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 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 A2)

A.2  Notice the use of does in questions.

Previous pattern:
STATEMENT:	The book is green.
	The book is green.
QUESTION:	Is the book green?
New pattern:
STATEMENT:	John works in the morning.
	John works in the morning.
QUESTION:	Does john works in the morning?

COMMENT

Use the question pattern when you make questions to be answered with yes or no. Don’t make questions with the statement word order; such questions are used only in special situations.

NOTE: In American English, the question which corresponds to john has a book is usually does john have a book? Has john a book?

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Does Mr. Smith practice in class?

Does the student study?

Does mary read Spanish?

Exercise 3. Change the teacher’s statement into a question.

John studies at night                              DOES JOHN STUDY AT NIGHT?

Mary studies in the afternoon           DOES MARY STUDY IN THE AFTERNOON?

1.       John studies the lessons.

2.       He understands the lessons.

3.       He has coffee at 11 o’clock

4.       He has lunch at noon.

5.       Mary practices in the afternoon.

6.       She eats supper at 6 o’clock.

7.       She writes letters at night.

8.       Mr. Allen works in the afternoon.

9.       He reads at night.

10.   John comes to the class every morning.

11.    Mr. Miller comes here at the afternoon.

12.   He leaves at night.

 taken from :English Sentence Structure by Robert Krohn

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lesson 1 (part B1)

B.1 Notice the singular and plural forms of the nouns and the use of a or an with the singular.

I’m	a	Student	Sg
We’re		students	Pl
You’re	a	Student	Sg
You’re		students	Pl
It’s	a	Book	Sg
They’re		Books	Pl
He’s	an	Architect	Sg
He’s	a	doctor	Sg
They’re		Architects	Pl
They’re		doctors	Pl
John’s	a	Student	Sg
Mary	a	student	Sg
John and mary are		Students	Pl
They’re		students	pl

COMMENTS

In this pattern, use a or an with the singular forms of nouns (student, book, etc.) but not with the plural forms (students, books, etc.). Use the form an only if the word after it begins with a vowel sound.

Exercise 14. Practice singular nouns with a and plural nouns without a. Substitute the teacher’s words and change the rest of the statement if necessary.

I’m a student

Doctor                          I’M A DOCTOR

Lawyer                         I’M A LAWYER

He                                  HE’S A LAWYER

1.       Student

2.       I

3.       Doctor

4.       Lawyer

5.       He

6.       They

7.       Students

8.       Mary

9.       She

10.   We

11.   He

12.   You

13.   I

14.   They

15.   John

16.   I

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn

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