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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Lesson 2 (part A1)

a.       Simple present tense with verbs other than be

Statements: He works

Questions with do, does: does he work?

Short answers: Yes, he does

b.      Single-word adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, etc.

Position in statements and questions

A.1 Notice form of the verb

sg		VERB
1	i	work	Every morning
2	You	Work	Every morning
3	He	works	Every morning
Pl
1	we	work	Every morning
2	You	Work	Every morning
3	They	work	Every morning

COMMENT

1. Verbs other than be have two forms in the simple present tense:

a simple form and an –s form.

2. The –s form is used with third person singular subjects (he, she, it, john, etc) otherwise, the simple form is used.

Note: The pronunciation of the –s form is related in the pronunciation book.

Exercise 1. Practice the two forms of the following verbs by substituting as shown in the examples.

Reads                          JOHN READS IN THE MORNING, AND WE READ IN THE AFTERNOON.

Writes                         JOHN WRITES IN THE MORNING, AND WE WRITE IN THE AFTERNOON.

1.       Reads

2.       Sings

3.       Studies

4.       Works

5.       Arrives

6.       Leaves

7.       Practices

8.       Writes

Exercise 2. Has is the third person singular form of have. Practice these two forms by substituting the teacher’s words. Change the rest of statement if necessary.

We                               WE HAVE COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING

John                            JOHN HAS COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING

1.       He

2.       John and mary

3.       They

4.       Mr. Allen

5.       He

6.       Mary

7.       Ahe

8.       The students

9.       They

10.   Mr. miller

11.   He

12.   You

13.   I

14.   You and i

15.   We

Taken  from : English Sentence Structure

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