with the verb when the question word is moved to the beginning.

Exercise 10. Make wh-questions which correspond to the teacher’s statements.

John wait for Mary every day	Who does John wait for every day?
John works on Wednesday	When does John works?
John is from canada	Where is John from?

1.       John arrived in september

2.       Alice waited for her friend

3.       John lives on Main Street

4.       John visited the museum

5.       He looked at a new painting

6.       The painting was from spain

7.       Mary looked at the painting

8.       John waited for Mary

9.       He waited in the Museum

10.   John talked to Mr. Miller

11.   Mr. Miller is from New York

12.   John and Mary waited for the bus

13.   They were hungry at 5 o’clock

14.   They watched television in the evening

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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Lesson 2 (part A4)

A.4 Notice the use of affirmative short answer.

Previous pattern (lesson 1)
QUESTION	Is john busy?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, he is.
New pattern
QUESTION	Does john like coffee?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, he does.
QUESTION	Do Mr. and Mrs. Allen like tea?
SHORT ANSWER	Yes, they do.

COMMENTS

In the short answer above, Yes, he does means Yes, John like coffee and Yes, they do means Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Allen like tea. Notice that do and does are substitutes for the verb phrases. In the examples, does replaces like coffee, and do replace like tea.

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWER
Sg.	Pl.
Yes, I do	Yes, we do
Yes, you do.	Yes, you do.
Yes, he does.	Yes, they do.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Do you like coffee?                                           YES, I DO.

Does the new student like the class?        YES, HE DOES.

Exercise 6. Answer the teacher’s question with an affirmative short answer.

Does mary study in the night?                          YES, SHE DOES.

Do Mr. and Mrs. Allen drink tea?                    YES, THEY DO.

1.       Does mr. Allen study in the morning?

2.       Do john and Mary study in the afternoon?

3.       Do they have class in the morning?

4.       Do they understand the lesson?

5.       Does Mary understand English?

6.       Do the students understand it?

7.       Does Mr. Miller sing well?

8.       Does Mrs. Miller work?

9.       Does john pronounce well?

10.   Does he practice at home?

11.   Do john and Mary study at night?

12.   Do they write the letters every week? 

Taken from : English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 1 ( part A6)

A.6 Notice the negative short answers.

QUESTION		SHORT ANSWER
Is the book green?		no, it isn’t
AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWERS
no, I am not		no, we aren’t
no, you aren’t.		no, you aren’t
no, he isn’t.		no, they aren’t
no, she isn’t
no, it isn’t.
COMMENT
I’m not is the contraction of I am not Isn’t is the contraction of is not Aren’t is the contraction of are not.

Exercise 11. Practice negative short answers.

Is mary doctor?         NO, SHE ISN”T

Is she a lawyer?        NO, SHE ISN’T

Are the books black?      NO, THEY AREN’T

1.    Is the key large?

2.    Is the key green?

3.    Is the teacher from England?

4.    Is the teacher a lawyer?

5.    Is the table red?

6.    Are the pencils heavy?

7.    Is mary a teacher?

8.    Is john hungry?

9.    Is john ten years old?

10.Are john and mary from England?

Exercise 12. Practice both affirmative and negative short answers. Answer the teacher’s questions (individually). Give a true answer.

Are you student?                                         YES, I AM

Are you from the United States?                  NO, I’M NOT

Are the books black?                                  NO, IT ISN’T

1. Are you from England?

2. Is the book twenty years old?

3. Are you hungry?

4. Am I from England?

5. Are you a doctor?

6. Is the door open?

7. Are you from Japan?

8. Are the students in the room?

9. Are they busy?

10.   Is the book new?

Taken fro, : English Structure Sentence by Robert Khron

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