QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES 1 DIRECT QUESTIONS INVERSION SUBJECT

QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES

1 DIRECT QUESTIONS ■ INVERSION!!! ( SUBJECT and the HELP. V. switch places)

1 a) Yes/no questions ■ Do you like school? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. ■ Did you write your homework? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. ■ Are you listening to music now? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. ■ HELP. V. + SUBJECT + MAIN V. + OTHER ELEMENTS

1 b) Wh-questions (Information questions) ■ Why do you like school? Because of my friends. ■ When did you write your homework? A few minutes ago. ■ Which group are you listening to now? Coldplay. ■ How fast can you run? Very fast. ■ QUESTION WORD + HELP. V. + S + MAIN V. + OTHER ELEMENTS (+NOUN, ADJ, ADV)

2 INDIRECT QUESTIONS ■ NO INVERSION!!! ■ No do, does, did

2 a) Yes/no questions ■ Could you tell me if you like school. ■ I’d like to know whether you wrote your homework. ■ I wonder if you are listening to music now. ■ POLITE EXPRESSION + IF/ WHETHER + S + (HELP. V. ) + MAIN V. + OTHER ELEMENTS

2 b) Wh-questions (Information questions) ■ Tell me why you like school. ■ I wonder when you wrote your homework. ■ Could you tell me which group you are listening to now. ■ I’d like to know how fast you can run. ■ POLITE EXPRESSION + QUESTION WORD+ S + (HELP. V. ) + MAIN V. + OTHER ELEMENTS

Subject / object questions ■ Jane called Jack. SUBJECT OBJECT ■ Who did Jane call? Jack. (O) ■ Who called Jack? Jane (did). (S) ■ WHEN THE ANSWER IS THE SUBJECT THE SENTENCE CONTINUES AS A STATEMENT!

Questions with prepositions at the end ■ What are you talking about? ■ Who did you send the letter to? ■ Who is he going to the party with?

Shorter version (QUESTION WORD + PREPOSITION) ■ He got a lovely present. ■ Who from? ■ Who did he get a lovely present from? ■ I want to talk to you. ■ What about? ■ What do you want to talk to me about?

Negative questions ■ Don’t you like pizza? – surprise ■ Haven’t we met before? – checking information

Echo and reply questions – interest and surprise ■ Jade’s got a new boyfriend. ■ He lives in a castle. ■ A new boyfriend? ■ Does he? ■ Repeat the same information with rising intonation ■ Consist of helping verbs and pronouns with rising information

Negatives ■ Negative verb forms ■ II agree with you. ■ do not agree with you. ■ Positive verb forms, negative meaning ■ I agree with you. ■ I disagree with you.

Negative adverbs ■ I have never been there. ■ I haven’t never been there. – no double negation!! ■ I don’t know anybody here. ■ I know nobody here. ■ I don’t know everybody here.

Negative adverbs at the begining ■ Never have I encountered such rudeness! ■ No sooner had he locked the door than the phone started ringing. ■ Not only is she a gifted musician, but she is also good-natured and responsible. ■ INVERSION!